Historical Buildings:
1901–1910

 

Buildings by Decade

This information is adapted from the Whitehorse Heritage Buildings Register compiled by Tony Zedda and Glenda Koh. The following list is grouped by decade.

Burns Building

Whitehorse Burns Building Architectural History:  The Burns Meat Company came to the Yukon in 1898, when it was contracted to deliver beef to miners during the gold rush....

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Elliott House

This house originally stood on Front Street behind the Whitehorse Hotel (near the corner of Main) when it was first built in 1901. The next year, it was moved by its owner E.A. Dixon from a site behind the White Horse Hotel to 306 Steele Street, where it sat until April 1979.

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Harvey House

This lot was originally sold to a miner named Richard Harvey in 1903. The house is log, but likely began as a tent shack. The walls consist of log, covered with wood shingles, then covered with aluminum siding.

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Homer House

The log house once located on Wood St. is thought to have been built sometime around 1910. The land was owned by Stephen Homer, a ship’s carpenter, who may have constructed the building himself.

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Ike Taylor House

This house was built by Ike Taylor, partner to William Drury in the Taylor and Drury Stores. The house was built from logs which came from Five Finger Rapids on a White Pass scow in 1907, then covered over with lumber.

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McKinnon House

This home was originally a log cabin when it was first built in 1901 by Angus D. McKinnon. A tent shack was added to the back, which was later framed in. The house has undergone several renovations including the addition of “Whitehorse’s first bathroom.”

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McPherson House

The house was built in 1907-08 by Daniel McAulay, a local carpenter and contractor. It was later occupied by Frank Slavin, better known as “The Sydney Cornstalk” and “Sydney Slasher”, the once famous boxer and heavyweight boxing champion of the British Empire.

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