The William Grier House

6 Gravel Road The land for this solid brick one-and-three-quarter-storey Regency Cottage was a Crown grant to James Hunter registered in February 1825. In 1863, William Grier purchased this property from Robert Medd. This is, in many ways, a typical Regency Cottage with its square symmetry, centre hall plan and

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Old Millbrook School House

1 Dufferin Street The first school building in Millbrook was built around 1830. As the population expanded, several additional small schools accommodated the growth. In 1887, the largest of these, a fourroom school, was destroyed by fire. Clearly, a new and larger school was needed. The trustees of School Section

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Alexander Armstrong House

8 Dufferin Street Horticulturist and implement merchant Alexander Thomas Armstrong, who was married to Rebecca O’Brian, built this red brick Italianatestyle house in 1880. It remained in the Armstrong family until 1986. The contrasting coloured brick on the corners, ornate brackets under the eaves, the wraparound verandah and original French

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Fairweather

24 King Street West Described as “an exuberant example of Victorian Gothic,” this impressive family home, originally called Glenhaven, was built in 1876 for merchant Thomas Baxter Collins and is said to be modeled on an Irish castle. The brick came from the brickworks at 62 King Street East. The

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