This local department store was founded in 1867. Many locals would purchase their special gifts for loved ones at this shop every year. In 1906, they provided a Christmas “gift” to shoppers of a needle case. The small gift, with Queen Victoria brand sewing needles, also had promotional ads attached for dry goods, carpets, oil cloths, table linens and more. What a great marketing tactic for their audience. Every time something needed mending at home their advertisement would come out with the needles and provide another reminder of the store and its goods. The family-run business was such a success that they eventually opened another location in Virgil.

When the store closed down, possibly in the 1950s, Taylor’s Ice Cream took over the space. Today, Dairy Queen operates in the building at 69 Queen St.