One of the earliest dwellings extant in Newmarket area. A 2-storey frame dwelling, clad in narrow clapboard on a stone rubble foundation constructed only nine years after the area was settled for John Bogart, a Quaker pioneer from Pennsylvania who operated a saw mill and grist mill on the creek near the house. A reminder that Bogarttown was a significant centre in the early nineteenth century. Designated 1987 when it was the developer’s intent to preserve and restore this important heritage home as a residential dwelling. Now described as “derelict”.

Report commissioned by developer Forest Green Homes recommending demolition is flawed according to second opinion of ERA Architects. Heritage Newmarket Advisory Committee Chair, Athol Hart made it very clear he wants to see the house preserved in situ.

Newmarket Planning advise Bogart House is: Designated, boarded up, safe and protected. Applicant is proposing to retain and restore it for future residential purposes.