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Donald Stewart 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 Stewart House
Biographical Info
The Donald Stewart House was built in 1874 by the Ritchie Brothers, who were stonemasons from Clyde. The one-and-a-half storey Ontario House style residence was constructed of granite and limestone. It displays a central gable with a Gothic window. Today, the Donald Stewart House has its original iron treillage, and is the only example of iron treillage in the Township. The ornamental treillage can be seen on the front porch and verandah.
Donald Stewart Sr. and his wife Catherine Cameron had emigrated from Perthshire, Scotland to settle in the Puslinch area in 1843. Stewart Sr. built the house for himself and his son Allan, who later remained on the property.
The property is historically associated with Scottish stonemasonry, Scottish immigration from Perthshire, and the settlement of Killean in Puslinch.
Categories: Decade Built – 1870s, Decade Plaqued – 2000s, Gothic Style, Historical Association – Scottish/Scotland, Materials – Stone, One-and-a-half storeys, Ontario House Style