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16. Timothy Street House (1825)

41 Mill Street

Timothy Street, the man after whom the village is named, was a Loyalist who had lived and worked in St. David’s, near Niagara, for 20 years before coming to the Credit River area. His family often made trips between their home in St. David’s and Timothy’s new place of business, until a permanent residence could be built. The modest home at the base of Mill Street was said to be the first brick house in the Peel County, likely constructed out of locally-made red brick and Credit River stone. It overlooked the site of Street’s saw and grist mill, distillery and tannery. Although the Street family ceased to be associated with the mill in the years following Timothy’s death, it is a testimony to his good judgment, when choosing a site that a mill remained in operation on the property into the 20th century.