Post Office and Federal Building 19 S 6. The railroad was opened May 12, 1875. Almost immediately mail was shifted to this mode of transport. At the junction of the railroad and the O'Leary Road a station house was built. Because of inadequate road conditions, people were anxious to live near the station. Quickly a small settlement of thirty families was established and the services of a post office were recog¬ nized; indeed the post office was one of the first, and perhaps the most vital service offered the young settlement by the Dominion Government . Originally the post office was named " O'Leary Station ". This name was officially changed to " O'Leary " February 2, 1967. John Frost who had come from England in 1846 was appointed O'Leary 's first postmaster in 1877. The Post Office was in his home situated approximately where the Fire Hall is today. He carried on his appointment until disaster struck on September 19, 1889 when the Frost home, including the Post Office and all its contents were destroyed by fire. Unfortunately, Mr. Frost was reimbursed for only the value of the postage stamps lost - a sum of twenty-six dollars which in those days of "penny postage" was probably a year's supply. Mr. Frost then resigned and in 1903 was succeeded by Robert E. Ellis , Sr., who served as postmaster in one of his own buildings on the south side of the O'Leary Road just west of the track. Garfield Ellis' 12