Martin Jex & Co., Contractors

1909-1914, Canadian Steel, administration building
1914-1919, Munitions plant,
1919-1925, York State Fruit Co.
1925-1928, Douglas CERTO pectin plant.
1929-2008, General Foods then Kraft.

2011: ACO Cobourg Past President Malcolm Wardman, proposed designation of the property, for adaptive re-use by the Canadian Innovation Centre. With regret, agreement with Council and CIC broke down and the project was abandoned.

2017: Cobourg & East Northumberland President Diane Chin and VP Jackie Tinson, with Cobourg Heritage Advisory Committee, requested, with success, designation and denial of demolition permit. Well received by Mayor Gil Brocanier. New owner Thomas Fairfull (CEO, FSD Pharma Inc.) appreciates historic architecture of “the little Greek temple” on his newly acquired property.

October 9, 2018: at a ribbon-cutting ceremony, he stated his intent to restore/renovate the building into a “heritage museum and on-site dispensary.”