The original frame building which housed the Tavistock Cheese Companywas built by Thomas Ballantyne and William Gillard in 1878. It was also home for the first Dairy School in Ontario operated by A. T. Bell.

Photo published in the Tavistock Gazette - May 17, 1978 - http://www.tavistockhistory.ca/sites/default/files/images/IMG_6469.jpeg

See also The Tavistock Mail publication of January 21, 1982
http://www.tavistockhistory.ca/node/15132