Cleland/Clarke House
Southeast corner Trowbridge and Cook Streets
This c. 1880 is the "jewel in the crown of the historic houses of Meaford," writes Ruth Cathcart in
How Firm A Foundation – Historic Houses of Grey County. "This example of [Second Empire style] is truly outstanding…it stands in all its original elaborate, high-style dignity… anchored by two towers capped by shallow hipped roofs…"
Built in the late 1870s by James Cleland, then Reeve of Meaford and subsequently Mayor, the house was purchased in 1889 by Dr. John G. Clarke, who lived there till his death in 1930.
Note the original hitching post in front of the building.