Unionville’s Main Street has always been more than just a road – it’s the place where the community’s history unfolded. This self-guided tour, developed by historian George Duncan, follows the old houses clustered at the village centre, each one layered with stories of everyday life, work, and the change it came with. From the adobe brick Eckardt-Stiver House of 1829 to the early 20th-century Caldwell House, the tour highlights how homes became doctors’ offices, carriage workshops, restaurants, and even art studios.

Here you’ll see how Unionville’s earliest settlers built a foundation that later generations reshaped, blending Georgian, Italianate, and Edwardian styles into a streetscape that still anchors the village today. More than residences, these buildings reveal Unionville as a place of enterprise, adaptation, and community spirit – where history continues to live in the very heart of the town.