J.B. Bickell Residence and Mill, 1877

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J.H. Beers & Co., Publisher

Gorrell, Craig & Co. Lith, Toronto

, Lithographer

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This is a print of the Mills and Residence of J.B. Bickell. there are horses being ridden and people won the property. There are several buildings and trees on the property and some areas of the property are fenced.

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The J.B. Bickell Mills and residence were located at concession 6, lot 24 in Whitby Township, Ontario. This was on the west side of Lynde Creek south of Way Road. Mr. Bickell left Brooklin about 1883 and the mill disappeared. The house remains standing today.

This print comes from the Illustrated Historical Atlas of the County of Ontario, Ont. Compiled drawn and published from personal examinations and surveys by J.H. Beers & Co. Toronto, 1877. This print can be found at page 12. The Whitby Central Library has a reprint of this book on the map stand at the second floor of the library call no. 911371355 J.H.B. 1972

Whitby’s house numbering system was provided by Rev. Dr. James Roy Van Wyck (1877-1941), a retired Presbyterian minister. Van Wyck provided this service to the town, free of charge, during the Great Depression. By the summer of 1935, Whitby had a population of about 4,000 people and a house numbering system was needed. Prior to 1935, residences and businesses were listed in the telephone book with the street on which they were located. As well, there was no need for a house numbering system since all mail was picked up by local residents from the town post office. Under Van Wyck’s system, each block was numbered by a hundred. For instance, the first block south of Dundas on Brock Street was the 100 block; the second, the 200 block, and so on. Buildings on the west side of the street were given even numbers, while buildings on the east side were given odd numbers. On streets running east and west, even numbers were given on the north side while odd numbers were provided on the south. Van Wyck was careful to assign numbers for vacant lots between existing homes. Assigned house and business address numbers were published in the Whitby Gazette and Chronicle and a postcard was mailed to each residence in 1935 with the assigned house number and asking residents to please place this assigned number at their front door. Brooklin was given a house numbering system in the late 1960s or early 1970s, while Ashburn, Myrtle and Myrtle Station received a house numbering system in the 1980s or 1990s.

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On building to the far left: "Whitby Mills J.B. Bickell Cash & Wheat. Underneath print: Mills and Res. of J.B. Bickell; Con.6, Lot 24, Whitby Tp. Ont.

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