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      The Whitby Collegiate Institute was built in 1873 and was located on the south side of Colborne Street between King and Centre Streets. The school was demolished in 1975-1976.

      Almonds Town Line School, Union School Section No.1, was located on the north-west corner of Kingston Road at the Whitby-Pickering Town Line. It was destroyed by fire on 4 November 1917 and replaced with another brick school house which was demolished around 1977.

      Dryden School, so called because it was on the James Dryden farm, was officially known as Union School Section No.6 and it combined Whitby and East Whitby Townships. The school house was built in 1880 on the north-east corner of Concession 7 and Thickson Road. It was closed by the …

      This frame house was built in 1879 by Andrew Ross (1851-1936) at the south west corner of King Street and Colbeorne Street at 401 Colborne Street West. Ross was a dry goods merchant in Whitby and a former Mayor of the Town. His daughter, Miss Marcia Ross (1889-1979) was the …

      The Tweedie family immigrated to Canada from Lanarkshire, Scotland about 1829. James and Jane Tweedie had thirteen children, all born at the family home, Broadfield, in Whitby Township.

      The William Dow (1777-1855) family settled at Whitby Township in 1833 after having arrived in Canada from Banffshire, Scotland. They took up residence at Glen Dhu farm on Concession 3. William Dow was well known throughout Ontario for his agricultural improvements, especially in the production of great crop yields. William …

      Leaving Aberdeenshire in Scotland, George McGillivray landed at Quebec in 1833 and hadn't intended to settle at Whitby Township. While in Vermont, McGillivray received a letter from William Dow encouraging him to purchase land in Whitby Township. After having spent time at Glen Dhu, the Dow family homestead in Whitby …

      George Sonley and Ann Walker were married at Lincolnshire, England in 1827. They had five children and moved to Canada sometime before 1843. Their three known children were George (1828-1876), Henry (1835-1906), and Thomas (1843-1915). Henry Hodgson Sonley (1835-1906) married Jane Rundle in 1862 at Brock Township. They had 12 …

      The Coakwell family settled at Whitby in 1863 with almost all of their children fully grown. Charles (1816-1897) and Charlotte (1815-1904) Coakwell were married in Yorkshire, England in 1840. They had 8 children: Barnett, William, Thomas, George, James, Charles, Jane, and John. The Coakwell family settled on the north half …

      The Coakwell family settled at Whitby in 1863 with almost all of their children fully grown. Charles (1816-1897) and Charlotte (1815-1904) Coakwell were married in Yorkshire, England in 1840. They had 8 children: Barnett (1841-1910), William (1843-1933), Thomas (1844-1923), George (1846-1897), James (1848-1936), Charles (1850-1924), Jane (1854-1922), and John (1857-1935). …

      Robert Allman (1789-1874) married Elizabeth Baker (1785-1868) at Yorkshire, England in 1813. They had seven children: Milkah, Esther, Thomas, Jane, John, Robert, and Ann. In 1830 they emigrated to Canada and settled at Whitby on Concession 4. John Allman, second eldest son of Robert and Elizabeth, married Mary Elizabeth Jaynes …

      William White (1832-1910) of Yorkshire, England married Mary Ann Maw (1836-1914) of East Whitby in 1863. The couple had seven children: William C. (1865-1939), James L. (1867-1938), Susan Jane (1870-1954), Thomas (1873-1928), Joseph (1875-1952), Ester Ellen (1876-1949), and John M. whose dates are unknown. The White family residence was located …

      Henry Street School was built in 1854 on the block bounded by King, Dunlop, Henry, and Gilbert Streets and is now occupied by R.A. Sennett Public School. The school, which faced Henry Street, was destroyed by fire on 4 July 1920.

      This barn was located between Ashburn and the Whitby-Pickering Town Line.

      This house is located at the south-east corner of Whinchester Road (Concession 6) and Garrard Road (lot 18, Concession 5).