Timeline_Panel_1820 COBOURG ARCHITECTURE TIMELINE 1820-1829 POPLARS This Regency style home with Georgian influences includes a five-bay facade and porch. It is the oldest home in Cobourg with its original exterior. The home's original owner was John Spencer, Northumberland County's first sheri�. 18 Spencer Street East. c.1827 Cobourg's first subdivision 1824 NEWCASTLE COURT HOUSE/GOAL/HOUSE OF REFUGE This building replaced a much smaller court house built in 1806. Because of its safe harbour, this area was chosen as the capital of the County of Newcastle following the sinking of HMS Speedy. The courts moved to Victoria Hall in 1860, the jail to Albert St. in 1906, it was rebuilt after a fire in 1934 and demolished in 1986. Courthouse Rd. 1828 On their way to founding Peterborough Irish immigrants set up a tent encampment on Cobourg beach.