The Old Housesof Newmarket

An evolving residential history

Housestell the storyof a town.

A growing record of Newmarket's old homes. The celebrated landmarks and the humbler houses in between.

One house at a time.

Start here

Two ways in.

Archival photograph of an old Newmarket house, representing the catalogue of house stories

01 The catalogue

Browse the houses.

Search, sort and explore the growing register, one house and one story at a time.

Explore the catalogue
Detail of the original 1878 Newmarket atlas showing Mill Pond and the surrounding historic downtown streets

02 The interactive map

See where they stand.

Find the houses on today's map, then switch on the historical layers to see the town as it was.

Explore the map
An en plein air painting of houses on Prospect Street in Newmarket by Jianming Chen

In plain sight

Why the Houses?

An old house can be so familiar that we barely see it anymore. Then something catches the eye: a porch, a roofline, a detail from another era. This project is an invitation to look a little closer at the buildings themselves, and at the lives that have passed through them.

Prospect Street, NewmarketJianming Chen · @jmcthegroupof1