Structure | Former Township | Address/Legal Description | Reasons For Recognition |
Old Stage Coach House |
East Oxford |
505820 Old Stage Road, Pt. Lots 5, 6, 7, Concession 4 |
Associated with original settler Canfields (criterion #4) and is historically linked to the stage coach trade (criterion #8) |
Oxford Centre Schoolhouse (SS-) / Pioneer Rooms |
East Oxford |
714516 Middletown Line, Concession 4, Pt. Lot 12 |
Displays a high degree of craftsmanship (criterion #2) and is historically linked to the community having served as a schoolhouse for 94 years (criterion #8) |
Oxford Centre United Church |
East Oxford |
714581 Middletown Line, Concession 4, Lot 13, RP 41R-4546, Pt. 3 |
Building erected in 1860 as Salem Chapel, a Methodist Church, on the site of an earlier small frame building in which the famed Methodist itinerant minister Nathan Bangs preached as early as 1801. (Criterion #9). Typical of Pre-Confederation country churches with its gable-ended entrance, Gothic windows and locally produced red brick. (Criterion #1) |
McAfee - Warboys House |
East Oxford |
405417 Beaconsfield Road, Pt. Lots 11 and 12, Concession 8 |
Ontario Farmhouse with Greek Revival features (Criterion # 2. McAfee family relative Charles Corbin manufactured his patented hay rakes on the property (Criterion # 5). Featured in With Mortar and Pine. |
Mott/Clark House |
North Norwich |
345650 Quaker Street West, N. Pt. Lot 9, Concession 4 |
Built in 1837-38 at time of Rebellion by Moses Mott of original settler family and a Rebellion sympathizer (Criterion #4). Used as Township Municipal Office for many years (Criterion#7). |
Dunkin/ Driesse House |
North Norwich |
325433 Norwich Road West, Pt. Lot 13 & 14, Concession 4 |
Greek Revival style (Criterion #1) featured in Rural Ontario by V.B.Blake. Built by Quaker David Dunkin in 1857. Displayed prosperity of area to potential settlers (Criterion #5). |
Crabbe/ Cook House |
North Norwich |
346019 Quaker Street East, South Pt. Lot 2, Concession 3, RP 41R-1320, Pt 1 & 3 |
Birthplace of Quaker midwife Jane Stringham and childhood home of three Crabbe brothers who served in WW1 as well as their sister Toronto politician May Crabbe Robinson (Criterion #4). The cobblestone foundation of the older west wing of the brick house shows a construction date of that wing to be earlier than 1840 (Criterion #1). |
Carroll/ Krauss House |
North Norwich |
325924 Norwich Road East, N. Pt. Lot 4, Concession 5 |
Built by the prominent Carroll family who arrived in the Township in 1842(Criterion #4). Features basement kitchen and brick made on farm (Criterion #1). |
Sutherland/ Cowbrough |
Village of Norwich |
51 Stover Street North, Plan 745, Lot 335, Norwich |
Boyhood home of Oxford’s WW1 Hero and Federal Minister of Defense, D.M.Sutherland (Criterion #4). Built in 1881 as one of first homes of Italianate design in the village (Criterion #1). |
Jennings/ Cowan House |
Village of Norwich |
22 Albert Street, Plan 745, Lots 444, Pt. Lots 442 & 443, Norwich |
Parental home of Dr. Emily (Jennings) Stowe where she was married to John Stowe (Criterion #4).Later remodeled by Norwich merchant and the second Reeve of Norwich Seneca Pitcher (Criterion #5). |
Arn Lockie Funeral Home |
Village of Norwich |
45 Main Street West, Plan 955, Lot 590, Norwich |
Business serving Norwich since 1907 (Criterion #5). Frame building, previous Couzens residence, which houses business is thought to be the oldest frame building on Main St. (Criterion #1). |
Brady Hotel |
Village of Norwich |
2 Main Street West, Plan 745, Lot 363, Norwich |
Built by Master Mason Thomas Poole in mid 1800s – oldest brick building on Main St. Survived fire of 1872 through use of a male and female bucket brigade bringing water from Otter Creek (Criterion #4). Has housed many businesses over more than 150 years of commerce (Criterion #8). |
Old Co-op/ Remax |
Village of Norwich |
2 Main Street East, Plan 955, Lot 718, Norwich |
Front part built in 1926 as part of Norwich Co-operative which had been formed as a farmers’ buying club (Criterion #7) during WW1. Continued as the Co-op Store where feeds and farm supplies could be purchased for more than 50 years. Prominent position at main intersection has made it a landmark (Criterion #9) |
Bank of Montreal |
Village of Norwich |
30 Main Street West, Plan 745, Lot 297, Norwich |
Built in 1916 in “Colonial Style of this continent” of Indiana limestone and American Beaver Clay Iron spot shade 93 (Criterion #1). Has served the Norwich community for more than 100 years (Criterion #8). |
Salt Box Antiques |
South Norwich |
220 Main Street East, Plan 388, Lot 23, Lot 45, Otterville |
Representative of an early example of style (Criterion #1). Has historical value because it contributes to the understanding of the community (Criterion #5). |
Jenvey/ Smith House |
South Norwich |
431 Main Street East, Springford, Concession 9, Pt. Lot 20, Plan 32, Pt. Lot 6E, RP 41R-6509 Pt. 1 |
Featured in With Mortar and Pine as an early store dating from the 1860s( Criterion #9). Boomtown (false) front is of architectural interest (Criterion # 2). |
Stover / Rocks Mill House |
South Norwich |
612242 Rocks Mill Line, Concession 11, N. Pt. Lot 21, RP 41R-3987, Pts 1, 2 & 3 |
Featured in With Mortar and Pine. Has basement kitchen common to early Quaker houses in the township (Criterion #1). Built in 1854 near site of owner’s grist and saw mills ( Criterion #8). |
Moore/ Freeland House |
South Norwich |
229 Main Street East, Otterville, Plan 388F, Lot 21 |
Displays a high degree of craftsmanship (Criterion #2). Features the work of a builder who is significant to the community (Criterion #6). |
Barbershop |
South Norwich |
220 Main Street West, Otterville, Plan 388B, Pt. Lot 8 |
Yields information that is contributes to the understanding of the community (Criterion #5). Is important in maintaining the character of Otterville’s Main St. (Criterion #7). |
Bullock/ Furlong House |
South Norwich |
276 Main Street East, Plan 43, Lots 40 & 41, Otterville |
Design value as early example of style in the area (Criterion # 1). Bullock family associated with early industrial works eg. Otterville Manufacturing Co. as well as funding of St. John Anglican church (Criterion #4). |
Addison / Gould House |
South Norwich |
2019 Main Street East, Otterville, Plan 43, Lot 14 E Pt Lot 13 |
Design value displaying a high degree of craftsmanship (Criterion #2). An early example of a Victorian storey and a half style (Criterion # 1). |
Wyatt-Davis House |
South Norwich |
230 Main Street West, Plan 43, Lots 3-5, Pt. Lots 5, 7, 9, RP 41R-5502, Pt. 2 |
Design value displaying a high degree of craftsmanship (Criterion #1). The property is historically linked to its surroundings ( Criterion #8). |
Stover/Davis House |
North Norwich |
345500 Quaker Sreet, N. Pt. Lot 12, Con. 4 |
Built by original Quaker settler family, that of Frederick Stover, as early as 1830 (Criterion # 4). Frederick Stover played a major role in the settlement of Black Americans in Upper Canada (Criterion #5). |
Delong / Kardux House |
North Norwich |
345594 Quaker Sreet, N. Pt. Lot 10, Con. 4 |
This two- storey Georgian brick house is featured on the prestigious Tremaine Map of 1857 (Criterion #1). Built in 1852 by Garry Delong, son of Peter Delong, co-founder of the Norwich Quaker Settlement, and the first Reeve of the Township (Criterion #4). |
Parkhill / Yates House |
North Norwich |
793578 Slant Road, N. Pt. Lot 4, Con. 3 |
Simple two-winged frame storey and a half dwelling thought to date from before 1840, a style typical the first frame houses commonly built in North Norwich (Criterion #1). Associated with two prominent Quaker families, those of Harvey Haight and John Atkins (Criterions #4&5). |