Commercial Portfolio · Summary Registry

The buildings, in their particulars.

Identifying street addresses are withheld as a matter of long-standing policy; each building is designated by its internal registry number and short-form name. Counterparties of record receive the full maintenance ledger on request.

Reg. No. I · 14 Main

The Feed Store

Limestone-fronted, two-story, former agricultural supply house. Original ghost lettering — faint but legible — remains on the north elevation, preserved by policy. Acquired 1961; the company's first commercial holding.

Built
c. 1898
Frontage
32 ft limestone ashlar
Tenant
Independent bookseller, since 1997
Last significant work
2025 — north elevation tuckpointing, cast-iron leader

Reg. No. III · Town Square Block

The Gazette Building

Three-story brick commercial block with ground-floor retail and two upper floors of offices and apartments. Formerly the county newspaper; the press basement remains, unused but intact, as a matter of sentimental preservation.

Built
1911, with 1947 rear addition
Tenants
Ground: hardware, family-owned, since 1989
Upper floors
4 residential units, 2 office suites
Last significant work
2022 — flat-roof membrane replacement

Reg. No. V · County Road & Second

The Veterinary

Single-story clay-tile-roofed building with a small fenced rear paddock. Purpose-built in 1958 for a veterinary practice, a use it continues to serve under the third generation of the same family.

Built
1958 (built to purpose)
Tenant
Mixed-practice veterinary, since 1962
Site features
Rear paddock · separate large-animal entrance
Last significant work
2020 — roof replacement, clay tile sourced in kind

Reg. Nos. VI–IX · Four Small Buildings

The River Block

Four contiguous small-format commercial buildings of differing age and fabric, consolidated under common stewardship in 1988. Used variously as a café, a small-instruments repair shop, a rural-appraisers' office, and storage. A quiet corner.

Built
c. 1892–1924, heterogeneous
Tenants
4 local operators, avg. tenure 21 years
Party walls
Shared masonry; restored jointly 2018
Last significant work
2024 — storefront transom re-glazing (two of four)

Nine buildings, more or less forever.

The registry is a working document, reviewed quarterly by the office and annually by the trustees. It is not a sales catalogue and has never been one.