WHITBY FREZ PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1988, PAGE 13 Vandal Hamhouse demolished to make way for Barton house TEE 134-year-old John Vandal Ham down last week to make way for the house at 101 Mary St. W. was torn newest addition to Pearson Lanes. Frec Press photo The 134-year-old John Vandal Ham House at 101 Mary St. W. has been removed to make room for another structure that will become the newest addition to the Pearson Lanes boutiques development. Bil Litte, developer of Pear- son Lanes, said the new building will have a slightly different architectural structure. Little explained the Ham house was torn down because it was not architecturally sound. The Barton House, at the cor- ner of Brock and Mary St., will form part of the new structure. The garage and kitchen have been removed from the house, says Little, and also to be remo- ved will be the brick porch which, is not original. The remainder of the Barton house will form part of the név building estimated by Little to cost more than $2 mil- lion when completed-. It will be three stories in height with the first story for retail use and the second and third stories for service or office use. Little had previously talked about building a replica of the old post office on the corner, with a part of the building to be used by the Whitby Historical Society as a museum. But he says the Town and historical society never did come together when considering the idea. Besides exp anding around Mary St. onto Brock, Little says Pearson Lanes will be expanding further south on Byron St. He has just purchased the property between Pearson Lanes and the Town's parking lot. He has also been talking con- tinuously to the Town about eventually using the municipal parking t behind his develop- ment for special events, such as a skating rink or even a western dance. "I am looking for the coop- eration of the Town," says Little. "Pearson Lanes is going very well. It took a while because it is not a street many people use but now it has an image," says Little. He hopes to have the new structure completed by July 1, 1989. "We already have tenants who have rented the main floor for July 1," says Little. The property on which the Vandal Ham.house was located was owned in 1842 by Peter Perry. When Perry died in 1851, his Whitby.property was divided between his two sons, Robert Ebenezer Perry and John Ham Perry. The family needed a lawyer to administer the estate and called SEE PAGE 19 DOWNTOWN WHITBY VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS 430--d870 L L. 666-2315 - 1 WHERE WISHES COME TRUE