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      Articles of Agreement between Samuel Russell and Lulu A. Beatty Source: Jackie Alls Acquired: October 1995

      Built in 1873 it is the second building east, on the north corner of Division and King Street.

      An old tavern near House of Refuge. The name is unknown, but neighbours said it had once been a tavern.

      This building was recently converted to apartments.

      In 1828 the Goldstone family first moved to the Cobourg area and in 1840 George Goldstone built this as his home.

      The Bank of Upper Canada had a monopoly in the province during the early 1800s. James Gray Bethune was the first representative in Cobourg for the Bank of Upper Canada. Then around 1830 "Squire" Robert Henry opened the first private bank, The Cobourg Bank, at this location. James Gray Bethune, …

      Judge Jay Ketchum was a Junior Judge of the County Court of the United Counties of Northumberland and Durham from 1888-1909.

      Mary's son and his wife ollie (Crozier) lived there subsequently. It is next door, north, of the Edwin Guillet home.

      The house was a girl's seminary in the 1840s.

      What is now known as Villa St. Joseph, on 445 Monk St., was known as The Hill and occupied one of the finest locations in Cobourg, a point of land jutting out into Lake Onatio. It was built in 1844 for Winkworth Tremaine and later became the home of William …

      . On the far left is the home of Frank Field K.C.. On the far right is the home of Fred Field (212 King St. West), where Marie Dressler lived as a child.

      The early home of John Guillet, this house is more recently known as the McKinnon home. It is located on the northeast corner of George and James Street.

      They were the aunt and uncle of Edwin C. Guillet. The three walnut trees may still be seen in the front, facing College Street near the corner of Chapel. The house of Tim York (one of Cobourg's early Black settlers) is across the corner. He and his father were barbers …

      This old house was near William Weller's home of the 1850s on Tremaine Street, west of Factory Creek near the old Woolen Mills.

      Old records indicate the cabin stood near the northwest corner, but not for long as the Crown lands granted to Nickerson were actually on the other side of Division, comprising all the land from Division to College between the lake shore and Elgin Street.

      Erected in 1832 as a store, the building has since housed the Willis shoe store, Routh's restaurant, the Hydro office and Fisher's Dairy Bar. In 1908 the west half of the building was the Bijou Dream Theatre.

      Shortly after this picture was taken the Pringle residence, now part of Hatfield Hall, was erected on the site.

      Near McGill and King, this building was used as a hosptial when a detachment of British regulars were in town during the Fenian scare. It was built in 1866.

      The Gas Works was Cobourg's oldest public utility, this building being constructed in 1855. Then, till the 1890s the lighting of the town streets was all gas. Even as electric slowly came into existence, many street lights continued till just before World War 1. Some of the homes still used …

      This fine brick residence was built this in 1851 by R. D. Chatterton, who came to Cobourg about 1830, and was the first editor of the Cobourg Star, which began publishing in 1831. Its proportions, massing, and detail give it a decidedly English flavor.