Coffin Block Building

The 3-storey Georgian structure was built some time before 1838 (based on a Bartlett print of the building drawn in 1838)[1] and in 1845 became an annex to The Wellington hotel on Church Street.

The basement housed the office of the William Weller (of Cobourg) Stagecoach Company from 1830 to 1835.

In 1832, William bought the north/south Stagecoach line from John Playter of Richmond Hill.

William operated the north/south Stagecoach line until 1840, when he sold it to Charles P.Thompson of Summerhill, who operated a Steamship service on Lake Simcoe and needed a means to move his ship passengers south to York (Toronto) The stage coach office at the apex of the building was added later.

The building is also seen in a Bartlett print, "Fish Market", from 1839 to 1842.