Stouffville set to designate Mansion House as heritage property

The property is located at the corner of Main Street and Edward Street, immediately west of the railway line and Stouffville GO station.

Yorkregion.com
Jan. 17, 2024
Simon Martin

While Stouffville residents patiently await what business will locate at the recently renovated 6162 Main St., the town is set to designate the property for cultural heritage value later this spring.

The property is located at the corner of Main Street and Edward Street, immediately west of the railway line and Stouffville GO station.

The mixed-use building was a former hotel building and well-known local landmark.

Known as the Mansion House Hotel, the structure was built in 1879-1880 for Elijah Miller and for decades served travellers arriving in Stouffville with accommodations, capitalizing on its location directly next to the train station.

The hotel was built in the Second Empire architecture style, anchoring the corner of Main and Edward streets with its characteristic mansard roof, prominent dormers, and tall, paired windows.

The Mansion House Hotel is a symbol of an era of growth and prosperity in Stouffville’s history.

It was built during the late 19th century building boom, which resulted from the completion of the Toronto and Nipissing Railway in 1871 and the Lake Simcoe Junction Railway in 1877, connecting Stouffville to Toronto, Uxbridge and Lake Simcoe.

The 2021 restoration of the site known as Stouffville Junction had vision a for a mixed-use development with the main floor being designed for hospitality and retail use, with hopes of a restaurant or a place where people could gather, while the upstairs will have 10 purpose-built rental units.

The project restored the brick exterior of the building added a slate roof and copper windows.

While the rental units are occupied, the main floor does not have a tenant yet.