Don Street

Don Street

Don Street in 1964

Don Street is a narrow road between King Street and Burrard Street. It is a much narrower street than New Street and Halkett Place, with which it runs parallel. There are now no buildings of any historical or architectural significance along its length

The pedestrian precinct end of Don Street

The junction of Burrard Street and Don Street in 1913. We believe that this is where James Pool's auction house was situated in the 19th century

In 1790 the island's first Methodist chapel was built on the corner of King Street and Don Street, and this served the English and French-speaking Methodist communities for 24 years, until they moved to another church further along Don Street. This was in use, probably as late as 1847, when the French-speaking community moved to Grove Street Church, the English-speaking Methodist congregation having already moved to their new church in Wesley Street.

The Don Street chapel then became known as Hotel de Ville (Town Hall) and its large hall was used for banquets and other social events. It is not thought that it had any real administrative function in the parish, which was probably not needed at the time, although the new Town Hall was built in 1872 to provide offices and a large assembly room for the parish.

• Where was the Hotel de Ville?

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  Renouf's
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  Le Lievre's
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  1965
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  Pool's auction house was followed by a garage
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  Queueing for a sale at Langlois furniture store in the 1970s - Picture Jersey Evening Post
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  The pedestrianised end of the street where it meets King Street
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  1968
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  A restaurant's outdoor tables in 1978 - Jersey Evening Post photograph

Businesses

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  Miss Hutton advertised piano and dancing lessons in Don Street in 1840
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  C Pol, leather merchant on the corner of Don Street and Burrard Street ...
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  ... Mrs Thomas, fruit and veg, on the opposite corner
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  Le Lievre's Stores
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  Frederick Gosney, ship painter
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  Auctioneer James Pool had his salesroom on the corner of Don Street and Burrard Street
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  1945 Langlois advert
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  House for sale in 1945 by estate agent A Langlois
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  1945 Le Lievre's advert
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  1945 advert
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  Au Bon Marche, 1894
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  F P Le Marquand's foundry was in Don Street in 1874
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  1852
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  1853
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  1920
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  1905
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  1890
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  Langlois
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  1905
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  1858
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  1860
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  1855
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  1857
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  1855
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  1925
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  1948
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  1948
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  1948
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  1955
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  1955
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  1968
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  A card advertising William Gosling's town centre livery stables in about 1890
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  1899 Evening Post advert
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  1899 Evening Post advert
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  1873
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  1873
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  1887 advert from L'Almanach de la Gazette de Jersey
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  1887 advert from L'Almanach de la Gazette de Jersey
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  1852
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  1855
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  1922 advert for the Picture House
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  Advert from Jersey Leader, 1935
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  Le Feuvre and Co, of 50 Don Street, were advertising greenhouse heaters in this 1928 advert in Chronique de Jersey
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  Jones sewing machines were sold at No 10 in 1900
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  Gates and Company sold china, glass and earthenware in Don Street in 1832