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Points of Interest
In the nine years that Lucy Maud Montgomery and her family lived here, she wrote five books and completed two and a half volumes of her personal journals. She penned her books in the upstairs bedroom of the manse, facing “Russell’s Hill of Pines.”
Volumes 3 and 4 of The Selected Journals of L. M. Montgomery describes village life in Norval from 1926-1935. Many places and buildings noted in these journals can still be seen today, though the village candy shop, drill shed, carriage & harness shops old school, flour mills and train station have all been torn down or lost to fire.
The following is a list of some of the homes, still standing, of Norval residents from 1926 to 1935.
1. 475 Guelph Street, home of Aaron Laidlaw. Built by Arthur Little in 1854, this house has Ontario Heritage designation.
2. 485 Guelph Street, built in 1871. George Day, Blacksmith
3. 2 Adamson Street, formerly Farmer’s Bank, built in 1907, L. Greenwood, Banker,
4. 4 Adamson Street, Cliff and Lilian Moreton
5. 3 Adamson Street, formerly Norval Post Office and General Store, E. Barnhill, Postmaster
6. 521 Guelph St., formerly Hustler’s Hardware
7. 10 Noble Street, built in 1870 W.G.M Browne, Mill owner
Other Historic Homes
473 Guelph Street, United Church parsonage, built in 1893. Home of Reverend Douglas
404 Draper Street, Charlie (Grampa) Williams, Presbyterian Church and School Caretaker
503 Guelph St. McPherson house, built in 1850
506 Guelph St. Built in 1914, George Gollop
511 Guelph St. Watson’s Bakery, built in 1862
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