ABOUT REID HOUSE

Reid House was located

• to the immediate south of Highway 101 in Avonport and was visible from the highway.

It was granted provincial

• heritage property status in 1993 and a national heritage designation in 2007.

According to Gordon Haliburton’s

• book, Horton Point: A History of Avonport, the Reid House served many purposes over the years, including as a court, tavern, stagecoach stop and hotel. A 2015 article by Wendy

•

Elliott titled “Kings County heritage houses at risk” features information from Janice Hattie’s history. The article points out that the house was later used as a post office and election polling station.

For more than a year

• before the demolition, advocates for the heritage property had been engaging with Nanco Developments and various agencies in an attempt to save and revitalize Reid House.

It’s believed that the

• house was built in or around 1760.