1. CPR Station

2. Pioneer Cemetery

The final resting place of many of Priceville’s earliest settlers, the headstones date back to the early 1800s when the village was a solid bush. The last burial was in 1949. In 1950, volunteers revived
the cemetery and it is now managed by volunteer board members.

3. Public school—USS 12

4. St. Columba Presbyterian Church

This church was built in 1887 with brick teamed from Proton Station. The union of the Presbyterian, Methodist and Congregational churches took place in 1925. St. Columba then became the United Church. It closed in 1978 and is now a private residence.

5. General Store

Every village needs a general store and this one served the community for many years. Over the years, stores were actually located in many buildings throughout the village, offering services like Mrs. McKinnon’s telegraph office before the Canadian Pacific Railway came to the village.

6. Commercial Hotel

This centrally-located hotel on the north side of Kincardine street was very popular. One of several local hotels, it is the last surviving hotel building. In later years it was a general store, post office and is now a private residence.

7. Baptist Church

First formed as a log church in 1865, its first minister – Mr. Robert McIntyre – preached in Gaelic, converting over 100 people. Later, a brick church served the community until 1921, when it was sold and became a private home.

8. Barber Shop & Cold Storage

Marked by a plaque telling of its age, this newly-sided building was an early barber shop, shoemakers and a cold storage building.

9. Post Office, Drugs, Sundries

As was common in early villages, the post office moved around, starting at McConkey’s store, then moving to the
Commercial Hotel then to the General Store. This square brick building was a bustling part of the village downtown. In
its day it was Archie Butter’s hardware store. It was later operated by R. H. McConkey’s as “Drugs and Sundries,” which also included a post office. It is now serving as a private residence.

10. Garage (now the post office)

This garage was built by Ray MacLean and Bert Aussum on the site of the Tryon Tavern. He sold Imperial gas. If oil was needed a quart was pumped out of a “high-boy” into a glass bottle with a metal spout for a funnel.

11. Harness Shop

In the early settlement days the harness shop was an important part of daily life to keep the horses in their traces working the fields and running the buggies and cutters about town. Three generations of Watsons: R.L, G.L. and W.G. ran the village shop. It was in the same building as the undertaker.

12. Undertaker

This would have been where coffins were made as those who had passed generally were laid out in their own homes. Undertakers over the years were Mr. Simpson, Colin MacMillan and William George Watson.

13. Grist and Sawmill

Every early village relied on its mills to grind flour, prepare lumber, make everything from shingles to basket bottoms and provide easy access to firewood in lumber trimmings. Priceville had several mills, with the most prominent remembered with a plaque by the Saugeen River.

14. Presbyterian Manse

In 1925, after the vote on church union, St. Columba Presbyterian became a United Church, so Presbyterians held services in the McKinnon Hall. In 1930 the McKinnon property and manse were purchased for $3,000 and a church was built in 1933. The church is still active. The manse is now a private residence.

15. Blacksmith Shop

Blacksmiths were needed for their horse shoeing services and for their ability to repair and even invent any kind of iron tool a farmer might need. Michael Reiley and Francis Waite were two of the first in Priceville.

16. St. Jerome’s Catholic Church

St. Jerome’s was erected in 1870, gaining parrish status in July 1880. The first resident Pastor, Rev. P.J. Cassin, served St. Jerome’s with missions at Glenelg (St. Peter’s), Durham, Dundalk and Melancthon. This area is now served by St. Joseph’s, Markdale and its mission St. John’s in Glenelg Centre.