Oshawa Homes

    This residence was built by J. W. Borsberry, and inhabited by R. S. McLaughlin before he built Parkwood.. It was demolished in order to build the Genosha Hotel.

    Black and white photo of the residence of R. N. Johns taken in 1906, on the north east corner of Brock and Mary streets.

    Black-and-white photo of the exterior of the William's Residence is partially covered by trees.

    The home was demolished in 1909, and the land was used to build the Oshawa High School (now O'Neill Collegiate and Vocational Institute).

    Black and white photo of the R.N. Johns Residence at the north east corner of Brock & Mary streets.

    Frederick Luther Fowke was mayor of the town of Oshawa for two terms. First in 1898, then again from 1900 to 1906. The son of Job Wilson Fowke, a merchant, and Adeline Perkins Stone, Frederick Luther

    Owned by the merchant and realtor, John Walter Borsberry and his wife, Eliza McIntyre, it was demolished in 1928 to make way for the Genosha Hotel.

    The Schofield family owned an operated a major factory in early Oshawa, the Woollen Mill which closed in 1951.

    Newspaper photo of the Williams' (of Williams Piano Co.) family home at 283 Simcoe Street north, just south of O'Neill C.V.I. and across from Parkwood. An apartment building is now on this site.

    The mill race was used to operate the Warren's Flour Mill, and filled in once electricity became more widely used. The house address was 68 Mechanic Street, later renamed Macmillan Drive,. The house

    The residence was initially inhabited by W.H. Gibbs, M.P. and later was lived in by Eli Edmondson of Prospect Park. It was eventually torn down and the land was used by R.S. McLaughlin to construct P

    This residence was later taken over by the Sisters of St. John the Divine and became incorporated as Bishop Bethune College.

    Samuel Trewin was a merchant in Oshawa. This residence was demolished in 1909 and the land was used to build Oshawa High School (now O'Neill Collegiate and Vocational Institute).

    Black-and-white photo of the exterior of the Johns family residence covered by trees and picket fence.

    The house belonging to G.W. McLaughlin (son of Robert McLaughlin) was located on the east side of Simcoe Street, north of what is now Adelaide Avenue, and demolished in 1910. A new home for McLaughli

    Black-and-white photo of Irene, Miriam, and Aubrey in winter. The children wear fine coats and each is carrying a pair of skates. They are in front of Morphy family home on Kingston Road in Westmount

    The Morphy home was located at 338 King Street West, previously known as Kingston Road, in Westmount, just west of Park Road, east of Gibbons Street.

    This building was originally the home of John Kerr on the east bank of the Oshawa Creek and was later was moved further east and became the home of J. B. Warren. It was later the home of William Hare

    This house has a similar construction as the Mallett House inn. It is inconclusive at this time whether this is a picture of the same house after renovation. Built in 1896 by Frank Mallett, the hotel

    Built in 1855 by J. B. Warren and renovated by W. N. Gibbs in 1872, R.S. McLaughlin had this house town down and built his Parkwood residence in 1915.