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      Sinclair School was built on the north side of Concession 4 (Taunton Road) east of Garden Street in 1874. It was used as a school until it closed in 1979. Sinclair School was demolished in 1992.

      Composite displays 84 business and professional men. Each portrait was taken individually and then pasted onto a backdrop. It was then rephotographed. Underneath the the portrait photographs are three photographs of Whitby landmarks. On the left is Burr Lodge which was located at Centre and James Streets. Jeffrey Flats at …

      William James Luke was born at Whitby on September 29, 1859. He was a member of the Public Utilities Commission of Whitby for 28 years, retiring in 1934. He was a member of the town council, a prominent Mason and secretary-treasurer of the Methodist Tabernacle Sunday School. He worked for …

      This frame house was built between 1875 and 1880 by Andrew M. Ross (1851-1936) at the south-west corner of King and Colborne Streets (at 401 Colbourne Street West). Mr. Ross was a dry goods merchant in Whitby and a former mayor of the Town. His daughter, Miss Marcia Ross (1889-1979) …

      May Irwin was a Canadian singer, songwriter, and comic performer who enjoyed popularity and prestige on the American stage from the late 1890s until the end of the 1910s. Key to Irwin’s popularity was her role as a “coon-shouter” and a performer of “coon songs,” deeply racist forms that emerge …

      Flo Irwin was the sister of May Irwin, a broadway performer born in Whitby, Ontario. May Irwin was a Canadian singer, songwriter, and comic performer who enjoyed popularity and prestige on the American stage from the late 1890s until the end of the 1910s. Key to Irwin’s popularity was her …

      The Frances Hall at Ontario Ladies' College was named for Lillian Frances Massey after her father, Hart Massey, donated ten thousand dollars to build an addition to the College. Lillian Frances Massey laid the corner stone for Frances Hall on June 19, 1895 and attended the opening of Frances Hall …

      The picture is taken in No. 23, Lower Ryerson Hall.

      The Ontario County Courthouse was built from 1852-1854 on the west side of Centre Street between Ontario Street and Gilbert Streets. Behind the building, at right is the jail. The architects for the building were Frederic Cumberland and William Storm of Toronto. This building was the county courthouse until 1964. …

      This lithograph was printed on the first envelopes used by the college. This picture is taken from an envelope post marked December 16, 1895. The lithograph on the envelope has the text "Ontario Ladies' College Whitby, Ont." printed to the right of Trafalgar Castle (the Ontario Ladies' College). Underneath the …

      Rev. Dr. John James Hare was principal of the Ontario Ladies' College from 1874 to 1915. He served as governor as well from 1879 to 1915. Dr. Hare was born at Nepean Township, Canada West, on October 3, 1847 and died at Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.A, on April 25, 1922. He …

      Auction of farmlands. In five pieces: part of lots 4 & 5, 1st concession, Pickering

      The Methodist Tabernacle was built in 1875-76 at 201 Centre Street South. It became the Whitby United Church in 1925 and St. Mark's United Church in 1962.

      Efforts to put together a Whitby Brass Band were started in 1863 and attempts were made to secure public funding. In June 1863, town council decided that it was not advisable "to appropriate any money for the purpose of organizing a band in this town." (Whitby Chronicle, June 4, 1863). …

      The Whitby Highland Club met on the third floor of 101 Brock Street North.

      This three-storey brick store was located at 111 Brock Street North (third building on the east side of Brock Street, north of Dundas Street). It was operated by Samuel and Richard Hatch and later Samuel's sons Fred and Frank Hatch from 1874 to 1904. The business was founded in Whitby …