Exploring our Architectural Heritage
"Carrville Post Office c 1900
- co Del Brocco family"
Courtesy of Ann Crichton-Harris and Vaughan Archives.
Photo from 2020.
Carrville Post Office (1845)
"Constructed in 1845 by Captain Thomas Cook, one of the area's original settlers, the plank frame building served as the area's post office until about 1919. It is one of the few remnants of the once-thriving village that remain in the area now swallowed by new housing developments.
Apart from its early 19th century history, the former Carrville post office building has a fascinating connection with early Italian-Canadian history that predates the mass migration of the 1950s. From 1919 to 1950, the Del Brocco family lived there. "They were probably the first Italians and the first Catholics in Vaughan.'"
Excerpted from:
O'Reilly, Dan. “Author Lobbies to Save Her Former Home.” thestar.com, 20 June 2009, www.thestar.com/life/health_wellness/2009/06/20/author_lobbies_to_save_her_former_home.html
See also:
Kelly, Tim. "Old Thornhill Carville Post Office Moved, Restored." The Vaughan Citizen. Wednesday, October 2, 2013
https://www.yorkregion.com/news-story/4136523-old-thornhill-carrville-post-office-moved-restored/
"Carrville Post Office c 1961"
Courtesy of Ann Crichton-Harris and Vaughan Archives.
"Carrville Post Office with DelBrocco Family"
(M989.49.3) Courtesy of Vaughan Archives.
"Carrville Post Office Being Moved" c.2012
Courtesy of Ann Crichton-Harris and Vaughan Archives.
"Carrville Post Office c.1920"
Courtesy of the Del Brocco Family, Ann Crichton-Harris, and Vaughan Archives.
Photos from 2020: