1840
Ingersoll home, 105 – 107 Queen Street West. The stone house was built by Thomas Ingersoll in 1843. St. Marys Museum, 0689ph.
In the early 1840s, property within the limits of St. Marys was available to purchase and the settlement of the village began. Thomas and James Ingersoll purchased 400 acres of this land from the Canada Company, agreeing to build mills and encourage others to settle in the village.