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Doors Pub
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Durand,
Stone
Date Built: 1852
Doors Pub est. 1993 - 56 Hess South was built in 1852 by a contractor & quarry owner, Robert McElroy, on property purchased in 1849 for 529 pounds, 8 horses and a cow! McElroy was the mayor of Hamilton from 1862 - 1864 and as a contractor participated in the construction of the "Great Western Railway." He married a daughter of the Hess family and is thought to have died in 1881 at the age of 71.























