# Castle Hearst Co-op — Building Centre & Farmers’ Co-op in Hearst, ON (since 1947)

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**Category:** Ontario\
**Tags:** building-centre, lumber, northern-ontario, cochrane-district, since-1940s, hearst\
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# Castle Hearst Co-op — Building Centre & Farmers’ Co-op in Hearst, Ontario (since 1947)

Castle Hearst Co-op is the co-operative-owned Castle Building Centre franchise at 1105 George Street in Hearst, operating continuously since 1947 under the “Hearst Farmers’ Co-op” / Hearst Coop brand. The store is the co-op anchor of Cochrane District material supply — a hybrid lumber yard, hardware store, farm-supply outlet, and trade-counter plumbing/electrical/welding supplier. The previous listing categorised Hearst Coop as a renovation company; the scope has been corrected to reflect its actual role as a member-owned retail building centre.

## Products & Services

- Dimensional lumber, sheet goods, and engineered lumber for residential and agricultural builds
- Kitchen cabinets and windows — stock and special-order through the Castle network
- Plumbing and electrical supply, hardware, paint (PPG dealer), and hand/power tools
- Livestock feed and agricultural supply through the Farmers’ Co-op arm
- Welding equipment and supplies — an important link for the region’s farm and small-industrial trades
- Build-plan and take-off support for homeowner and contractor projects

## Service Area

The yard and front counter serve Hearst and the wider western Cochrane District — Mattice, Hallebourg, Jogues, Constance Lake, and the farm belt south toward Hornepayne. Delivery is common within the Highway 11 / Highway 583 corridor.

## Why it’s on home.renovation.reviews

At 1947 continuous operation this is the **oldest continuously-operating firm on home.renovation.reviews** , pre-dating even Pat Noble Lumber (Gore Bay, 1949) and Goderich Electric (1957). That matters editorially: in markets this far north, a co-op members’ yard is often the only place to sort out supply for a renovation, a repair, a feed run, and a weld job in the same visit. The directory treats Hearst Coop as a flagship materials anchor for the Cochrane District and the keystone of the “1940s tenure” band.

## More from home.renovation.reviews

- Other multi-decade Ontario materials anchors: [Pat Noble Lumber & Building Supplies (Gore Bay, 1949)](https://home.renovation.reviews/t/pat-noble-lumber-building-supplies-lumber-hardware-gore-bay-1949/666) · [Espanola Home Hardware Building Centre](https://home.renovation.reviews/t/espanola-home-hardware-building-centre/637) · [North Shore Ltd. (Collingwood)](https://home.renovation.reviews/t/north-shore-ltd-formerly-the-glass-place-the-flooring-place/622)
- Cross-town Hearst materials neighbour: [Hearst Home Building Centre](https://home.renovation.reviews/t/hearst-home-building-centre/780)
- Hearst cluster GCs that source from the Co-op: [F. Girard General Construction](https://home.renovation.reviews/t/f-girard-general-construction-ferns-cabinet-shop/770) · [Villeneuve Construction](https://home.renovation.reviews/t/villeneuve-construction/771) · [Morin Construction Ltd.](https://home.renovation.reviews/t/morin-construction-ltd/772)
- LF Builders: [blog.lfbuilders.ca](https://blog.lfbuilders.ca) · [lfbuilders.ca](https://lfbuilders.ca)

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