The Crooker House

Now a commercial establishment, this Victorian mansion built in 1884 was originally the home of one of Waterdown’s most successful merchants, William H. Crooker. The beautiful red brick house retains much of its original landscaping. The coach house, originally located at the rear of the property, was relocated to the west side of the home. Both W.H. Crooker and his son Frederick operated a general store on the corner of Main and Dundas Streets from the last decade of the nineteenth century, to 1922 when it was destroyed by one of the fires that occurred in the village core during the first quarter of the twentieth century. F. Crooker later served as both village postmaster and reeve. Dr. Reginald Perkins used the building as both residence and office during the ‘40s and ‘50s.