William Harrison and his three sons operated a hardware store from this building and property on Queen Street. In addition to supplying locals with gardening, fishing and home improvement goods, those who grew up in town during this time remember playing in the lumber yard at the rear of the property as children.

After the newspaper the Niagara Times ceased publication, its printing press was moved here. From this building, Harrison went on to establish the Niagara Advance, printing the newspaper’s first editions right here. E. H. Brennan was later brought in to run the newspaper. He eventually purchased the business and its equipment and relocated the Advance to another building on Queen Street. If you’re having trouble picturing where this building once stood, it’s because it was later demolished and replaced by the post office. While this building is no longer here, the site still has connections to community news. Many readers of The Lake Report await their printed editions in their post office boxes.