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      This property was sold in 1874 by William Bunton, a shipbuilder and owner of schooners that sailed from Wellington Square wharves, to Robert Miller, who was in that year appointed Collector of Customs for the Port of Wellington Square. Miller had previously been Reeve of Nelson Township (1855–67), Warden of …

      This was built before 1840 on the Brant Street site of the old town hall and library (which was built in 1906), and was moved to this lot in 1874 for William Hodgson. It was rebuilt and expanded by master builder George Blair ca 1890. In 1897 it was purchased …

      Built ca 1870 for Elizabeth Ireland, a spinster, who owned six lots extending behind the house, north on Burlington Avenue. The fron entrance was centered on the view south on Burlington Avenue to Lake Ontario, necessitating a jog in the avenue. The brick is said to have been the first …

      Originally built ca 1884 as a 1 1/2 storey frame cottage with clapboard siding, a summer kitchen at the rear, and side porches on both east and west elevations, for Charles Robinson Smith. From 1890 to 1914, owned by Robert John Allen, a carpenter, and his wife. Also living here …

      Built in 1910 by George Blair and sold to John and Mary Foster. John Foster was listed in the 1927 Voters List as a (retired) Gentleman.

      Built in 1911 by Ephraim Burns on a lot from which he had removed an older house. From 1919 to 1966 the home of Mrs Dorothy Angus, whose husband Arthur died in 1924, when their daughter Mary was only two years old. Mrs Dorothy Angus became chief librarian of the …

      Built ca 1910, perhaps by Charles Allen, and sold to the Reverend William Henry Rowsome, a Minister, and his wife. Harry Rowsome had been a fruit farmer on New Street since 1883, when he bought a 9.5-acre parcel of land from William Dalton and built the house now known as …

      Built in 1908 by Ephraim Burns and sold to John C. Campbell, a butcher on Brant Street. Later the home of the Utter family. The lane to the east of the house, now Blathwayt Lane, was called Utters' Lane, and also Rink Lane, since it led to the skating arena …

      Built ca 1885 by James Cushie Bent and sold in 1888 to Charles Pye Blathwayt for $1575. Charles Blathwayt, an Englishman, spent a short time in Burlington and then returned to England. Bought in 1894 by Joseph Alton, a retired famer, and his wife Hannah. Owned by William J. Stuart …

      Built in 1888 by James Cushie Bent, intended to become the manse for the neighbouring Calvary Baptist Church, also built by Bent. The date is incorporated into the gingerbread design at the bases of the second-level windows: 1T - 8°° - 8° - 8. In 1926 the trustees of the …

      Built in 1875 as Calvary Baptist Church by James Cushie Bent, an important early builder who also constructed the neighbouring frame houses, 1442 Ontario Street and 1436 Ontario Street. All three buildings are built in distinctive composite styles which blend Victorian vernacular traditions with strongly individual design elements. From the …

      Built in 1912 by Charles Andrew Klainka (pronounced Klankey), who had been a foreman at A. S. Nicholson’s planing mill, where an accidental injury seems to have convinced him to change his occupation. 2 August 1910 Gazette: Mr Chas. Klainka, foreman in A. S. Nicholson’s planing mill, had a narrow …

      Built in 1910 by George Allen. Bought in 1913 by William Oliver McCaslin, sectionman, and later foreman, who married Sarah Jane Dryden in June 1916. From the widowed Mrs McCaslin in 1946 to Anson and Mary Dryden. From 1952 the home of Bedrich and Milada Cecha, who immigrated from Czechslovakia …

      Built in 1910 for James G. Wilson, road superintendent, and his wife Mary.

      Built in 1909 by George Allen and advertised in the Gazette: "For Sale. This new brick house, seven rooms; furnace, wired for electric lights; hard and soft water; fine lot, with fruit trees; centrally located. Liberal Terms to suit purchasers. Apply to GEO. ALLEN". Sold in June 1909 (with Allen …

      Built in 1909 by George Allen. Owned for a few years by real estate agent John MItchell, whose wife Mabel (née Filman) died in June 1915. From 1919 the home of G. H. (Harry) Nicholson, a lumber agent, his wife Mary, and Gordon Nicholson, a millman and mechanic. Harry and …

      Built in 1914 by George Allen on a lot to the north of his house at 1391 Ontario Street. Advertised for sale in the 10 June 1914 Gazette: “FOR SALE: An eight-roomed house with all modern conveniences and electric fixtures. Good locality, on Burlington Avenue, one block from Radial. Terms …

      Built in 1942 on a lot severed from 504 Burlington Avenue, for G. E. McMunn, who worked in the office at Nicholson Lumber on Ontario Street. As a young man, Eddie McMunn had been a boarder at 526 Burlington Avenue. He married Bernice Colton of Locust Street, whose mother Gertrude …

      Built in 1885 by Burlington master builder George Blair (1852 - 1935) as his own residence. His father and uncle had immigrated from Scotland to farm at Harper’s Corners in West Flamborough. Since he disliked clearing land, he decided to take up carpentry. The first house he worked on is …

      Built in 1922 on a lot severed from the Ireland property at 1401 Ontario Street, for John Isaac Duke and his wife Catherine. John Duke operated a barber shop on the west side of Brant Street, south of City Hall. His son Jack continued the business until his retirement.