Discover Downtown

Downtown Oshawa features buildings from the 1830’s to the present.  Walking put us in close contact with the structures, time to ponder the concrete details of our history and a chance to increase our awareness of the city step by step year round.

Highlights

1)  Robert McLaughlin Gallery, redesigned in 1987 by renowned Canadian architect Arthur Erickson.

2)  St. George’s Memorial Church, built in 1924 by the famous architect Eden Smith in the Gothic Revival style.

3)  Masonic Hall, an 1928 Art Deco streamlined structure.

4)  E.A. Lovell School, erected in 1924 in the Neo-Gothic style, is the alma mater of Ed Broadbent.

5)  PUC, another Art Deco building built in 1931.

6)  St. Andrew’s, an 1899 Romanesque church was attended by the McLaughlin family.

7)  Simcoe Street United, completed in 1868 in the Gothic Revival Style.

8)  Regent Theatre, designed as a movie and vaudeville theatre in 1919.

9)  Genosha Hotel, built in 1929 in the Chicago style. It was the luxury hotel of its day.

10)  Alger Building, constructed in 1928 has many influences from Italian architecture.

11)  Everson & Hawkings, originally a hardware store constructed in 1860.

12)  Oshawa House dates back to 1838 and was described as the best inn between Toronto and Kingston.

13)  Cowan House, built in 1858 for Oshawa’s Mayor in the Georgian style.