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      This brick house was built around 1853 by Joshua Richardson. It was located on lot 3 of Broken Front Concession in Pickering Township. At the time this photograph was taken, the house was owned by his son Robert Richardson.

      This brick house is located in the south-east portion of lot 25, Concession 4 in Whitby Township. It was purchased by Thomas Park in 1861. At the time of this photograph the house was the home of Matthew Crawforth and his wife Eliza, daughter of Thomas Park. The house was …

      Patly Mills was located on the south half of lot 28, on the north side of Taunton Road, east of Chochrane Street. The Patley Mills were established by James Mitchell in 1851 and they processed oatmeal and flour. James Mitchell was drowned in a boating accident on Lake Ontario in …

      This building (cottage) was built in the 1850s at 926 Byron Street South on the west side between Keith and Burns Streets. The house at left was the residence of Robert J. Wilson, built in 1857 at the south east corner of Keith and Centre Streets. Both Mr. Gordon and …

      This house is located at 201 Pine Street on the north-east corner of Mary and Pine Streets. It was built in the 1850s and demolished in 1976. Owners of this house were the Armstrong family, W.H. Higgins, C.F. Stewart, J.B. Laidlaw, and Frank Lloyd Beecroft. The home was called "The …

      The Methodist Episcopal Church was located at the corner of Church and Albert Streets. It was also called the White Church. It was built in 1845 on the east side of Church Street. The Methodist Episcopal Church (White Church) amalgamated in 1884 with the Wesleyan Methodist and Bible Christian Churches. …

      The Methodist Episcopal Church was located at the corner of Church and Albert Streets. It was also called the White Church. It was built in 1845 on the east side of Church Street. The Methodist Episcopal Church (White Church) amalgamated in 1884 with the Wesleyan Methodist and Bible Christian Churches. …

      The Methodist Episcopal Church was located at the corner of Church and Albert Streets. It was also called the White Church. It was built in 1845 on the east side of Church Street. The Methodist Episcopal Church (White Church) amalgamated in 1884 with the Wesleyan Methodist and Bible Christian Churches. …

      This building was located at 100-108 Brock Street North. The Gerrie and Yule Block was built for James H. Gerrie, druggist and George Yule, telegraph office were constructed in 1873. The store on Dundas Street at left is the grocery store of Gibson and Sparvell. The Ontario Block is further …

      The Dominion Warerooms were built in 1866 by John M. Lowes and James B. Powell and demolished in 1964. Oddfellows' Hall was built in 1873-75 and demolished in 1964. Hatch Block was built in 1874. McMillan Block was built in 1864.

      O'Donovan Carriage Works was located at 300 Brock Street South, in the block bounded by Brock Street, Gilbert Street, Byron Street and Dunlop Street. The entrance faced the west side of Brock Street. The three storey frame building at the right of the photo was constructed in 1869 and demolished …

      This factory was established in 1874 at the north west corner of Byron Street and Dundas Street. The buildings were dismantled and moved in 1894.

      Major Harper was born in Whitby on November 1, 1835. Throughout his life he worked as a carpenter and builder of woodworking machinery. In 1853 Mr. Harper and Stephen Gross established the Whitby Planing Mill and Sash Factory at the south west corner of Brock Street and Mary Street. Mr. …

      Andrew Miller Ross was born at Edinburgh, Scotland on October 9, 1851 and came to Whitby in 1856. As a young man he moved to Rockford, Illinois where he was married in 1875. He returned to Whitby about 1879 where he worked as a dry goods merchant for over forty …

      James Wallace was born in Kincardineshire, Scotland on March 3, 1814 and came to Whitby before 1840. He was a businessman who worked as a contractor, newspaper editor and owner of a soap works and clock factory. He organized and financed the Whitby Highland Rifle Company and took part in …

      A black and white photograph of a notice of the closing exercises at the Ontario Ladies' College in Whitby. the notice contains a print of the college and then below it textual information.

      James Dryden was born at Sunderland, England in April 1806 and while an infant moved with his parents to Walsingham in the county of Durham, UK. The family settled in Whitby Township in 1820 and in 1832 James Dryden established a farm of two hundred acres on lot 19, concession …

      William Warren was born at Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland, on October 18, 1800 and came to Whitby Township with his brother John Borlase Warren in 1821. They farmed on the third concession for about a year and opened a store at Hamer's Corners in 1823. He married Clarissa Lynde on …

      William Henry Higgins was born in Limerick, Ireland in 1830. In January 1857 he and two brothers named Meyerhoffer started publishing the Whitby Chronicle, which Mr. Higgins continued to edit and publish until 1883 when he moved to Toronto. From 1883 to 1885 he was a Canadian immigration agent in …

      Yeoman Gibson was born at Ebberston, Yorkshire, England, on March 21, 1828 and came to Whitby in 1847. He started out as a clerk and bookkeeper and then went into the grocery business for himself in 1857. He was a strong supporter of the Methodist Church and presented a silver …