October 11, 1963 photo credit County Herald, description credit Huronia Museum and Huron Ouendat Village.

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October 11, 1963 photo credit County Herald, description credit Huronia Museum and Huron Ouendat Village

Huronia Museum - Photo of the Week - This photo was published in the County Herald on October 11, 1963. The Georgian Hotel is nearly gone. Originally called the Gladstane House, it was built in 1885 by Thomas Gladstane, Midland’s first postmaster. His general merchandise store which housed the post office is the empty lot to the right. For the last thirty years it had been the home of the Capitol Theatre. The hotel was purchased by Doctor Garnet Tanner in 1927, who remodeled and enlarged it from 30 to 80 rooms. In 1944 Tanner sold to his manager of seven years, William MacArthur. The construction appears to be triple-brick and the 1927 addition can be seen by the jog in the wall on the right. The contents had been auctioned off earlier. Construction of the new Dominion Store followed soon after.