Press Release - The Regional Municipality of York successfully relocates 1840s heritage home

NEWMARKET – The stone farmhouse at 1951 Montgomery Park Road in the City of Pickering has a newaddress. The Regional Municipality of York has relocated the 1840s heritage home to a new site on theDuffin Creek Water Pollution Control Plant property, adjacent to Montgomery Park Road and close to theWaterfront Trail.

The commitment to relocate the home was included in the Region’s Environmental Study Report for theWPCP expansion, filed with the Ministry of the Environment last year.

Original owners:

• Robert (1803-1888) and Anne (1806-1882) Linton
• Family-owned property for 111 years

Farmhouse architecture:

• 310-tonne stone farmhouse
• Vernacular Classical Revival design

(Cultural Heritage ResourceAssessment Report)

• 1.5-storey stone main building
• Central hall plan
• “Galleting” - uncoursed, split granite fieldstone walls with smallstones set into the mortar between large stones
• Corners are set off with large cornerstones (quoins)

Relocation:

• 40 tonnes of underpinning steel, braces and wheel assemblies
• Contractor: Ambler, sub-contractor: Laurie McCullough

For information on the Duffin Creek WPCP Expansion, please visitwww.region.durham.on.ca/duffincreek

For more information on The Regional Municipality of York, please visitwww.york.ca