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      R. S. Williams moved his piano factory from Toronto to Oshawa in 1891 and took over this building once occupied by Joseph Hall Works. It was located on the north side of Richmond Street between Simcoe and Church (now Centre) Streets. It was demolished in 1968.

      Black and white sketch of exterior of the old McLaughlin Buick factory, Oshawa.

      The factory, built in 1872, was at the end of Centre St. S. It was first inhabited by a High Beaver Hats, then by Masson Manufacturing Company. In 1892 J. Schofield purchased the building and incorporated Schofield Woollen Co. The mill suffered numoereus fires over the years and was eventually …

      Hogg & Lytle were wholesale and retail dealers in grain, flour and seed.

      In 1871, Oshawa gave the Ontario Malleable Iron Co. Ltd. an incentive to open a factory in the area. This decision proved to be a valuable one, as the establishment of the iron works assisted in the industrial growth of the town. Jas. and W.F. Cowan opened the works in …

      The Oshawa Steam and Gas Fitting Co. was founded in 1902 when J.D. Storie purchased a factory building from J. Bailes (Oshawa Stove Company). In 1910 the name was changed to Fittings Ltd., and the business continued to flourish. By the 1920s the company employed 650 men. The factory, located …

      Robson Leather Co. was founded in 1865 by James Robson and William Lauchland. In 1895 the company was renamed James Robson and Sons. The Robson building was built in 1904.

      Built in 1899 at the corner of Simcoe and Bruce Streets, it replaced a smaller one which had been at this same location since 1862. It became St. Andrew's United around 1925 and is currently Oshawa Community Church.

      The Citadel was built in the summer of 1911.

      The Spring and Axle Co. building was originally built in 1918. It was located on Ritson Road north of Colborne Street It reported to the parent company Ontario Steel Products Ltd. (in Gananoque). The company stopped production at this plant in 1975, and it was demolished.

      Originally owned by the T. E. Eaton company, this factory made ladies apparel. Later, it was enlarged and taken over by the Oriental Textile Company in 1917 and later occupied by Alger Press.

      Black and with photo of the exterior of the old municipal buildings at Oshawa.

      "C.N.R." stands for Canadian National Railway. The station in Oshawa was located just south of the Base Line (Bloor Street), east of Simcoe Street south.

      Colonel R.S. McLaughlin Armoury opened in 1914, just a couple of months before the breakout of the First World War.

      Located at the corner of Victoria Street and King Street East, the Regent Theatre was originally erected in 1919, and staged both theatre acts and films. It eventually fell into disrepair, until it was acquired by UOIT. Starting in 2008, it was renovated and re-opened as a lecture hall and …

      In 1867, a greyish brick school was erected in an area known as "Cedar Dale" which became East Whitby in 1868. The community grew around the old Grand Trunk Railroad, S.S. #2. A further addition to the school was needed in order to accommodate a growing population of children. In …

      The idea to build Albert Street School came out of the same meeting in 1876 as did Mary Street School. Due to overcrowding it was proposed that two new schools be built in Oshawa, one was to be on a piece of property at Wilkinson Ave. and Albert Street which …

      Thorton's Corners School was originally built in 1835, but was eventually replaced in the 1870s by a group of Methodists and used as a worship centre. The building was used once again as a school when school section 5 was formed in East Whitby. It was eventually put under the …

      Newspaper photo of the Williams' (of Williams Piano Co.) family home at 283 Simcoe Street north, just south of O'Neill C.V.I. and across from Parkwood. An apartment building is now on this site.

      The Pedlar People Ltd. began as a small store on the corner of Bond and Simcoe Sts. in the 1840s by Henry Pedlar. Eventually a sheet metal plant was built behind the store, which was taken over by his son, George H. Pedlar. George Pedlar bought a large piece of …