Description of Historic Place

105 Grover Street is a one and half storey early neo-classical house overlooking the St. John River in Woodstock.

Heritage Value

105 Grover Street is designated a Local Historic Place because it is the oldest known home within the town limits and for its association with the owner, James Grover and John Coffin Winslow.

Built in 1834 by Nathaniel Murrill Hazen, the home still features many of its original characteristics. The house has a pleasing symmetrical design, featuring a central dormer with a coloured window. 104 Grover Street is also known as Hazen House.

The property is also recognized because it has been owned by both James Grover, for whom the street is named, and by John Coffin Winslow, a descendant of the prominent Loyalist family who were instrumental in shaping Woodstock.

Source: Carleton County Historical Society Historic Places File #6

Character-Defining Elements

The character-defining elements that describe the exterior of this neo-classical house include:
- symmetrical massing;
- low pitch roof sloping to front;
- classical wooden trim;
- veranda with rehabilitated brackets;
- central dormer featuring textured coloured glass window added circa 1900;
- long ell at rear with dormers;
- upright plank construction.

The character-defining elements that describe the interior of this neo-classical include:
- pine board floors;
- post, block and lintel surrounds;
- flying staircase.

The character defining elements associated with James Grover include:
- located on Grover Street named after the original owner.