This entry comes at the suggestion of regular reader Gabe. He asked about this building located on Caron Avenue just south of Wyandotte St.
For many years this building was home to Canadian Linen. But for the last few years, it appears to have been vacant and is currently up for sale. It is listed at $379k.
According to the City of Windsor heritage inventory, the date of construction is listed as c. 1904. With the brick construction, it appears to be similar in age and construction to the recently lost Seagrave Building.
Here is a photo of the building from 1913, when it was home to its original tenant the Lufkin Rule Company of Canada.
Lufkin Rule, made tape measures and other various rulers. According to the company history at Cooper Industries, they entered the Hand Tool Market with the acquisition of Lufkin Rule in 1967. The Lufkin name lives on today as division of Cooper Industries.
Does anyone out there have anything to add about Lufkin? Any relatives work there? Anyone remember when it closed?
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I remember being invited to a party after a night's worth of drinking and dancing at Changez in 2002, I believe. The host was actually living there at the time...so Scotty's confirmed what I thought, that it's somewhat converted into lofts. $600/month for Windsor's a bit much, considering the space, though I'm living in TO and that'd certainly be a bargain here...
PC> I really like your idea. I'd love to see a space like this filled with people with different skill sets, but collaborating on larger projects and contracts. Contact me if you want to talk about this possibility, because I really like it and have been thinking about the same thing for quite a while now.
Anyone know what the reason was that everyone got kicked out of this one?