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Edward Cole House of Chubtown

Demolished House in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

Aug 04 2010

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Recent status Demolished
Location # 1830

The Edward Cole House is located on Ritson Road North in Oshawa, just north of Winchester Road, on Lot 9 Concession 6. Originally a crown reserve (1792), this property was patented by the Canada company in 1831. Early records indicate it was occupied by Thomas Clark, Thomas Lewis, and James Phillips in 1837. In 1830 the existing house was built and settled by Edward Cole. Born in England, Cole was a farmer and a lumber merchant. The house was located in a hamlet known at the time as “Chubtown”. For more information on Chubtown see Clay70(a)s entry in the Durham Region folder.

Although I wasn’t able to find a point of entry into the house, the property holds many other surprises. I had a difficult time limiting myself to 20 photos!

The Cole House has been identified as having the Highest Potential for designation by the Oshawa Heritage Association (Class A Property). Hopefully it can avoid being in the path of the 407 and be restored to its former glory.

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8 years ago

This house has been demoished the 407 runs right over where it was

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10 years ago

Any idea what happened to this house? I'm going to be in the area this coming weekend.

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12 years ago

Lots of it is dark and its basically empty but it did have a nice bannister at least

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12 years ago

awww! :-( (i have a soft spot for cats) poor thing!

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12 years ago

The remains looks like a cat -

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13 years ago

I do believe it's a cat. :(

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13 years ago

yikes!!what animal is that skeleton? Looks like a hawk..