It’s Wayback Wednesday, sponsored by Pharmasave Huntsville!
This view of Huntsville is from the lookout. Can you identify any of the buildings? (Photo via Vintage Muskoka District)
Last week we shared this photo:
This is Huntsville Public School ca. 1905, perhaps not long after it opened on May 8, 1905. The school was at the corner of Caroline and Centre streets, where the current Huntsville Public School playground is today. The 12-room school was designed by William Proudfoot and built by W.G. Hunt for a cost of $15,000.
This wasn’t the first school in Huntsville, though. That was in the home of Captain George Hunt on John Street. Later, in May 1887, a two-story frame school was built on Caroline Street for a cost of $1,600.
Students of all ages attended thd same school until 1950, when high-school aged students got their own school on Brunel Road.
The former HPS was demolished in May 1967 when the current school was built. All that remains today is the bell and bell tower, which rest at the entrance of Muskoka Heritage Place. (Photo via Vintage Muskoka District)
A.C. Bernath was the principal at at the time (he served from 1900-1937) and was instrumental in shaping local educational policies. (Photo courtesy of Muskoka Digital Archives)
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you can see Huntsville planning Mils to the right the building with all the windows and the town Hall clock with the Empire building as well
I agree it is the Hospital in the background. I believe the large white house in the center was built by B. Hutcheson and the smaller White house on the corner belonged to Bill Kellock Sr., my Uncle.
I think that long building in the centre is the red cross hospital Faivern is there now