Every landmark starts as someone’s home. In 1856, a frame house went up on Charles Street in Port Whitby for James Rowe, a man who had arrived in Canada three decades earlier with little more than ambition. Rowe came from Ireland at twenty-five, drawn to a young harbour town taking […]
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The story of the James Rowe House in Whitby from its 1856 origins as the home of Whitby’s first mayor to its new chapter as 301 Rowe.