Listowel in Perth County, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

Listowel Post Office Tower

Photographed by Tim Boyd, July 4, 2025

1. Listowel Post Office Tower Marker

Inscription.
This Clock Tower is a replica of the original Post Office Tower once located on the north-west corner of Main St. and Argyle Ave. N.

The Post Office was built in 1911 and demolished in 1982.

The original clock works and dials were salvaged, stored and installed in this replica tower by the following local craftsmen in 1994:

The Bakelaar family
Hutchison Welding
The technicians at the Ideal Supply Machine Shop
The technicians at Listowel Motor Supply
Sparky Bouwknegt
Kevin Brown

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Architecture. A significant historical year for this entry is 1911.

Location. 43° 43.981′ N, 80° 57.104′ W. Marker is in Listowel, Ontario, in Perth County. It is at the intersection of Wallace Avenue North and Elisabeth Street East, on the right when traveling north on Wallace Avenue North. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 280 Wallace Ave N, Listowel ON N4W 1K9, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Huron-Perth-Waterloo-Wellington Area

and in Southwestern Ontario.

It is also in Central Canada.

Globally, it is

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in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At least 6 other markers are within 21 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Andrew Edward McKeever, 1895-1919 (a few steps from this marker); Listowel Cenotaph (a few steps from this marker); The Founding of Listowel (within shouting distance of this marker); The Founding of Milverton (approx. 18.9 kilometers away); The Founding of Harriston (approx. 21 kilometers away); Harriston Cenotaph (approx. 21 kilometers away).

Photographed by Tim Boyd, July 4, 2025

2. Listowel Post Office Tower Marker

The original Listowel Post Office, 1927 image. Click for full size.

3. The original Listowel Post Office, 1927

Listowel Post Office Tower replica in 2025 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Boyd, July 4, 2025

4. Listowel Post Office Tower replica in 2025

Credits. This page was last revised on July 7, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 7, 2025, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. This page has been viewed 108 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on July 7, 2025, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.