PAGE 10, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1980, WHITBY FIREE PRESS Station 1,Galierydesig nate1hltoicsite By EUGENE HENRY Free Press Staff Whltby Town Coundil has designated the Station Gallery at Henry and Vic- tonis Streets to be a Historic structure under the Ontario Heritage Act. The building, now used as an art gallery, was built in 1903 and used as the Whitby Junction C.N.R. Railway Station until it was moved to its present location by Whit- by Arts in 1970. The old C.N.R. Station was an eye-catching sight at the foot of Byron Street on the north side o! the tracks a short distance from where it stands today. Its architectural features, the twin cone-like towers and bay windows facing the tracks, gave the old station high visibility around Port Whitby and good sight lines down the tracks in both directions. With this protective action by council, the station building joins the old County Court House as Whtby's second designated heritage building The Local Architectural conservation Advisory Committee (LACAC) wil probably be maklng ad- ditional recommendations to Whitby council with regard to other Whitby Heritage buildings that are worthy targets of the deisgnation process prior to the year's end. Whitby has had four railway stations over the years since the railway age began in 1856. The first structure was located on the north side of the tracks where the C.N.R. crosses Victoria Street today. Just east of St. John's Anglican church. It was built there to service Whitby harbor in the 185o's, when there was heavy. grain traf- f ic there. The second station was the 1903 structure, that has been designated by council. It NHITBY ARTS STATION was built to serve the growing vehicular traffic on Brock Street. The third station building was up town south of Dundas Street behind MacNeil's furniture store. It was built to serve the Porth Whitby <and Port Perry R.ailway that. started operations; in 1871. The fourth station was a C.P.R. structure, east of Brock Street where the new grade separation and under pass is now located. Designating theold C.N.R. Station building and marking it in an appropriate manner should prove helpful to the tourist trade in the future. May I mention now, that Direct lune The two mile gap between Whitby's downtown core and the police station of Rossland Road will soon be bridged by a direct phone link between the core and the station. Durham Regional policé plan to instaîl a telephone in the core with a hock Up to the Whitby detachment's office. Regional councillor Bob Attersley, a member of the police commission, said that the telephone' has been ap- proved by the commission_ the designated railway station was the location of a murder, that took place there, in the month of December, 1914. The nlght telegraph operator, one William Stone, a young man, was shot and killed by an unknown person there late at night. The murder remnains unsolved. It cer- tainly was the' most dramatic event that ever happened in the old station building.' Whltby Arts was fortunate in securing the heritage structure for use as an art gallery. It is a fine example of recycling old buildings for new social needs of the Whitby area. 0ito police and should be operational soon. "Whitby doesn't have a downtown police station as such," said Attersley. "«This is part of an effort to promote the downtown and give.the people better con- tact with the police force. "' According to Attersley the phone will be installed on- a hydro pole and wiil ring in the police station when it is picked up., No date has been set for the installation of the phone. Fireplace s, Woodstoves, Accessories., Chimney Brushes., Glass doors, Fireplace Inserts, Smokepipe & chimney Brick and Stone Facings and more... He tltr-B t-n -isLa.wo The Firepluoe 900 Hopkins St. at Burns WHITBY. Ontario 668-3192 Plus il 668-3192 I.CHARGEX WJS4 STORE HOURS: Tues. - Wed. 9-6 Thurs. - Frn. 9-9 Sat. 9-5 Ewing Pools "No Frilis" 1 728-1113 ]