Gilhuly’s Drug Store
For almost a century, Gilhuly’s Drug Store was a landmark on Eveline Street, making it one of Selkirk’s oldest and longest family-run businesses.
For almost a century, Gilhuly’s Drug Store was a landmark on Eveline Street, making it one of Selkirk’s oldest and longest family-run businesses.
Discover the life of Richard Gilhuly, a meticulous community builder who ran Selkirk’s iconic Gilhuly’s Drug Store for nearly a century and served as the town’s dedicated postmaster.
Built in 1907 at 250 Manitoba Avenue despite a heated local debate over its location, the Dominion Post Office and Customs Building served as a bustling civic hub for fifty years. Explore its journey from a vital mail and wartime government office to its dark era of 1970s abandonment, and discover how a dedicated 1984 grassroots restoration saved the historic landmark to create the thriving Selkirk Community Arts Centre.