Uxbridge History March 22, 2023

Brock Street East Uxbridge

Brock Street East Uxbridge

Brock Street East Uxbridge

Brock Street East Uxbridge looking west circa 1900. Photo courtesy of the Uxbridge Historical Centre.

 

Brock Street looking west taken circa 1900.   The building on the left is the Plank House hotel, later known as the Arlington Hotel.

 

Brock Street East Uxbridge

Brock Street East Uxbridge 2021

 

Here we see the same view of Brock Street taken in 2021

 

 

Brock Street East circa 1890. Photo courtesy of Uxbridge The First 100 Years by: J. Peter Hvidsten Page 124

 

1890s photo of Brock Street East looking towards the hill.  Here you can see the Dominion Bank on the left and due west of it is the Planks Hotel.

 

 

In 1921 the Planks Hotel burned to the ground.   The corner of Brock Street East and Main Street eventually became home to Williamson Chevrolet-Oldsmobile (show below)  for over 30 years before moving to its current location along Highway 47.

Williamson Chevrolet-Oldsmobile. Photo courtesy of Uxbridge The Good Old Days by: J. Peter Hvidsten Page 41

 

Check out another one of our blog posts looking west along Brock Street.

 

Photos and Credits

Uxbridge The Good Old Days by: J. Peter Hvidsten

Uxbridge The First 100 Years by: J. Peter Hvidsten

Uxbridge Historical Centre

 

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