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It is believed the original structure on this Pickering Village site, which was destroyed by fire,
(somewhere between 1850 and 1880) may have been built by Timothy Rogers who built a mill at
Duffins Creek. Rogers owned 1,000 acres in the village and the Mill Street residence is situated
on half an acre of what was part of that estate. The present two-storey red brick centre hall
building was apparently rebuilt using the original walls left standing after the fire.
The first owner of the reclaimed house was Presbyterian minister, M. Rose. He sold it to a cousin,
Robert Miller, and it remained in the Miller family until 1946. This house is designated under the
Ontario Heritage Act.
Photos supplied by the Heritage Ajax Advisory Committee
on behalf of the Ajax Community Archives. For more information
about either, please call Brenda Kriz at 905-619-2529 ext. 343.
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