Minaker home
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- Believed to be the oldest house in Cobourg, it stands on the southeast corner of King and Church Street.
- Notes
- The Bank of Upper Canada had a monopoly in the province during the early 1800s. James Gray Bethune was the first representative in Cobourg for the Bank of Upper Canada. Then around 1830 "Squire" Robert Henry opened the first private bank, The Cobourg Bank, at this location. James Gray Bethune, later took it over as he was sympathetic to the settlers' banking needs. (Bethune's sister Cristy was married to Robert) It was robbed in 1835 causing Bethune to go bankrupt. Shortly after the Bank of Upper Canada's monopoly was broken and new banks appeared.
- Date of Original
- 1931
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 720-25
- Collection
- Historical Photographs
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.95977 Longitude: -78.16515
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- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian law. No restrictions on use.
- Contact
- Cobourg Public LibraryEmail:info@cobourg.library.on.ca
Website:
Agency street/mail address:200 Ontario Street, Cobourg, ON K9A 5P4
