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.

Acknowledgements
Foreword by Lorne R. Smith
Introduction: Unionville — A Village in the City

Pre-Confederation Unionville
Philip and Ann Elizabeth Eckardt Log House, 60 Aksel Rinck Drive, c.1800
Bethesda Lutheran Cemetery, 9423 Kennedy Road, established 1820
Eckardt-Stiver Cottage, 206 Main Street, c.1829
Wheelwright and Carriage Shop, 166 Main Street, c.1835
Worker’s Cottage, 260 Main Street, c.1845
Philip and Susanna Eckardt Farmhouse, 60 Meadowbrook Lane, c.1845
Union Mills House, 209 Main Street, c.1846
First Congregational Church, 149 Main Street, 1847
St. Philip’s Old Rectory, 9418 Kennedy Road, c.1850
First Post Office and Store, 188 Main Street, c.1850, north section, 1870s
Hunter-Reed House and Store, 193 Main Street, c.1850, store, 1880s
Hewlett Eckardt House, 158 Main Street, c.1853
McKinnon-Eakin House, 145 Main Street, mid 19th century
Unionville House, 187 Main Street, mid 19th century
William Eckardt House, 124 Main Street, c.1856
Eckardt-McKay House, 197 Main Street, c.1856
The Crown Inn, 249 Main Street, c.1860
Braithwaite House and Store, 154 Main Street, c.1867

Unionville’s Golden Age
Fenwick-Brown General Store, 156 Main Street, c.1870
Raymer Cheese Factory, 233 Main Street, c.1870
Unionville Railway Station, 7 Station Lane, 1870
The Queen’s Hotel, 174 Main Street, c.1871
The Doctor’s House, 198 Main Street, 1872
The Arch Tree House, 128 Main Street, c.1873
Robert and Henrietta Harrington House, 141 Main Street, c.1873
Job and Elizabeth McDowell House, 14 Eureka Street, c.1874
Andrew and Martha Nicholson House, 136 Main Street, c.1874
The Village Hardware Store, 159 Main Street, c.1874
Josiah and Phoebe Hall House, 4 Station Lane, c.1874
George and Frances Pingle House, 15 Station Lane, c.1874
John and Mary Stephenson House, 133 Main Street, c.1875
James and Sarah Jane Eckardt House, 137 Main Street, c.1875
Thomas and Catherine McDowell House and Shoe Maker’s Shop, 161 Main Street, c.1875
Christopher and Elizabeth Chant House, 147 Main Street, c.1876
George and Dorothea Robinson House, 306 Main Street, 1876
Dr. Albert Pingle House, 121 Main Street, c.1877
Stiver-Summerfeldt Store, 182 Main Street, c.1877
Warren Bishop Jr. House, 7 Victoria Avenue, c.1877
Margaret Robinson House, 117 Main Street, c.1878
Weatherill Double House, 118 Main Street, c.1878
Gingerbread Cottage, 27 Victoria Avenue, c.1878
Old Lutheran Parsonage, 109 Main Street, c.1879
Esther Summerfeldt House, 123 Main Street, c.1879
Central United Church, 131 Main Street, 1879
The Old Veterans’ Hall, 150 Main Street, 1879
James Eckardt Tenant Farmer’s House, 24 Maple Lane c.1880
The Old Bakery, 31 Victoria Avenue, c.1885
Charles E. Stiver Carpenter’s Shop, 17 Euclid Street, c.1886
George and Hannah Weatherill House, 77 Main Street, c.1890
Moses and Catherine Hemingway House, 105 Main Street, c.1896

Unionville’s Second Century
Hugh Powell and Harriet Crosby House, 111 Main Street, c.1900
Stiver Brothers Grain Elevator and Feed Mill, 9 Station Lane, early twentieth century
Delos and Jennie Harrington House, 130 Main Street, 1905
Charles H. and Marein Stiver House, 202 Main Street, 1907
Edwin and Verdilla Dixon House, 108 Main Street, c.1910
William and Hannah Caldwell House, 201 Main Street, 1910
Powers-Maynard House, 268 Main Street, c.1910
Bethesda Lutheran Church, 20 Union Street, 1910
Davison Ford Dealership, 189 Main Street, c.1913
Old St. Philip’s Anglican Church, 218 Main Street, 1913
John and Ellen Snowball House, 9 Eckardt Avenue, c.1923
Hiram and Sara Powers House, 4802 Highway 7, c.1930
The Old Fire Hall, 170 Main Street, c.1930
Maynard Houses, 36 and 38 Eureka Street, c.1946
Unionville Public School, 300 Main Street, 1955
The Unionville Planing Mill, 139 Main Street, 1986
Varley Art Gallery, 216 Main Street, 1997

Afterword: A Word about Heritage Conservation
Notes
Bibliography and Recommended Reading