City of Markham    
    
   
Markham Register of Property of Cultural Heritage Value or Interest
 
Address: 10451 48 HWY
Original Address: 8150 Markham Road
Property Legal Description: CON 8 PT LT 23 PL 65R13863 PTS 1 & 3
Historical Name: Chauncy Crosby House
Heritage Conservation District:
Ward: 5
Year Built: c.1832
Architect Style: Georgian Tradition
Heritage Status of Property: Part IV (Individual)
Designation Bylaw: 94-98
Heritage Easement Agreement: No
       
History Description
This property contains two heritage buildings, one on its original site and one relocated. The frame farmhouse on the Highway 48 frontage of the property is connected to the Byer family homestead, which historically occupied the western halves of Lots 22 and 23, Concession 8. This house, constructed some time in the early to mid-nineteenth century, was a secondary dwelling on the Byer homestead. This property also contains the Byer family cemetery. The other house on the property is a two-storey brick dwelling that was relocated from the Vinegar Hill community in 1997 to preserve it from the impact of the construction of Highway 407. The Chauncy Crosby House was constructed c.1832 on the eastern frontage of Lot 6, Concession 7. Originally from Herkimer County, New York, Crosby arrived in Markham Township in 1812, after crossing Lake Ontario at Kingston with his father William and family. Chauncy Crosby was active in several aspects of the community as Justice of the Peace, farmer, storekeeper and director of the Home District Agricultural Society. The property at Vinegar Hill stayed in the ownership of Crosby descendants until 1939 when it was purchased by the Seaver family. It was the Seaver family who preserved this important historical landmark by moving it to another property in the late 1990s in order to ensure its preservation.
 
Contemporary Photograph Heritage Photograph
       
Key Map
Please note that the yellow polygon symbol is not indicative of the actual heritage area and is only meant to highlight the property the heritage building(s) is located at. For a complete description of the actual heritage property please refer to the Designation Bylaw found above.

   
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