Fires destroyed many of Whitevale's booming industries and continually changed the face of town.
A public hall which had been erected in 1860 was also lost due to fire.
A carriage factory and the Cooperage went in 1874.
The woolen mill was the next to experience a fire several years later, but the brick walls remained standing.
 This was later followed by the destruction of the planing mill and the Grist mill, which was then being operated by Mr. White himself.
 The planing mill was rebuilt on the site of the grist mill and subsequently burned in 1899.
 The grist mill machinery was rebuilt inside the fire-damaged brick walls of the old woolen mill.
A devastating fire leveled the converted grist mill  in 1961, but a modern feed mill was erected on the same site in 1962.
In early 2011, the Regency Coffee Co. building (which includes  a portion of the building that dates back to the 1880s) caught on fire during renovations, but only sustained smoke and roof damage.
Fires destroyed many of Whitevale's booming industries and continually changed the face of town. A public hall which had been erected in 1860 was also lost due to fire. A carriage factory and the Cooperage went in 1874. The woolen mill was the next to experience a fire several years later, but the brick walls remained standing.  This was later followed by the destruction of the planing mill and the Grist mill, which was then being operated by Mr. White himself.  The planing mill was rebuilt on the site of the grist mill and subsequently burned in 1899.  The grist mill machinery was rebuilt inside the fire-damaged brick walls of the old woolen mill. A devastating fire leveled the converted grist mill  in 1961, but a modern feed mill was erected on the same site in 1962. In early 2011, the Regency Coffee Co. building (which includes  a portion of the building that dates back to the 1880s) caught on fire during renovations, but only sustained smoke and roof damage.
Whitevale, Ontario