HomeMy WebLinkAbout427"Article uncited, dated June 1985.
Illustration: Last chance: Peggy and Kenneth Clarke stand before the fireplace in the
antique-filled living room of their home, Post Manor. The house won't be open to the
public again in its present state - it's been sold and soon will be used for commercial
purposes."
"Tour visits Pickering homes
By Stan Josey Toronto Star
What better way to spend a pleasant spring Sunday than touring some of southern
Ontario's most historic homes and buildings? A special tour of 10 historic Pickering
sites is being organized for Sunday, in aid of the Hugh Miller Fire Fund.
The tour is sponsored by the People or Planes Committee, which successfuly fought
plans for an airport at Pickering more than a decade ago.
Tickets for the tour are $10 a person and may be obtained from the councillors' office
at the Pickering Municipal Building or by contacting Councillor Norah Stoner at
683-2760.
Proceeds will go towards the restoration of Thistle Ha', homestead of the Hugh Miller
family on the 7th concession of Pickering, which was destroyed by fire last winter.
The Miller homestead was a provincial historic site and both provincial and federal
authorities are studying the possibility of restoring the large stone farmhouse.
""This tour will give people a chance to see a variety of styles of early Ontario
architecture,"" Stoner says. ""All the homes have been lovingly restored by their
owners and many are furnished with antiques.""
It is the first time most of the homes have been opened to the public for viewing and,
for one, it will be the last.
Post Manor, the lovely stone house of Kenneth Clarke, on the northwest corner of
Brock Rd. and Highway 2, has been sold and will soon be converted to commercial
uses. Other buildings on the tour include:
Stonecroft, the Regency cottage built in 1830 and owned by the Robin McKenzie
family. It is on Brock Rd. north of the 4th Concession.
Whitevale Community Centre, built in the early 1820s, on Pickering 5th Concession.
Also in Whitevale, the home of John Coates, built in the 1820s.
Brougham Community Centre, where lunch will be served. It was the original
Pickering Town Hall, built in the 1840s.
The British Arms Inn, circa 1860, the home of Bill and Norah Stoner.
The white frame country Gothic cottage of Mr. and Mrs. John Bryant.
Windsweep Farm, the home of Ontario riding MP Scott Fennell. This is a Georgian
field-stone farmhouse with board and batten outbuildings.
Tannry Doon, the home of former Ontario agriculture minister William Newman.
This is a yellow brick Victorian farmhouse with gingerbread trim built in 1895,
near the village of Balsam.
Claremont Masonic Hall, built in 1865. Once you have your ticket and a map locating
the homes, you can tour them at will on Sunday.
Illustration: Gracious home: Post Manor is on the northwest corner of Brock Rd. and
Highway 2
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