List of historic buildings in Markham, Ontario

This list of the oldest buildings and structures lists the oldest buildings still standing in Markham, Ontario, Canada along with their year of completion.

1816 to 1936

Building	Location	Year Completed	Comment
Heintzman House or Sunnyside Manor Farm	135 Bay Thorn Drive, Thornhill	1816	Museum
Hoover House	Markham Museum - 9350 Highway 48	1824
Gapper-Duncan House	6 Wismer Place	1828	relocated from Yonge Street
Chapman House	Markham Museum	1832	moved from Milliken’s Corners
McKinnon-Eakin House	145 Main Street Unionville	1835	Now Minken Employment Lawyers
Prentice House or Delos Crosby House	33 Rougehaven Way, Markham	c. 1836	Now part of the townhome complex with 31 and 29 Rougehaven Way
Eckhardt-McKay House or Salem Eckhardt House	197 Main Street, Unionville	1837	Restored, now home to Kathleen Gormley McKay Art Centre
Robert Grundy House	6 Alexander Hunter Place	c. 1840	Relocated from 9954 Woodbine Ave
Henry R. Wales House	159 Main Street North, Markham	1845	Restored
John Edey House	4 Leahill Drive, Thornhill	1845	Relocated from Yonge Street in 1966
The Ninth Line Baptist Church	Markham Museum	1848	Relocated from original site
Maxwell House	Markham Museum	1850	Moved from Scarborough
John Grice General Store	7703 and 7707 Yonge Street, Thornhill	1850	Now Benjamin Moore Thornhill Paint Supplies and Thornhill Denture Clinic
John Ramer Homestead	6278 19th Avenue, Dickson Hill	1850	Barn built 1869
Ellen Ramsden House on Thornhill Village Library	10 Colbourne Street, Thornhill	1851
The John Irving Calvert House	10 Alexander Hunter Place	1855
Benjamin Milliken House	7710 Kennedy Road, Markham near location of hamlet of Hagerman's Corners	1855	Now Major Milliken Pub
James Thomas House	14 David Gohn Circle	1856	restored
The John Galloway House	4 David Gohn Circle	1858	Moved in 1995
Buttonville General Store	8971 Woodbine Ave, Buttonville	1860	restored, currently Amici day spa
Queen's Hotel	174 Main Street, Unionville	1860	Restored, and lived in; damaged by fire March 2015 (and restoration in progress^[1])
The Cedar Grove Blacksmith Shop	Markham Museum	1862	Moved from Cedar Grove
Cedar Grove School House	7667 14th Avenue, Thornhill	1869	Restored as Cedar Grove Community Centre
Box Grove School House	7651 9th Line South, Markham	1870	Now home to Box Grove Co-op Daycare
Box Grove Church	2 Legacy Drive Markham	1870	Box Grove Heritage United Church and Cemetery
Unionville Train Station	7 Station Lane, Unionville	1871	Restored and used as community centre; tracks separated by fence
The McKenzie-Gowland House	12 Alexander Hunter Place	1871	Moved from 9785 McCowan Road and restored 1997
Markham GO Station	214 Main Street North, Village of Markham	1871	Built by Toronto and Nipissing Railway, used by Grand Trunk Railway and CN Rail; restored 2000 as GO Transit station and community centre
James Speight House / Wedding Cake House	48 Main Street North, Markham	1870	Restored
S.S. #5	21 Renfrew Drive, Buttonville	1872	Now the York Regional School Board Heritage Schoolhouse
Lapps Cider Mill	Markham Museum	c.1872	Rebuilt at Markham Museum 1981-1983
James Darius Harrington House	9642 9th Line (north of 16th Avenue/Don Cousens Parkway)	1873	Abandoned and vacant
German Mills School, S.S. #2	80 German Mills Road	1874	Now used as German Mills Community Centre
Wilson Variety Hall	Markham Museum	1875	Relocated
Town Hall	96 Main Street North, Markham	1881	Jail housed in north part of basement and now building is home to private business
Mount Joy School	Markham Museum	1907	Moved from Mount Joy
Stiver Mill	Main Street and Carlton Road, Unionville	c. 1916	Restored 2014 ^[2]
Milliken Public School	Steeles Avenue East and Midland Avenue, Milliken Mills	1929	Later Scarborough Christian School; all but south facade on Steeles Avenue demolished and site of a commercial/residential development
Locust Hill Train Station	Markham Museum	1936	Moved from Locust Hill

Lost Buildings and Structures

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

Building	Location	Year Completed	Comment
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 Hotel	north of Robinson Street and Main Street, Markham	1900	demolished, now parking lot on Robinson Street 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
Speight Wagon Works Factory	approximately 20 Main Street North (west) and 25 Main Street North (east)	~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^[3]
Agricultural Hall (Rink)	1916	Burned down same year it was completed
Grace Anglican Church	8th Line (Markham Main Street South) and Old Wellington Street	1848	Demolished 1963 and now site of Esso gas station
Presbyterian Church	Washington Street	1873	Demolished after 1963

List of other historic places

Speight Wagon Works
Old Markham Jail
Heritage School House, Unionville

References and External Links

References

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