Monday 26 September 2011

Liquor Stores in Liverpool, Nova Scotia

327 Main Street
218 Main Street
 Most of us remember well that the Liquor Store was on Main Street where Value Plus was located most recently, but did you ever think where it was located before that? One of the earliest liquor stores in Liverpool was located at 218 Main Street known as the Bartling Building. Mr. S.M. Bartling had offices on the second floor for his Insurance and Coal businesses. This was probably in the 1940s. It moved up the street to 327 Main probably during the 1950s. In November 1962, Chestnut Hall (also called the Patch Property) was demolished and a new Liquor Store was constructed. Chestnut Hall was one of the finest properties on Main Street with many marble fireplaces and made of beautiful timber. It had a large chestnut tree in front and the rear of the building was beautiful, even had a widow's walk on top. The liquor store was here for many years until finally making it's present home beside the Liverpool Superstore probably around 2003 or 2004.


Front view of Chestnut Hall - below is the rear view




The liquor store after renovations in the 1990s

Liquor Store on the site where Chestnut Hall was located

4 comments:

  1. Geraldine Cunningham26 September 2011 at 16:20

    Sorry my comment went on Pine Grove Park Take Out.Was meant for the Liquor Store.

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  2. When I came out here in the fall of 1967 it seemed to me that the old liquor store was at 327 main Street. Correct me if I am wrong.

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  3. Just for the record, The current NSLC Liverpool location opened its doors in late August 2005 as it is being viewed on the bottom page above only if I remembered it correctly.

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