368 Edmonton

This massive downtown home on Edmonton Street was built by architect Johann Schwab in 1901 for a cost of $8,000. The duplex was built for business partners Martin Hoover and Alfred Town, owners of the Hoover and Towne clothing store on Main Street. However the partnership ended and the home was sold in 1908. Subsequently, it became the home of various working class people with the development of suburban areas outside the downtown.

The house is in the Queen Anne style and bears a steeply pitched roof with front facing gables, and a central dormer. A section of the front porch still remains, and except for a few missing ornamental features, the exterior of the home remains largely the same, despite the extensive renovations to the interior over time.

*Historical Buildings Committee