 332 Main Street, Sackville, N.B. |
COMPANY STORE 1895 Queen Anne decoration. The store supplied goods to employees and familes of the Standard Manufacturing Company, later A.E. Wry – Standard, Limited.In 1939, the property was acquired by the J. L. Black Company after their main store and warehouse were burned to the ground. The J. L. Black Company had operated in Middle Sackville since 1847. They carried on a wholesale and retail merchandising business here until 1962 when the building was converted into an antique store. After its sale in the 1970s various efforts were made to preserve the building but the cost of maintenance and restoration proved to be prohibitive. |
| In September 2011 the rear part of the building collapsed during tropical storm Irene. Shortly thereafter it was condemned as unsafe and demolished.
Although previously listed on the Canadian Register of Historic Places, the entry was removed with the demolition of the building. |
 Rear of the store showing damage caused by tropical storm Irene in September 2011
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| Tower, Katie, “Concerns raised over former antique shop,” Sackville Tribune-Post, 21 January 2009, p.5.
Tower, Katie, “Fix it up or tear it down?”, Sackville Tribune-Post, 13 October 2010, p. 4. Tower, Katie, “Standard Manufacturing building to be put up for sale,” Sackville Tribune-Post, 15 December 2010, p.5. Tower, Katie, “Town to proceed with demolition of former antique store,” Sackville Tribune-Post, 14 September 2011, p.3. “Demolition Day in Middle Sackville,” Sackville Tribune-Post, 21 September 2011, p.3. |
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