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      This photograph was taken to show the proposed route of Highway 401 which would follow the railway line.

      This photograph was taken to show the proposed route of Highway 401 which would follow the railway line.

      The Brock Theatre was built between 1937-1938 on the east side of Brock Street North, opposite Elm Street, by William Goodman and John G. Strathy. The theatre opened on 7 April 1938.

      Harriet and Mary Esther Pringle were twin daughters of James Pringle, a Whitby hotel keeper, and his wife, Mary Corbett. The twins were born 23 July 1863 in the National Hotel at the north-east corner of Brock and Water Streets at Port Whitby. The Pringle twins were the first children …

      The Argo Petroleum Company built several oil tanks at the east side of the slip at Whitby harbour in the summer of 1938.

      Black and white negative of a photograph of a dredge at Whitby harbour. There is a tugboat to the left of the dredge.

      Black and white negative of a photograph showing an image of a dredge at Whitby harbour.

      Black and white negative of a photograph of pipelines in Whitby harbour. The harbour was dredged for for the pipelines.

      Black and white negative of a photograph showing a series of pipelines in Whitby harbour. In this photograph, they run out to the lighthouse.

      King Street School was built in 1921 on the block bounded by King, Dunlop, Henry, and Gilbert Streets. It was built to replace Henry Street School which burned down in 1920. In 1979 it was renamed R.A. Sennett Public School in honour of its first principal who served from 1921-1952.

      Emmanuel Sleep (1824-1910) and Elizabeth Bone came to Canada from Cornwall, England. They had four sons and were prosperous farmers in the Oshawa-Whitby region. Their second eldest son, Robert Sleep (1858-1940) was born at Oshawa-on-the-Lake and married Johanna Jackson Bengough (1859-1934). Robert and Johanna had six children.

      King Street School was built in 1921 at 300 King Street. It was built to replace Henry Street School which burned down in 1920. In 1979 it was renamed R.A. Sennett Public School in honour of its first principal who served from 1921-1952.

      The Royal Hotel was owned by the Rousseau family and is located at 171 Brock Street North. It was built in 1873.

      The Royal Hotel was owned by the Rousseau family and is located at 171 Brock Street North. It was built in 1873.

 Graydon M. Goodfellow, Whitby Gazette and Chronicle (1912), 9 March 1938     Fred T. Rowe (1873-1959) was mayor of Whitby from 1938-1944. On 9 March 1938 he placed the first dial telephone call in Whitby to Albert W. Jackson, the town Reeve. The telephone exchange building was constructed between 1937-1938 on the west side of Brock Street between Colbourne and Dunlop Streets.

      Black and white negative of a photograph of the 1938 members of the Ontario County Council. The photograph was taken on the steps of the Ontario County Courthouse. Top to bottom, left to right: D.J. Kean, W.A. Lavis, A.E. James, J.A. MacDonald, William Reesor, J.S. Miller, R.E. Mowbray, A.L. McMullen, …

      Black and white negative of a photograph of the Ex-Wardens of Ontario County. The photograph was taken on the front steps of the Ontario County Courthouse. From top to bottom, left to right: Fred T. Rowe (1935), James M. Read (1930), Dr. T.E. Kaiser (ex-MP), John Ross (1925), George A. …

      Robert Allan Sennett was born in north Gwillimbury Township, York County, Ontario on November 22, 1889. He graduated from the Toronto Normal School and taught in local country schools. In 1921, he came to Whitby as Senior Principal for Brock, Dundas and King Street Schools. He was principal of King …

 Unknown, Ontario County Souvenir, 1854-1904 ( Keystone Press, 1904), c.1938     Jabez Lynde's house was located at 960 Dundas Street West (at the north west corner of Dundas and D'Hillier Streets). It was built by Jabez Lynde between 1812 to 1815 and remained in the Lynde family until 1895. In 1939 the house was covered with stucco. Later, it was moved …

      Trafalgar Castle was built for Nelson Gilbert Reynolds (1814-1881), Sheriff of Ontario County from 1852 to 1881. Trafalgar Castle was designed by Toronto architect, Joseph Sheard and built between 1859 and 1862. The Sheriff lived in Trafalgar Castle from 1862 until 1874 when he sold the building to the Methodist …