Windback Wednesday - Magill Grain Store

Did you know the Magill Grain Store, located on Magill Road, is over 100-years-old? It was originally built for James Kermode in the 1920s as a chaff mill and wood yard. Ownership transferred to H.D. Muirhead in the 1930s, and then to D. Smith and Son Grain and Fodder Merchants (as seen in the picture). In 1957, one of D. Smith and Sons’ business partners, Martin Wallis, who had worked at the grain store since 1937, purchased the property and re-named it the Magill Grain Store. While the original frontage of the Magill Grain Store is very weathered, you can still see the name J. Kermode if you look very closely - connecting this modern business with its century-long history.

Photograph: D. Smith & Son Grain Store c.1957. Burnside Local History Collection.