James Reid Furniture
Kingston

About James Reid Furniture Kingston

JAMES REID FOUNDED HIS BUSINESS IN 1854, WHEN THE POPULATION OF KINGSTON AND AREA WAS ABOUT 15,000 AND 30 TO 40 VESSELS CROWDED INTO THE CITY'S HARBOR.

"WE'RE ACTUALLY OLDER THAN CANADA", SMILES JIM REID, PART OF THE FOURTH GENERATION OF REID'S' AND CO-OWNER OF JAMES REID LTD. WITH BROTHER DAVID.

THEIR GREAT GRANDFATHER OPENED HIS STORE BEFORE THE FIRST TRAIN ARRIVED IN KINGSTON, BEFORE ELECTRIC LIGHTS, AND EVEN BEFORE STREET PAVING.

JAMES W. REID AND HIS SON JIM TOOK THE FAMILY BUSINESS TO A NEW LEVEL IN 1979 WHEN THEY BUILT ANOTHER FURNITURE STORE ON JOHN COUNTER BLVD.

OVER THE YEARS, THE DOWNTOWN STORE ON PRINCESS STREET HAS EXPANDED, HOWEVER MANY ORIGINAL AND HISTORIC FEATURES REMAIN.

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