Built in 1876, Dickson Public School was the very first public school on the west side of Galt (now Cambridge). The school was designed by architect William Scott and built by William Webster. It's a lovely mesh of both a Scottish Georgian and Italianate styles. The Scottish Georgian influences from the founding settlers of Galt are clear in the locally quarried limestone, the stressed corner quoins (interestingly you can see fossils throughout those stones), and the symmetry of style. The Italianate features are shown in the bracketed cornice pieces, the hip roofline and the double hung 6x6 windows and bell tower. The building was still used as a school until this year.