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      This home was owned by the Field family and rented to von Koerber. It was a restaurant for awhile and it now the Tourist Information Centre with rooms dedicated to Marie Dressler

      (80ft. long, 45ft. wide, 35ft. high) This magnificent room is the core of Victoria Hall. It had a wooden floor (not on springs as at one time claimed) supported by pine beams bolted together, each about 6 inches wide and about 20 inches deep spanning the width of the hall. …

      Chief Building Inspector, Director of Zoning, Town of Milton. Photograph from "The Canadian Champion"

      Photograph from "The Canadian Champion"

      Minister of Kilbride United Church. Photograph from "The Canadian Champion"

      A digital copy of a laser print.

      A digital copy of a laser print.

      Photograph from "The Canadian Champion"

      Photograph from "The Canadian Champion"

      Photograph from "The Canadian Champion". The family lived on George Street.

      Photograph from "The Canadian Champion"

      Photograph from "The Canadian Champion"

      Wilfrid Laurier University is located in Waterloo, Ontario. It began in 1911 as the Evangelical Lutheran Seminary of Canada. In 1924 Waterloo College was established, providing courses in post-secondary education. In 1960 Waterloo College became Waterloo Lutheran University, and in 1973 changed its name to Wilfrid Laurier University.

      Lakelands was originally built in 1878 and was later the residence of William Riddell. He obtained the first B.Sc. to be granted by Victoria College, Cobourg, in 1877, and later became an eminent lawyer. In 1906 he became a Justice of the Supreme Court of Ontario. Mr. Riddell’s wife was …

      This beautiful Greek Revival Cottage was built around the 1850’s by William H. Floyd.

      This Greek revival cottage shows up on the 1874 town map but its date of construction is still uncertain. It is likely to have been built around the late 1850s, early 1860s since this style was popular at this time.

      This Ontario Gothic cottage was built by John Cullingford (local druggist) in 1856. He also conducted his business from this building.

      This solid square house was built in 1876. It was as a wedding present for Dr. Alfred Reynar, professor of English literature at Victoria College, and his bride, Ida Hayden, from her parents.

      This stately Victorian house was constructed completed in 1880 by William Bond, a contractor and builder. It is graced with the unusual features of elaborate stone quoins, and stone lintels with worked keystone, over each window.

      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.