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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.

The following article is a list of historic buildings in Markham up to 1850.

Contents

Existing historic buildings
- Location
- List of historic buildings in Markham
List of early demolished buildings
See also

Existing 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.

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.

Location

Historic buildings and structures are spread throughout Markham, although several historic buildings are clustered in four "heritage conservation districts," Buttonville, Markham Village, Thornhill, and Unionville. Developments 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".

In addition to the heritage conservation districts, other clusters of heritage buildings are also situated at the Markham Museum and Markham Heritage Estates. The former is an open-air local history museum; while the latter serves as the city's "subdivision last resort", an area reserved for relocated heritage buildings that cannot be retained on their existing site. The museum and subdivision are both situated near the Markham Village heritage conservation district, although they do not form a part of said district.

List of historic buildings in Markham

The following is a list of the oldest buildings in Markham that are still erect, up to 1850, as listed by the Markham Register of Property of Cultural Heritage Value or Interest:

Building	Image	Year completed	Architectural style	Listed address	Heritage district	Ward	Ref.
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
Reverend William Jenkins House		1817	Neoclassical	11022 Kennedy Road	N/A	6
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
6889 14th Avenue		1826	Georgian	6889 14th Avenue	N/A	7
4130 19th Avenue		1826–1850	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
George Miller House		1839	Neoclassical	9318 Reesor Road	N/A	5
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	39 Artisan Trail	N/A	2
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 & 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		2 Yans Way	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 Flour and Woolen Mill		1844	Georgian	4160 19th Avenue	N/A	6
John Klein House/James Bowman House		1844	Georgian	4165 19th Avenue	N/A	6
170 John Street		1845	Neoclassical	170 John Street	Thornhill	1
Almira Mill Workers Cottage		1845	Georgian & Vernacular	4176 14th Avenue	N/A	6
Archibald Fenwick House		1845	Ontario Cottage & Regency	7 Heritage Corners Lane	N/A	4
Crinklewood Mansion		1845	Georgian & Neoclassical	54 Crinklewood Crescent	Thornhill	1
John G. Mustard House		1844	Georgian	11091 Woodbine Avenue	N/A	6
Lane House		1845	Georgian	26 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 House		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
31 Colborne Street		1850	Georgian	31 Colborne Street	Thornhill	1
10701 Highway 48		1850	Georgian & Edwardian	10701 Highway 48	N/A	5
10535 McCowan Road		1850	Georgian	10535 McCowan Road	N/A	6
11287 McCowan Road		1850	Neoclassical	10701 McCowan Road	N/A	6
Brother Haton House		1850	Georgian	10754 Victoria Square Boulevard	N/A	2
Christian Hoover House		1850	Georgian	11274 Highway 48	N/A	6
Daniels Fairty House		1850	Neoclassical	7060 Markham Road	N/A	7
David Burke House		1850	Georgian	10531 Reesor Road	N/A	5
David Chapman House		1850	Neoclassical	148 John Street	Thornhill	1
Henry and Susan Wideman House		1850	Neoclassical	10484 Ninth Line	N/A	5
Jacob Pingle House		1850	Gothic Revival & Vernacular	8 David Gohn Circle	N/A	4
Jacob Ramsay House		1850	Vernacular	20 David Gohn Circle	N/A	4
Jacob Size House		1850	Gothic Revival	16 David Gohn Circle	N/A	4
James Collins House		1850	Georgian	11223 Reesor Road	N/A	5
James Dimma House		1850	Georgian	7933 14th Avenue	N/A	7
John Koch House/Formerly The Jacob Wideman House		1850	Georgian & Regency	10062 Highway 48	N/A	6
John Cameron Jr House		1850	Georgian	25 Fairway Heights Drive	Thornhill	1
John Pool House		1850	Georgian	9768 Reesor Road	N/A	5
John Ramer Homestead and Barn		1850	Gothic Revival & Vernacular	6278 19th Avenue	N/A	5
John Stiver House		1850	Neoclassical	1 Millbrook Gate	Buttonville	2
Mills Double Cottage 1		1850	Georgian	37 Colborne Street	Thornhill	1
Mills Double Cottage 2		1850	Georgian	39 Colborne Street	Thornhill	1
Nicholas Reesor House and Frame House		1850	Georgian	8724 Reesor Road	N/A	5
Old Driveshed in Victoria Square		1850	Gothic Revival	10762 Victoria Square Boulevard	N/A	2
Phillips-Teasdale House		1850	Gothic Revival	4 Alexander Hunter Place	N/A	4
Smith House		1850	Neoclassical	7507 Kennedy Avenue	N/A	8
William Forster House		1850	Georgian	527 William Forster Road	N/A	5

List of early demolished buildings

The following were notable buildings and structures that were erected in Markham by 1850, but were later demolished:

Building	Location	Year Completed	Comment	Image
Lutheran School House	Located north side of Lutheran Cemetery at Berczy Historical Settlement in Berczy Village	c. 1800s	Little details available but school offered schooling in German only led 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	c. 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)
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.
Thomas Speight Wagon Works Factory	approximately 20 Main Street North (west) and 25 Main Street North (east), Markham Village	c. 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
Ratcliff Sawmill	Lot 35, Concession 6 (Stouffville Road and Kennedy Road), Stouffville	c. 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

See also

History of Markham, Ontario
List of oldest buildings in Canada

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