List of historic buildings in Markham, Ontario facts for kids

Several historic buildings in the Unionville Heritage District, one of four heritage conservation districts in Markham.

This is a list of historic building in Markham, Ontario, Canada. The earliest structures that were built in Markham, Ontario originated from indigenous settlements in the region, including the Iroquois, the Huron Wendat, the Petun and the Neutral Nation. However, Markham's oldest standing structures dates back to its earliest European settlers, who settled the area in 1794.

Historic buildings and structures are spread throughout Markham, although a number of historic buildings are clustered in four "heritage conservation districts," Buttonville, Markham Village, Thornhill, and Unionville. Development in the heritage conservation districts is required to follow municipal guidelines laid out in the heritage district's conservation plan. These conservation plans were created to protect historic buildings, and to ensure that new developments within these districts complement the "character of the neighbourhood".

List of historic buildings

Most historic structures and properties are presently registered with the Markham Register of Property of Cultural Heritage Value or Interest. A number of buildings and properties listed on the registry are protected under the Ontario Heritage Act. Buildings and structures in the registry are either listed as individual properties, or as a part of a larger heritage conservation district. The oldest structure listed on the registry is Philip Eckardt Log House, built in 1800. In addition to buildings that are listed on the registry, several of Markham's oldest buildings are situated at the Markham Museum, an open-air museum located next to the Markham Village heritage conservation district.

The majority of Markham's oldest standing structures were built as private residences, many of which are still used for that purpose. However, some residences have been re-purposed for commercial use.

1800 to 1849

The following is a list of historic buildings from 1800 to 1849:

Building	Year completed	Architectural style	Address	Heritage district	Ward
Philip Eckardt Log House	1800	N/A - Basic Log cabin	128 Harbord Street	N/A	6
Christian Reesor Homestead	1806	Georgian	9035 Reesor Road	N/A	5
20 Ruggles Avenue	1809	Georgian	20 Ruggles Avenue	N/A	1
Heintzman House	1816	Regency	135 Bay Thorn Drive	N/A	1
David Whaley House	1820	Vernacular	7218 Reesor Road	N/A	7
Joshua Miller House	1820	Georgian	10 Heritage Corners Lane	N/A	4
Christian K. Hoover House	1824	N/A - Basic Log cabin	9350 Markham Road	N/A	4
4130 19th Avenue	1826	Regency	4130 19th Avenue	N/A	6
Gapper-Duncan House	1828	Georgian & Regency	6 Wismer Place	N/A	4
Johnston-Barker House	1828	Georgian & Vernacular	53 Main Street Markham South	Markham Village	4
Byer Family Home	1829	Georgian	10235 Highway 48	N/A	5
Eckardt-Stiver House	1829	Ontario Cottage & Regency	206 Main Street Unionville	Unionville	3
Thomas and Sarah Hasty House	1829	Neoclassical	11482 McCowan Road	N/A	6
Peter Reesor Homestead	1830	Georgian	7273 14th Avenue	N/A	7
Reverend William Jenkins House	1830	Neoclassical	11022 Kennedy Road	N/A	6
Nathan Chapman Jr. House	1832	Ontario Cottage & Regency	9350 Markham Road	N/A	4
Cashel Road House	1835	Georgian	4510 Elgin Mills Road East	N/A	6
John Wurtz House	1835	Regency	8847 Reesor Road	N/A	5
Joseph & Sarah Henderson House	1835	Georgian	53 Main Street Markham North	Markham Village	4
Unionville Wheelwright and Blacksmith Snop	1835		166 Main Street Unionville	Unionville	3
William and Ann Workman House	1835	Neoclassical	15 George Street	Markham Village	4
Thomas McMackon House	1840	Gothic Revival & Vernacular	8328 14th Avenue	N/A	7
David Badgerow House	1840	Georgian	8331 14th Avenue	N/A	7
Samuel Kendrick Farmhouse	1840	Georgian	4822 19th Avenue	N/A	6
Chauncy Crosby House	1840	Georgian	10451 Highway 48	N/A	5
William Reynolds House	1840	Ontario Cottage & Regency	7482 Highway 7 East	N/A	5
Adam Hagler House	1840	Georgian & Vernacular	N/A	N/A	N/A
William Grant House	1840	Georgian & Vernacular	2665 Bur Oak Avenue	N/A	5
15 Colborne Street	1840	Georgian & Vernacular	15 Colborne Street	Thornhill	1
John Jacob Lunau House	1840	Gothic Revival	12 David Gohn Circle	N/A	4
William Macklin House	1840	Neoclassical	2501 Denison Street	N/A	7
4478 Elgin Mills Road East	1840	Neoclassical	4478 Elgin Mills Road East	N/A	6
Adam Clendenen House	1840	Georgian	8 Green Hollow Court	N/A	5
John Reesor House	1840	Georgian, Gothic Revival, and Vernacular	1 Kalvinster Drive	N/A	5
St. Philip's Anglican Church Manse	1840	Georgian	9418 Kennedy Road	N/A	6
Sommerfeldt Homestead	1840	Georgian	10379 Kennedy Road	N/A	6
39 Langstaff Road East	1840		39 Langstaff Road East	N/A	1
James and Sarah Osborn Double House	1840	Georgian	61 Main Street Markham North	Markham Village	4
Old Presbyterian Manse	1840	Neoclassical	89 Main Street Markham South	Markham Village	4
Jacob Pingle Sr. House	1840	Vernacular	4638 Major Mackenzie Drive East	N/A	6
5480 Major Mackenzie Drive East	1840	Georgian	5480 Major Mackenzie Drive East	N/A	6
William Read House	1840	Georgian	9899 Markham Road	N/A	4
11137 McCowan Road	1840	Neoclassical	11137 McCowan Road	N/A	6
Abraham Koch House	1840	Georgian	16 Moore's Court	N/A	7
Samuel Reesor Homestead	1840	Georgian	7450 Reesor Road	N/A	7
White Hill Mills House	1840	Georgian	7939 Reesor Road	N/A	7
Noble Tenant Farmer House	1840	Georgian	11122 Reesor Road	N/A	5
Peterson-Jarvis House	1840	Gothic Revival	99 Thoroughbred Way	N/A	6
46 Timbermill Crescent	1840	Neoclassical	46 Timbermill Crescent	N/A	4
Alexander McPherson House	1840	Georgian	31 Victory Lane	N/A	8
Schell House	1840	Gothic Revival & Vernacular	11242 Warden Avenue	N/A	2
Buttonville Mill House	1840		9064 Woodbine Avenue	Buttonville	2
William Cornelius Home	1840	Gothic Revival & Vernacular	8346 York Durham Line	N/A	7
Tomlinson-Smith House	1841	Georgian	7662 Ninth Line	N/A	7
Briarwood Farm	1842	Georgian	4031 16th Avenue	N/A	3
George Pingle Jr. House	1842	Gothic Revival & Vernacular	4022 Major Mackenzie Drive East	N/A	6
John Lane House	1842	Gothic Revival & Vernacular	111 John Street	Thornhill	1
Almira Mill Workers Cottage	1845	Georgian & Vernacular	4176 14th Avenue	N/A	6
Crinklewood Mansion	1845	Georgian & Neoclassical	54 Crinklewood Crescent	Thornhill	1
Archibald Fenwick House	1845	Ontario Cottage & Regency	7 Heritage Corners Lane	N/A	4
Lane House	1845	Georgian	26 John Street	Thornhill	1
170 John Street	1845	Neoclassical	170 John Street	Thornhill	1
Thomas Lownsborough House	1845	Gothic Revival & Vernacular	9392 Kennedy Road	N/A	6
Samuel Eakin House	1845	Ontario Cottage & Regency	10725 Kennedy Road	N/A	6
John Edey House	1845	Neoclassical	4 Leahill Drive	Thornhill	1
Workers' Cottage	1845	Ontario Cottage & Regency	260 Main Street Unionville	Unionville	3
Richard and Margaret Sylvester Houes	1845	Georgian	88 Main Street Markham South	Markham Village	4
Thomas Peach House	1845	Georgian	10387 McCowan Road	N/A	6
Phillip Eckardt Jr. House	1845	Georgian	60 Meadowbrook Lane	N/A	3
11303 Warden Avenue	1845	Georgian	11303 Warden Avenue	N/A	6
Robert A. West General Store	1845	Neoclassical	7771 Yonge Street	Thornhill	1
William Lane House	1846	Georgian	14 Colborne Street	Thornhill	1
Goodfellow/Arthur Lismer House	1846	Georgian	22 John Street	Thornhill	1
Union Mills House	1846	Gothic Revival & Vernacular	209 Main Street Unionville	Unionville	3
7699 Yonge Street	1846	Georgian	7699 Yonge Street	Thornhill	1
St. Luke's Roman Catholic Church and Manse	1847	Gothic Revival	15 Church Lane	Thornhill	1
First Unionville Congregational Church	1847	Vernacular	149 Main Street Unionville	Unionville	3
Warren Bishop House	1847	Georgian	26 David Gohn Circle	N/A	4
Ninth Line Baptist Church	1848	Gothic Revival	9350 Markham Road	N/A	4
William Morrison House	1848	Georgian	12 Buttonville Crescent West	Buttonville	2
Joseph Marr House	1848	Georgian	3 Heritage Corners Lane	N/A	4
Ambrose Noble House	1848	Georgian & Neoclassical	11 Heritage Corners Lane	N/A	4
Frizzell House	1848	Gothic Revival & Vernacular	18 John Street	Thornhill	1
Holy Anne's Cottage	1848	Georgian	32 John Street	Thornhill	1
Abraham B. Ramer House	1848	Georgian	304 Main Street Markham North	Markham Village	4
Henry Pingle House	1849	Arts and Crafts	11 Tannis Street	N/A	6

1850 to 1890

The following is a list of structures built in Markham since 1850.

Building	Image	Year completed	Architectural style	Address	Heritage district	Ward	Notes	Ref
Munshaw Homestead		1854	Georgian	10 Ruggles Avenue	N/A	1
Tremont Hotel		1873	Provincial (19th Century) Vernacular / Colonial Georgian	123-131 Main Street Markham	Markham Village	4	Built on the site of Anglo-American Hotel (destroyed in fire in 1872) and remained in use until 1960, still in situ (boarded up unrestored). One of three 19th Century hotels in Markham Village and only one to survive (Wellington and Franklin House demolished in 1964).

List of lost buildings and structures

Various historic structures have been burned down or demolished over time.

Building	Location	Year Completed	Comment
Lutheran School House	Located north side of Lutheran Cemetery at Berczy Historical Settlement in Berczy Village	early 1800s	Little details available but school offered schooling in German only lead by Rev. George Sigmund Liebich
School Section # 9	SE corner of Main Street Unionville and Highway 7	1832	Was main school for Unionville until #10 built 1858; location likely in vacant lot once occupied by service station.
School Section #10	Main Street Unionville, now north parking lot at Unionville Public School	1830s	Replaced by new schoolhouse in 1892, additions added in 1949 and 1955; demolished and replaced 1977
Union Mills	Along Rouge River in Unionville	1841	Burned down 1934; located on west side of Main Street South and Rouge River (near site of Bill Crothers Secondary School)
Franklin House Hotel	north of Robinson Street and Main Street, Markham Village	c. 1880	Rebuilt after fire destroyed 1840s building (first as North Star Inn then as Pilkey Hotel in 1850s) and demolished 1964 to make way for strip plaza on Robinson Street, now parking lot behind 96 Main Street North.
Ratcliff Sawmill	Lot 35, Concession 6 (Stouffville Road and Kennedy Road), Stouffville	1840s-1850s	Built by William Ratcliff and remained operational until 1970s, but destroyed by fire 1982, but mill equipment saved and used in Ashmore Reesor's mill at Markham Museum. Family owned Century Mill Lumber continues to operate on site
Thomas Speight Wagon Works Factory	approximately 20 Main Street North (west) and 25 Main Street North (east), Markham Village	~1840s	Originally on west side and later moved to east side of Main Street; operations ceased in 1917 and burned down with garage in 1922; both sites now occupied by commercial buildings
James Campbell House	Markham Village	1865	Cottage built next to another home by shoemaker; demolished
St. Patrick's Church	Vinegar Hill	1855	Torn down 1977 after new church moved to Highway 7 in 1971
Agricultural Hall (Rink)	SE corner of Highway 7 and Main Street Markham, Markham Village	1916	Burned down same year it was completed. Now parking lot of Markham Village Community Centre
Grace Anglican Church	8th Line (Markham Main Street South) and Old Wellington Street	1848	Demolished 1963 and now site of Esso gas station. Grace Church moved to Parkway Avenue.
Wellington Hotel	Main Street South and Highway 7 SE corner	1860?	Located in where the Cenotaph is the hotel was owned by proprietor J.S. Rocbotham but originally by William Armstrong.
Grace Anglican Church Rectory	8th Line (Markham Main Street South) and Old Wellington Street	1889	Demolished 1963 and now site of Esso gas station
Presbyterian Church	Washington Street	1873	Demolished after 1963
Main Street Markham bridge / old Iron Bridge		1946	Concrete bridge replaced an earlier steel truss bridge in 1909. Demolished and replaced with current bridge. Smaller truss bridge now being built for pedestrian trail near site of old bridge. It was one three bridges that crossed the Rouge: Princess Street-Fisher Court and Mill Street bridges were later removed with latter street re-routed as Main Street bridge became main routing north.
Agricultural Hall, Ice rink and ticket office	Highways (Wellington Street) and Highway 48 - old Markham Fairgrounds, Markham Village	1894	Burned down 1916 and replaced with new structure at site of original. Fairgrounds buildings all demolished in 1963.
Main Street Post Office	Joseph Street and Main Street	1910	Demolished in 1978 and replaced by current Bank Of Nova Scotia branch. Post Office moved to purpose built building on Main Street north of Highway 7 (since closed and now private business).
Anthony Forester House	28 Milroy Lane	c 1860-1876	Demolished and replica home built in 2001.

List of other historic places

Old 16th Avenue Bailey Bridge