The Victoria Centre
84 Isabella Street K8A 5S5 Pembroke, ON, Canada

The Pembroke Boy Scouts having a field day on the playground of Centre Ward School in the early 1920s. This hand-coloured photo is from the album of scoutmaster Dr. Dick Williams. Dr. Williams is standing at the left side of the picture. He was born in 1904 and died in 1988.

These are John Mitchell's original architecural specifications for the Pembroke Public School, as issued in the tendering process. They are signed by the contractor, John McDonald, and the schoolboard officials, David Bell and Archibald Thomson, witnessed by lawyer, J.H. Burritt.

The Victoria Centre has been through many changes since it was built in 1875. A major addition went up in 1910, and in 1948 the gable roof was removed and a front addition constructed.