The fire of 1902 devastated not only the businesses but also displaced multiple families. Names like Nelson Bigras, Mrs. Chrisley, and York Bradley appear in The Ottawa Journal as residents who lost their homes and belongings in the blaze. This loss gives insight into how commercial and residential lives were intertwined in buildings like Jones Block. Living above one’s workplace was not uncommon and showed the deeply integrated nature of early 20th-century urban life. Later articles add depth to this picture. In 1904, a tragic story about the death of James O’Maera, found drunk in front of Jones Block, reveals names of residents like Henry R. Shepherd and his son, J.K. Sheppard. Mr. Shepherd was identified as living in Jones Block and possibly operating the grocery store on the ground floor, again showing the connection between livelihood and living space. Other residents like J.E. Carriere and community figures such as Mr. Wm. Foster Garland (a druggist living across the street) helped reconstruct the neighbourhood as a close-knit, semi-rural village, where daily lives, businesses, and social dramas played out in visible, public ways. Even into the 1920s, long after the original “Jones Block” name fell out of use in newspaper references, the legacy of its residents persisted in memory and property. The 1925 memoriam for Edward C. Jones—written by his wife, Mary C. Jones—places him at 19 Spadina Avenue, just around the corner from his beloved building. His death marked the end of an era, but the residents he housed and supported over decades had already left their mark on Hintonburg’s evolving story.