The Pickering Museum Village is located 3 kilometres east of Brock Road on Highway #7 (west of Westney Road).
TEL: 905.683.8401

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Miller-Cole House Miller-Cole House This house was depicted as Moody Spurgeon's house in Anne of Green Gables. It is where we see Josie Pye walk along the picket fence, and where we see Anne walk the ridge pole. It was also used in the Road to Avonlea episode Aunt Janet Rebels as Angus and Mrs. McCorkadale's home. It was also used as a farmhouse in Happy Christmas Miss King. The building, originally built in 1858 by Luton Miller and sold in 1881 to Amos Cole. It sat near the intersection of 16th Avenue and the 9th Concession Road in Markham. It depicts an established, but certainly not wealthy, farm family about 1867, the time of Confederation. The stacked plank construction, is an interesting feature of this house, indicates the abundance of timber available at the time. The kitchen gardens contain vegetables and herbs, and the small parlour garden, flowers common to the period.
Bible Christian Church Bible Christian Church The interior and exterior of this building was the Avonlea Town Hall in many Road to Avonlea episodes, including Aunt Janet Rebels. Simple in structure and furnishings, this 1853 Church was built by a splinter group of Methodists known as Bible Christians. It originally sat on Lot 24, Concession 5, but was moved to the Wm. Major farm around 1890 after the Church closed. The box pulpit, wainscotting, windows and front doors are original. It is still used for weddings by special arrangements.
Oddfellows' Hall Oddfellows' Hall This building was depicted as the Carmody Town Hall in Anne of Green Gables. This is where Anne attends the Christmas Ball. In the back of the room is where the Christmas tree stood. The exterior and interior were the Avonlea Town Hall in episodes such as Felicity's Challenge and The Materializing of Duncan. It was also used in Happy Christmas Miss King. Built in 1869 as a Christian Church, it was sold to the Independent Order of Oddfellows around the turn of the century. It was located in Whitevale, just north of the 5th Concession Road, on the Altona Road. (This section of Altona Road is known as North Road). It is presently used as our Town Hall.
Duffin's Creek General Store and Dressmaker's Shop Duffin's Creek General Store/Dressmaker's Shop In the episode Aunt Janet Rebels, this building was depicted as the police station. It was also used as the general store in Happy Christmas Miss King. Built about 1855 to the east of the Central Hotel, the two buildings once shared a common porch. At times it served as a store, post office, harness shop and County Office. The General Store not only provided consumer items for the surrounding countryside, but also acted as an informal community centre where customers could exchange news with their neighbours and the storekeeper. Set to about 1910, it shows the many items which were available by the early part of the century, as well as electricity, which was just being introduced to Pickering Township. The Dressmaker's Shop on the second floor was one of the first businesses in the community which would be run solely by women.
Log House Log House Was Mrs. MacGuires home in Happy Christmas Miss King. Originally located near the intersection of Brimley Road and Sheppard Avenue, the Log House has been re-constructed to illustrate the home of one of the earlier settlers in this area. Such a building would have been the first real "house" constructed by a family in a clearing in the woods. Construction of this type of house and clearing of adequate land were often conditions of receiving title to the land. Built of squared, dovetailed timbers, it provided a single large room which was kitchen, livingroom and bedroom combined. The open hearth provided for heat, light and cooking.
Collins House Collins House This house was Bill MacNeil's home in the Road to Avonlea episode Aunt Janet Rebels. This house comes from Reach Township, just north of chalk Lake. Built about 1845, by an Uxbridge area merchant and mill owner, it is set in the mid 1850s. Its vertical siding forms the structure of the house. The interior is typical of a tradesman's home of the period, with painted plaster walls, the space divided into rooms and a cast-iron stove for heat and cooking.
Blacksmith/Woodworking Shop Blacksmith Shop/ Woodworking Shop This structure was used in Anne of Green Gables as Moody Spurgeon's barn. It can be seen in the background when we see Mr. Phillips leaving. This is the only Museum building originally from Greenwood. It was donated by Miss Edna Green, whose family once owned and operated the Greenwood Mills. The shop was built in 1856, just east of the Greenwood Store and served the local community for many years as a blacksmith and woodworking shop. Many of the tools, including the anvil, benches and tire roller are original to this building.

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Historical notes used with permission from Pickering Museum Village.

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