from the Peterborough Examiner  February 12, 1971  by Jim Cutting
OLD LANDMARK IN TOWN COMING DOWN
Another landmark of Port Hope, the 100-year-old former vacant brewery building at the foot of Walton Street is slated for demolition this week or next.
W E Bonneville, owner of the ancient three-storey brick structure says he is hoping to get started with the demolition right away. Mr Bonneville bought the building in 1965 shortly after the brewery warehouse location was shifted to its new facilities on Peter Street. The building he believes had been operated for 35 years as a brewery warehouse.
Mr Bonneville said the former Royal Hotel, which used to be situated to the immediate south of the brewery building where the McMahon garage now stands, was the first brick building in Port Hope.
Cal Clayton, Port Hope historian, recalls that the brewery building was originally built in 1871 by a man by the name of Thomas Goheen.
Port Hope's former fire chief Jack Record Sr recalled that the building was built the same year as the Catholic Church and the old fire hall on Walton Street.
Mr Record noted that originally the brewery was built as a second hand store and during the early years was also used as a feed store and livery stable. The railway bought the building in 1906, said Mr Record, when they were going to run a line from Barrett's Terrace. It was around 1921 when the brewery warehouse came into operation. The building at this time was owned by the Mitchell family.
Mr Record noted that the building was never actually used as a brewery but only for storage.