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      Thomas Hamar Greenwood was born at Whitby on February 7, 1870 and left Canada for England in 1895. He was Chief Secretary for Ireland from 1920 to 1922 and died at London, England, on September 10, 1948. This oil painting was presented to the Town of Whitby Archives by Hamar …

      Photographic image of the Town Plot of Windsor site plan. The plan was created to improve the design of Whitby Harbour. This plan is a 1979 copy of the 1838 original by F.P. Rubige. The 1838 version is based on a 1837 survey by J.J. Dennehy. Plan shows early settlements …

      The Ontario County Courthouse was built from 1852-1854 on the west side of Centre Street between Ontario Street and Gilbert Streets. The architects were Frederic Cumberland and William Storm of Toronto. The extension at the north end was added in 1866. The building served as a courthouse from 1854-1964. In …

      Whitby Grammar School was built in 1846 at 315 Colborne Street West on the south side between King and Centre Streets. A modern addition was put on the front of the building in 1872-1873 at which point the school became known as Whitby Collegiate Institute. The school was demolished in …

      The Peter Perry Award is awarded annually to Whitby's outstanding citizen.

      The Peter Perry Award is awarded annually to Whitby's outstanding citizen.

 Unknown, Whitby Gazette and Chronicle (1912), 17 December 1914     William P. Stone (1893-1914)was the night telegraph operator at Whitby Junction Station. He was killed by a gunshot wound in the early hours of 11 December 1914. No one was convicted of his murder.

      This softball team swept a tournament at Port Dalhousie in 1930, allowing only three runs in three games. This photograph appeared in the Oshawa Times on 28 June 1967.

 Unknown, The Globe and Mail (Toronto) ( CTVglobemedia), August 1905     The Methodist Fresh Air Home was opened in 1902 at the west end of Heydenshore Park. It was summer resort home for underprivileged children from Toronto. Heydenshore Park was a summer resort established around 1900 east of Whitby Harbour. A number of cottages were built there starting in 1900 and …

 Unknown, The Globe and Mail (Toronto) ( CTVglobemedia), August 1905     The Methodist Fresh Air Home was opened in 1902 at the west end of Heydenshore Park. It was summer resort home for underprivileged children from Toronto. The building was demolished after 1932. Heydenshore Park was a summer resort established around 1900 east of Whitby Harbour. A number of cottages were …

 Unknown, Whitby Gazette and Chronicle (1912), 1913     The first Whitby Horse Show was held in the Town Park on 15-16 July 1913. The president was Fred Hatch, the vice president was Thomas Cussion, and the secretary was Albert W. Jackson. One other horse show was held in Whitby in 1914 but after that the events were discontinued …

 Unknown, Whitby Gazette and Chronicle (1912), March 1914     Black and white negative of a newspaper photograph of the site of a railroad accident in Whitby. Two different photographs showing the site of blood spots and the site where sectionmen were hit.

 Oshawa Daily Times, 7 July 1941     Black and white negative of a photograph of a newspaper clipping about the last run on the Port Whitby and Port Perry Railway. Above: Engineer James Wheelan, fireman Cliff Condre, conductor P. Alexander, and brakeman Alf Becker stand in front of the locomotive before its last journey. Below: John Jeffrey …

 Toronto Daily Star (1892-1971), 31 October 1923     The Toronto and Eastern Railway was built along Mary Street starting in 1913. Work was suspended during the First World War and resumed in 1923. The railway was never completed and the rails were torn up in 1927. It was intended to be a commuter railway from Toronto to Oshawa.

 Unknown, The Herald-Gazette, Bracebridge, June 10, 1971     This house may have been built by Robert Ebenezer Perry, son of Peter Perry. Peter Perry was the found of Whitby.

      Private Frederick Lewis Anderson was born in Toronto on June 14, 1920, son of James and Susan Anderson. He moved to Whitby in 1923 where he attended St. Bernard's Separate School and Whitby High School. He was employed at the Whitby Malleable Iron and Brass Co. and was a member …

      Alex Brown is a local Whitby area veteran. He is a member of the Royal Canadian Legion. Malcolm Albert Allan was born in 1921 in Winnipeg, Manitoba and died in Oshawa in 1992. He enlisted in the Second World War in July 1940 and went overseas in April 1943. He …

      Perry's Block was located opposite the outlet at Elm Street. It was built by John Ham Perry in 1858. The building was destroyed by fire on June 10, 1864 and was replaced by McMillan's Block the same year.

      The three storey brick building depicted in this lithograph was the first Royal Hotel at 171 Brock Street North (located on the east side of Brock Street, south of Mary Street). It was built in 1862, but was destroyed by fire March 6, 1872. The proprietor at the time of …

      This three-storey brick store was located at 111 Brock Street North (on the east side of Brock Street, north of Dundas Street). It was operated by Samuel and Richard Hatch and later Samuel's sons Fred and Frank Hatch from 1874 to 1904. The business was founded in Whitby about 1864. …