History
9 and 11 Commercial Street has been family owned for over 100 years by the Bagnell family. First created as a large scale commercial laundry business, the buildings have gone through renovations over the years as needed, but never of this magnitude. In recent years, 1 Commercial Street was used as an apartment building, but it will now be restored to its original authentic design. Below you can see 1 Commercial St in the late 1800’s by the Truro Common (now known as Victoria Square), hence the re-development project name ‘The Common Works’ (TCW).
1 Commercial St, Truro NS. Letters on the front of the building display ‘R.J. Turner’.
Sketch of ‘The Common’ area in Truro, 1875. Image found from Heritage Division, N.S. Dept. of Tourism, Culture and Heritage, 2004. Link provided below.
The overhaul is a welcoming new look to the Town of Truro, and it allows access to additional class A spaces including the home to the world headquarters of the Inland Group of companies. Now completed, TCW is a united 3 storey building containing prime real-estate and is hopeful to bring more business to the area.
1 Commercial St. Truro, NS
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