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      This brick house was built in 1835 on lot 20 of Concession 7 in Whitby Township. It was located on the north side of the the 7th Concession, east of Thickson Road. A second story was added to the house in 1926. It was the residence of James Dryden (1806-1881), …

      This stone house was located on lot 30 on the north side of Rossland Road, east of McQuay Blvd. in Whitby Township. It was built in the 1840s or 1850s for Sylvester Lynde (1800-1883), a son of Jabez Lynde. The house was destroyed by fire on 10 June 1913, when …

      The Arksey Homestead was located on lot 23 on Taunton Road in Whitby Township.

      This farmhouse was built about 1850 by Joshua Crawforth, on lot 20 of Thickson Road (Concession 1) on the north side of Victoria Street (Base Line)in Whitby Township. It was likely demolished about 1939 when Highway 401 was built through the Crawforth farm.

      These barns, part of the Joshua Crawforth farm, were located on the north side of Victoria Street (Base Line) on lot 20 of Thickson Road (Concession 1) in Whitby Township. They were moved about 1939 for construction of Highway 401 and were later demolished.

      This brick farm house was built in the 1870s on lot 34 on the north side of Concession 4/Taunton Road for John Madill and was purchased by William Henry Bell. It was called Bonny Bank Farm when John Madill owned the property. The house was demolished in June 2006.

      This frame house was built by John Guthrie shortly after he purchased lot 35 on Concession 4 in Whitby Township in 1844. A modern house was built onto it in the 1890s and the old house used as a kitchen and later a garage. It was demolished about 1955.

      This house was located on Lot 29 of Concession 7 in Whitby Township.

      The stone farmhouse was the home of William Heron Sr. (1792-1884) and it remained in the Heron family for many years. It was located on lot 29 of Concession 9 in Whitby Township.

      This frame house was built about 1856 for Samuel Hill. It was located on lot 27 of Concession 4 in Whitby Township. It was purchased in 1900 from the Hill family by Charles John Spencer, whose family lived there until 1920 when the house was sold to John Webber. In …

      This frame farmhouse was located on lot 26 of the north side of Taunton Road in Whitby Township.

      Joseph Heard's horse-drawn bus which made regular trips between Whitby Junction Station and the hotels uptown.

      The residence of John Davidson was located on lot 31 of Concession 8 in Whitby Township.

      The water tower on the east side of Euclid Street was built in 1904 and demolished in 1950.

      The Burnham residence was demolished in 1977. Frederick A. Cuddy built his home on the empty lot in 1935.

      The cannons were placed in front of the courthouse in 1902, they were from the Citadel in Halifax, Nova Scotia. In 1964 the cannons were moved to the new courthouse on Rossland Road. They were sent back to the Citadel in Halifax in 1989. The Ontario County Courthouse was built …

      Black and white negative of a team photograph of the Whitby Greys' Baseball Club. The photograph was taken in a studio and the team is posing with trophies and baseball bats.

      Walter Hoskins Harper (1807-1847) was a native of Cornwall, England and his wife, Elizabeth Allman (1814-1894), a native of Devonshire. The couple were married in 1834 at Whitby Township. They had six children: Ann, Major, Margaret, Joseph James, Richard, and Mary Ann. Major Harper (1835-1917) married Emeline Pierson (1837-1907) in …

      Donald McKay (1837-1914) and Alice Noble ( -1924) had six children: Estella, Ambrose Noble, James Donald, John, Emily Alice, and Janet Louise. Donald taught at Markham Township for a number of years before retiring to mercantile life. He was appointed Ontario County Treasurer in 1890 and held the position until …

      Jabez Lynde (1773-1856) was born in Brookfield, MA. He married Clarissa Woodruff (1774-1830) in 1796. In 1803 Jabez and Clarissa emigrated to Canada, settling at the area now known as Lynde Creek in 1804. Sylvester Bernard Lynde (1800-1883), eldest son of Jabez and Clarissa, married Louisa Mary Smith in 1822 …