Houghton's Hotel and stables were first located on this site in 1870. Then a shoe factory opened in 1906, followed by a clothing factory, a furniture factory and eventually a Canadian Tire store, which closed in the 1980s. In 1999, the Bethel Bible Church purchased the 2,200-square-metre (24,000-square-foot) structure. After renovating the site, they opened this new place of worship.