 Designed by Andrew J. Riddell and named after General Julian Byng, the original building cost CAD 250,000 to build and included ten classrooms, an auditorium, a gymnasium, and a swimming pool; the pool was the first owned by an elementary school in the area.John L. Forster was chosen as its first principal.As the community expanded, it was repurposed as a secondary school and renamed Sandwich Collegiate.