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The Garrett Store

Yours for $124,500 CDN

Commercial / Residential

An important piece of Atlin's Gold Rush history.

Contact Carolyn Moore at 250-651-0015 or toll-free at 877-399-2665.

The Garrett Store was built in 1917, and operated as a store til 1941. The store re-opened in 1998 for the Klondyke Centennial. From then to 2004, The Garrett Store operated seasonally, selling the work of local artists, artisans and authors.

The Garrett Store in operation 2001 to 2004

Children's Art Exhibit 2010 during the Music Festival

Photo above is the store today (2011),

looking toward the front.

Photo at right is the back of the store today. The blue door leads to Mrs. Garrett's kitchen. Attached to the rear of the store are the Garrett Family's original living quarters, consisting of a large country kitchen, a parlour and two bedrooms. The living quarters have been largely abandoned since 1941. Today only the kitchen is habitable.

Mrs. Garrett's McClary cookstove dated circa 1910. Complete and in working order.

Mrs. Garrett's kitchen has a big bright west-facing window with a view of historic buildings and of the mountains.

Mrs' Garrett's kitchen still has her old pantry sideboard and cool cupboard.

Pearl Avenue is almost a century old.

The Garrett Store, The Globe Theatre next door, and Kershaw's Hardware down the street, were all built in 1917, after fire destroyed most of Atlin's core. The Eggert's Jewellery building across the street (yellow front) is even older! It was moved here from Discovery City in 1917.

John and Mary Garrett built The Garrett Store in 1917, after fire destroyed most of the town core. They sold groceries, dry goods, raw furs, and Mrs. Garrett's fresh baked bread. The storefront is original, right down to the brass thumb latch on the front door. The wooden threshold is worn with 94 years of foot traffic.

The black and white PHOTOS above and at left, are of Pearl Avenue circa 1927. They were taken by an Atlin photographer whose surname was "Taylor". His shop was in the building on the right side of Pearl Avenue (now known as the yellow house). The awnings to the left belong to The Garrett Store. Notice the boardwalks! 

The store is built and finished entirely of Douglas Fir - walls, floors, ceilings, counters and shelves. All original woodwork remains to this day.The Fir would have been shipped up the coast to Skagway, over the narrow-gauge White Pass Railway to Bennett, and then brought through the lake system by boat to Atlin. The design of The Garrett Store is very similar to the well-known Matthew Watson General Store which was built in Carcross in 1910. The wood for that store would have come up by the same route.

When the Garretts finally closed the store, they left behind a calendar turned to May 1941; that same calendar can still be seen in the righthand window where it has hung for over half a century. It's from the St. Lawrence Starch Company.

The Garretts had living quarters adjoining the rear of the store: kitchen, parlour and two bedrooms, with a separate entrance. The kitchen is still habitable.

The deck at the front, built in 2001, faces south and west. It's a haven for soaking up spring sunshine. Year 'round there is a magnificent view across Atlin Lake to Atlin Mountain and down Torres Channel.

The store has changed little since the Garretts left in 1941. The few owners since then, have been responsible stewards of the building, so that future generations might enjoy it. Electrical and telephone services were installed in 1997; there is no running water. Six inches of fibreglas insulation plus vapour barrier were installed in the roof of the store in 2002. The store was operated seasonally from 1998 to 2004. This sale is for the building only, not the business.

You can own The Garrett Store, an important piece of Atlin history.

Contact Carolyn Moore at 250-651-0015 or toll-free at 877-399-2665.