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Culture Days will return September 20 – October 13, 2024.
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Doors Open - Hide House
Architecture History & heritage
Date and time
Location
Acton, ON
Access
Free.
Offered in English.
About
Widely known as Canada’s largest leather store, the humble beginnings of the Hide House were as a shipping and receiving warehouse for Acton’s Beardmore & Co., the largest tannery in the British Empire at the turn of the century. In 1899, Beardmore & Company also built a large brick warehouse, right next to the railway line. Even back then it was known as the “Hide House” because raw hides were brought in by rail and stored here to await transport by horse-drawn wagons to the tannery for processing. And so things remained until a spur line was built from the main rail line directly to the Beardmore plant. With the warehouse no longer required, it was sold in 1933. For the next several decades, the building housed various non-leather industries – including a factory which made uniforms and underwear for the military during the second world war.
More than a quarter century of further refinement, rejuvenation and growth to the present have made the Acton landmark the largest and most popular leather store in Canada.
Links
- Doors Open doorsopenontario.on.ca
Organizer
Ann Lawlor
Doors Open
This event is part of a hub:
Downtown Acton
Cultural Services, Town of Halton Hills Halton Hills, ONDowntown Acton will be alive with arts and culture activities for all ages during the Culture Days weekend. This year Acton is celebrating its 175th anniversary. Explore the historic downtown through Doors Open sites and take part in activi...