40 Gore Street East is part of what was originally known as the Ferrier block and has had a rather interesting history. The information presented below has been obtained from "The Merchants, Professionals and Tradespeople of Perth - Gus Quattrocchi", an excellent historical perspective available at urbanMarket-Perth for $25 (CDN) [tax included].

1832..John Ferrier was apprenticed to a harness maker whose shop was in a log cabin on this site.
1847..The Ferrier block, a 2 story stone building with 2 stores was constructed.
1847.....|Grocery Store
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1877.......|Tobacco & Fruit
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1884..........|Hair Dressing & Tobacco
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1899............|Barber
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1917............| Purchased by T.A. Code
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1925 Block is rebuilt and renamed the Kinivie block (named after Mrs. Codes ancestral home)
1926..............|Kindergarten
1927.................|Liquor Control Board of Canada
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1956...................|Shoe Store
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1998.....................|Mary Colleen Enterprises presents urbanMarket - Perth

In February of 1998, the store changed from Wiseman's Shoes to urbanMarket - Perth.

During the renovations we found the original embossed metal walls and ceiling attached to the raw planks underneath. Only the part towards the back part of the store remained undamaged. We have tried to leave as much of this metal open as possible.

Steel bars in the floor joists in the basement remained a mystery until we took the boards off the rear windows to find 1/2 inch steel bars. These were installed in 1927 when the building was a liquor store and were clearly meant to keep unwanted guests out.