226 BRIDGE ST

? – present – Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC)

2016 – 226A Bridge Street – Similkameen News Leader

1915 A.S. Black Law Office

1914 Somerton – Jewelry Store

1912 Len Huston’s Cigar & News Stand

1912 The Similkameen Star, Friday, Wednesday, May 15, 1912, page 2 – “Specials”
“Ice Cream at Huston’s parlors on Thursday, in Irwin block, next door to Bank of Montreal.”

1911 June – the public is invited to a dance in the Irwin block. The invitation is extended by O.H. Carle, the grocer (who is “removing thereto” from the French Block) and Bert Irwin (“who will thus dedicate his fine new block to public uses”)

1911 June – H.B. Meausette, tinsmith and plumber moves into the Irwin Block

1911 April – Irwin begins construction of the Irwin Block

1911 April – A.E. “Bert” Irwin, contractor, purchases the corner lot 1, block 9, fronting Bridge St. and Billiter Avenue. The Similkameen Star reports that he “will erect a building suitable for a store.”