Queen & Main Street

Queen and Main Street. . The intersection of Queen Street and Main Street has been the hub of commercial and social activity in Streetsville since the arrival of Timothy Street and the founding of the village circa 1820. Many of Streetsville's earliest businesses were located around this crossroads, including the Montreal House at the southwest corner of Queen and Pearl streets, which was built in 1821 by John Barnhart. Timothy Street's mill complex was located at the foot of Main Street and Mill Street at the Credit River. Stretched along Main Street by the 1840s and 1850s were several inns, taverns, a shoemaker, general store and other early merchants., This intersection also attracted early residents as a place for recreational and social activities. A semi-annual agricultural fair was held here as early as 1843, and a bandstand was built here prior to 1849. The bandstand served as the informal town square, and during the First World War notices were posted on the bandstand. In the years following the war a local initiative organized by the Streetsville Overseas Veterans' Club led to the creation of a Great War Overseas Veterans' Memorial, which was built on the former bandstand location. The Memorial, or Streetsville Cenotaph, was unveiled on July 1st, 1926. The architect for the Memorial was Samuel S. Finlay, while the builder was Arthur Berrill of Streetsville. The Memorial lists the names of those Streetsville residents who died overseas during the First World War. Another plaque was added to the Memorial for those who lost their lives during the Second World War., The Memorial was relocated to the east of its original location and extensively restored as part of the redesign of the Streetsville Village Square in 2014. The completion of the square reinvigorates the centre of the village as the heart of this historic community. ,