Historic Unionville

George Duncan is a founding member of the Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals and a two-time recipient of the Ontario Heritage Foundation’s Certificate of Achievement. He works for the Markham Planning and Urban Design Department and lives in Markham, Ontario.

Historic Unionville is a beautifully produced and illustrated history of the ‘unexpected Oasis’ that is Unionville…Duncan’s historical tour is informed by his insights as a heritage professional; his meticulous examination of the City of Markham’s heritage files brings his knowledge of architecture and urban planning to this story.

• AcknowledgementsForeword by Lorne R. SmithIntroduction: Unionville — A Village in the CityPre-Confederation UnionvillePhilip and Ann Elizabeth Eckardt Log House, 60 Aksel Rinck Drive, c.1800Bethesda Lutheran Cemetery, 9423 Kennedy Road, established 1820Eckardt-Stiver Cottage, 206 Main Street, c.1829Wheelwright and Carriage Shop, 166 Main Street, c.1835Worker’s Cottage, 260 Main Street, c.1845Philip and Susanna Eckardt Farmhouse, 60 Meadowbrook Lane, c.1845Union Mills House, 209 Main Street, c.1846First Congregational Church, 149 Main Street, 1847St. Philip’s Old Rectory, 9418 Kennedy Road, c.1850First Post Office and Store, 188 Main Street, c.1850, north section, 1870sHunter-Reed House and Store, 193 Main Street, c.1850, store, 1880sHewlett Eckardt House, 158 Main Street, c.1853McKinnon-Eakin House, 145 Main Street, mid 19th centuryUnionville House, 187 Main Street, mid 19th centuryWilliam Eckardt House, 124 Main Street, c.1856Eckardt-McKay House, 197 Main Street, c.1856The Crown Inn, 249 Main Street, c.1860Braithwaite House and Store, 154 Main Street, c.1867Unionville’s Golden AgeFenwick-Brown General Store, 156 Main Street, c.1870Raymer Cheese Factory, 233 Main Street, c.1870Unionville Railway Station, 7 Station Lane, 1870The Queen’s Hotel, 174 Main Street, c.1871The Doctor’s House, 198 Main Street, 1872The Arch Tree House, 128 Main Street, c.1873Robert and Henrietta Harrington House, 141 Main Street, c.1873Job and Elizabeth McDowell House, 14 Eureka Street, c.1874Andrew and Martha Nicholson House, 136 Main Street, c.1874The Village Hardware Store, 159 Main Street, c.1874Josiah and Phoebe Hall House, 4 Station Lane, c.1874George and Frances Pingle House, 15 Station Lane, c.1874John and Mary Stephenson House, 133 Main Street, c.1875James and Sarah Jane Eckardt House, 137 Main Street, c.1875Thomas and Catherine McDowell House and Shoe Maker’s Shop, 161 Main Street, c.1875Christopher and Elizabeth Chant House, 147 Main Street, c.1876George and Dorothea Robinson House, 306 Main Street, 1876Dr. Albert Pingle House, 121 Main Street, c.1877Stiver-Summerfeldt Store, 182 Main Street, c.1877Warren Bishop Jr. House, 7 Victoria Avenue, c.1877Margaret Robinson House, 117 Main Street, c.1878Weatherill Double House, 118 Main Street, c.1878Gingerbread Cottage, 27 Victoria Avenue, c.1878Old Lutheran Parsonage, 109 Main Street, c.1879Esther Summerfeldt House, 123 Main Street, c.1879Central United Church, 131 Main Street, 1879The Old Veterans’ Hall, 150 Main Street, 1879James Eckardt Tenant Farmer’s House, 24 Maple Lane c.1880The Old Bakery, 31 Victoria Avenue, c.1885Charles E. Stiver Carpenter’s Shop, 17 Euclid Street, c.1886George and Hannah Weatherill House, 77 Main Street, c.1890Moses and Catherine Hemingway House, 105 Main Street, c.1896Unionville’s Second CenturyHugh Powell and Harriet Crosby House, 111 Main Street, c.1900Stiver Brothers Grain Elevator and Feed Mill, 9 Station Lane, early twentieth centuryDelos and Jennie Harrington House, 130 Main Street, 1905Charles H. and Marein Stiver House, 202 Main Street, 1907Edwin and Verdilla Dixon House, 108 Main Street, c.1910William and Hannah Caldwell House, 201 Main Street, 1910Powers-Maynard House, 268 Main Street, c.1910Bethesda Lutheran Church, 20 Union Street, 1910Davison Ford Dealership, 189 Main Street, c.1913Old St. Philip’s Anglican Church, 218 Main Street, 1913John and Ellen Snowball House, 9 Eckardt Avenue, c.1923Hiram and Sara Powers House, 4802 Highway 7, c.1930The Old Fire Hall, 170 Main Street, c.1930Maynard Houses, 36 and 38 Eureka Street, c.1946Unionville Public School, 300 Main Street, 1955The Unionville Planing Mill, 139 Main Street, 1986Varley Art Gallery, 216 Main Street, 1997Afterword: A Word about Heritage ConservationNotesBibliography and Recommended Reading