Sir Sandford Fleming's composite plan of the Town of Cobourg - 1847 Details Diocesan Theological Institute in Cobourg - 1848 Details A very early photograph of Victoria Hall. It is located both symbolically and geographically at Cobourg's centre. This town hall was built during the late 1850s, completed in 1860 and officially opened by the Prince of Wales, later Edward VII. Located at the extreme west end of Cobourg, just past Ravensdale. It was formerly the home of Postmaster-General the Hon. Sidney Smith and it was here in 1860 that later King Edward VII slept for a few hours when he toured Canada. In 1815, Loyalist John Kelly Spencer purchased 160 acres in what is now the centre of Cobourg from the son of Eluid Nickerson, Cobourg's first settler. Lakelands (Illahee Lodge) - c.1900 Details In 1906 the United Counties of Durham and Northumberland purchased the land on Albert Street and built a new jail, moving all items and prisoners from the "Olde Gaol" that had been located on the corner of Elgin and Burnham Streets. Methodist Church, Cobourg Ontario - 1915 Details Cobourg General Hospital - 1920 Details Marie Dressler House - 1920 Details Ontario Hospital (Cobourg Asylum) - 1925 Details This charming Regency house, known as The Maples, was built by one of the founders of Campbellford, Mayor David Campbell, around 1840. It was later owned by William Kerr, a prominent Cobourg lawyer, early mayor, member of Parliament, and later senator. Old Residence on Factory Hill - 1931 Details Home of Rev. John Beatty - 1931 Details Site where the first inhabitant of Cobourg settled - 1931 Details St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, West Side - 1937 Details Interior of Trinity United Church - 1960 Details This house was once the site of Cobourg's first brewery in 1832 Marie Dressler House - 1960 Details Old Bailey Courtroom, ground floor of Victoria Hall - 1960 Details This building was erected in 1838 by Reverend Alexander Bethune, later second bishop of Toronto, for use as a theological College for the training of Anglican priests and was known as the Diocesan Theological Institute. Later it became integrated into the University of Trinity College in Toronto. Jacob Corrigal House - 1970 Details Marie Dressler House, Reception Room - 1970 Details Mount Fortune, a splendid Greek revival home was built about 1840, possibly by Peter McGill. At one time it served as officers’ mess for the Cobourg Militia during the Fenian Raids of 1866. Victoria Opera House - 1970 Details This residence was built in 1835 by Ebenezer Perry, who first arrived in Cobourg in 1815, and became first Chairman of the Board of Police Commissioners. Woodlawn, as it is called, is an outstanding example of Regency taste with contrasting window size on the first and second storeys, sweeping galleries, low hip-roof, and tall chimneys. Marie Dressler House - 1980 Details Article with photos on Ravensworth - 1983 Details Heritage house of the week - 1988 Details Old Corktown School a Tudor-style design - 1989 Details This splendid residence was built in 1878 by Robert Mulholland, a wealthy merchant. It is the best example of the Italianate style in Cobourg. Excerpt from Century Home magazine called “Toast to a Town" - 1991 ">Details
