Alexander McKay House - Digital Archive

The Digital Archive and complementary Interactive Heritage Register Map are initiatives to provide historical information regarding properties included on the Township’s Heritage Register. The Digital Archive only includes properties which have consented to include their heritage property on this archive.

The lands we know today as the Township of Puslinch have been home to
Indigenous peoples since time immemorial. We acknowledge that we are on the
traditional territory of the Hatiwendaronk, as well as the treaty lands and traditional
territory of the Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee.

With increasing encroachment by non-Indigenous settlers in the Township of Puslinch, the Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee could not continue their traditional lifestyle and settled in their villages along the Credit River and in the Grand River Valley. These Indigenous nations uphold their Treaty Rights within our jurisdiction.

Today, the Township of Puslinch remains home to Indigenous peoples from across Turtle Island. We are grateful to have the opportunity to share and respect Mother Earth and are committed to building constructive and cooperative relationships with Indigenous nations.

Alexander McKay House

6958 Wellington Road 34 Front Concession 3, Part Lot 18 & Part Lot 19 Puslinch, ON
Photo of Alexander McKay House

Biographical Info

The Alexander McKay House was built around 1860 of granite and limestone. Built by Alexander, the McKay family, and possibly mason Angus McDonald, the one-and-a-half storey Ontario style house has a central gable and limestone trim around the windows and doors. The McKay House also has double-arched Gothic windows above the front door, a unique architectural feature seen in one other house in the area.

The Alexander McKay family had arrived in Puslinch and settled onto Lot 19 in 1841.

The property is historically associated with Scottish masonry in Puslinch as well as “The Third” Schoolhouse (School Section #5).

 

Alexander McKay House - Exterior

Alexander McKay House - Front Facade

Categories: Decade Built – 1860s, Decade Plaqued – 2000s, Historical Association – Scottish/Scotland, Materials – Stone, One-and-a-half storeys, Ontario House Style