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    Joseph Scriven’s Handwriting Source: Sentinel-Star, August 12, 1964 Acquired: January 2008

    Taken at the Cobourg and District Collegiate Institute West (CDCI West), when Gordon King was Principal.

    Shown here is an interesting Gentleman’s Cottage, which was built in the 1850’s. Erected by the Dickinson family, this house is of Brunswick construction, which is to say, the walls are constructed o

    The doorway, with its fan transom, is still one of the finest in Cobourg.

    One of the earliest houses still almost intact, the building shown here is a charming Ontario Cottage built by Mathew Williams around 1834. Of note are the substantial overhanging eaves of the hipped

    This handsome clapboard saltbox house, found directly north of Williams’ cottage (250 Mathew Street), was built in the 1840’s. Mathew Williams owned much of the land north of King Street and east of

    This is the only building in Cobourg that was constructed of cut stone. It was built in 1847-48 by Alexander Sutherland.

    In 1851 Joseph Arundel Philp (died 1865) and his son (1826-1911), of the same name, built this one and a half story wood house, sheathed in stucco. They had arrived from England in 1832. Both were pl

    Alexander Cook built this one and a half storey dwelling in 1851-52

    This house was built for John Field around 1846-47.

    This home was built in 1854 by James Vair and features many Greek Revival characteristics.

    The main features of this interesting house are the ornate porch and handsome window over it. The house itself was built in 1862 by George Goodeve.

    In December 1832 Calcutt announced that his brewery, Cobourg's first, was ready to sell beer and ale. By 1835, he had purchased almost three acres of lakefront property bounded by Hibernia, Durham an

    Shown here is the stone structure found on the north side of the property on the corner of Durham and Orr St. This building is about 84' long and is constructed of unfinished, uncut rubble stone. It

    In the 1840’s, Thomas Dumble and his son, John Henry, surveyors, came to Canada to be part of a joint commission to settle the Maine – New Brunswick boundary dispute. Afterwards, the family settled i

    Judge George Mackenzie Clark, a successful lawyer, local politician, staunch Conservative, and personal friend of Sir John A. Macdonald, purchased the future site of Brookside School in 1869. His wif

    Groundbreaking ceremony for construction of Kool-Aid/ Jello building.

    General Foods transport truck.

    General Foods transport truck.

    Warehouse construction.