Dr. David V. Yerex built this building in 1882 as a carriage and wagon repository, the first door west of what was then Dan McGillis' Bancroft Hotel. He came to this area about 1860 and for a time worked for his uncle, James Harrington, who kept the Imlay Hotel on South Blacks Corners Road. After attending the Medical University of Toronto and Bellevue Hospital in New York City, he returned to the area and practiced medicine, moving to the village around 1877. He also held large land holdings and farms in Goodland and Imlay townships. In earlier years he allowed part of the building to be used by the Ladies Library Association for ice cream and cake fundraisers. In 1896, Mrs. F. Korst managed a restaurant there, and in 1911 it housed the Star Restaurant under proprietor S. C. Titus. For many years it was Ray's Bar, and more recently the Front Row Tavern. In January 2007, a fire damaged mostly the second floor, and the building was renovated the next year.