If you’ve ever stopped in at Just Christmas on Queen Street, you’ve stood where this photograph was taken more than a century ago. Known to this day as the Sherlock block, the Sherlock family operated a dairy, a livery stable, and several storefronts along Queen Street, including this one. They even ran an ice plant behind the building, delivering ice door-to-door by horse and buggy — perhaps by one of the very wagons seen here. At the time this photograph was taken, the ground floor was home to Vern Davey’s butcher shop, one of several businesses lining this busy stretch of Queen Street. After Davey’s tenure, the space later became the printing and publishing office of the Niagara Advance. The man standing at the centre of the image is Edward Sherlock, then serving as chief of police and closely connected to the building’s enduring name.