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Thomas F. Wootten House 28 |
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Community
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Markham
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Year Constructed:
1870
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Address:
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69 Main Street
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This building is typical of the style of upper class house in Ontario. It has the customary center hall plan with four room on the downstairs and four on the upstairs. The bay windows have been added in the last decade, and the roof over the front door has been added to take away from the starkness of the suicide door. Notice that the wooden boards have been milled to form a tongue and groove, but is still in the vertical board style.
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Contextual Significance
Thomas F. Wootten came to Markham from Wiltshire, England along with his parents and siblings, in 1856. He was one of the nine children of David and Eliza (Clifford) Wootten. David Wootten was an innkeeper in Markham Village in the early 1870s. According to the 1871 census, Thomas Wootten was 30 years of age and a shoe maker by trade. His wife was Sarah Jane Brooks. Thomas later took over a local livery business from his brother Albert J. Wootten. He held a contract for conveyance of Her Majesty’s Mails (Queen Victoria at that time), and also served as the village pound keeper. Wootten Way, a relatively recent street east of Markham Village, was named for the family.George Duncan, Markham Heritage Section
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