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Andrew McRobbie 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.
Andrew McRobbie House
Biographical Info
The Andrew McRobbie House was built in 1851 in a Georgian style, constructed with fieldstones from the property. After a fire in 1914, the house went under extensive renovations. The previously side-gabled roof was raised eighteen inches and a central gable added, adopting a much more Ontario House style. Despite the changes, the Andrew McRobbie House has retained much of its original splendor. Beautiful and extensive gardens surround the house, complementing the property.
The McRobbie brothers had emigrated from Perthshire, Scotland, having been forced to leave their homeland as a result of the Highland Clearances. Andrew McRobbie came to Canada around 1833, spending two years working in Lower Canada, now Quebec. The McRobbie brothers purchased four adjoining properties in Puslinch. Andrew McRobbie built the stone house on Lot 23 and Part Lot 24 of Rear Concession 10.
The property is historically associated with Highland Scottish immigration as well as the settlement and community of Corwhin.
Categories: Decade Built – 1850s, Decade Plaqued – 2000s, Georgian/Neoclassical Style, Historical Association – Scottish/Scotland, Materials – Stone, One-and-a-half storeys, Ontario House Style