Description of Historic Place

Brander's Store is a wooden, two-and-a-half-storey vernacular Classic Revival commercial building with a ground-floor storefront. It is located on Newcastle Boulevard within the Newcastle Merchant Business District in Miramichi.

Heritage Value

Brander’s Store is designated a Local Historic Place for its association with the Brander family and for its architecture.

Brander's Store is recognized for its association with dry goods merchant, John Brander, who set up business in Newcastle in 1861. His son, Gordon, carried on the family business at this location and served term as mayor of Newcastle, now part of the City of Miramichi.

Brander’s Store, constructed circa 1872, is a good example of mid-19th century vernacular Classic Revival commercial architecture in Newcastle. It one of the oldest buildings within the commercial district, having escaped several neighbouring fires a century ago. It still exhibits many façade and storefront elements that define Classic Revival commercial architecture from this period in Miramichi.

Source: City of Miramichi, Heritage Office, Site File #05-57

Character-Defining Elements

The character-defining elements that describe Brander's Store include:
- rectangular two-and-a-half-storey massing on a sandstone foundation;
- clapboard siding;
- wooden trim detail in contrasting colors;
- flat pilasters accenting large storefront windows;
- central recessed doorway sealed with paneled facade;
- 2/2 windows with pediments detailed with dentils;
- wide eaves with dentils and returns;
- storefront awning.