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The land on which Rose Cottage stands passed back and forth in its early years between many owners. It was bought from William Chisholm in 1839 by William Dalmadge Junior, son of a local tavern keeper, living then in Port Dalhousie. Isaac Clark built the home on the land and on his death in 1862 it passed to his brother Joseph Clark. In 1899 the cottage and land passed to Arthur Clark, a farmer in Trafalgar Township who rented it out until it sold in 1905 to Hugh Strathnairn Hamilton Rose for $1700.

The building is characteristic of a typical Regency style Ontario cottage and has stamped metal ceilings.