Donald A. McLean 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.

Donald A. McLean House

7697 Wellington Road 36 Rear Concession 9, Lot 31 Puslinch, ON
Photo of Donald A. McLean House

Biographical Info

The Donald A. McLean House was completed in 1920. The two-storey rural Edwardian residence was initially built with limestone from the fields around 1890, and an upper-level was added around 1920, also in the Edwardian style. The residence has cement lintels.

Peter McLean originally purchased Lot 31 for 75 pounds per 100 acres. McLean had emigrated from Perthshire, Scotland to settle in Badenoch.

The property is historically associated with McLean family immigration from Perthshire as well as the settlement and community of Badenoch.

 

Donald A. McLean House - Front Facade

Bousfield Place - Exterior with Arch

Categories: Decade Built – 1890s, Decade Built – 1920s, Decade Plaqued – 2000s, Edwardian Style, Historical Association – Scottish/Scotland, Materials – Stone, Two-storeys