Whitby Junction is a historic railroad station, originally built at the foot of Byron Street in Whitby, Ontario. Under Canadian National the station was later known as Whitby, due to the closure of the central Whitby station between this station and Manilla Junction. The former Grand Trunk Railway station closed in 1969 and the building was first moved to the north-east corner of Victoria and Henry Streets for use as an art gallery and in 2004 moved across the road to its current location in Whitby Iroquois Park. History The station served as a junction with the Port Whitby & Port Perry Railway just a short distance to the east. (The Port Whitby & Port Perry became part of the Midland Railway of Canada on March 10, 1882, itself becoming part of the Grand Trunk in 1884, though the amalgamation wasn't authorized until 1893.) An additional track was added by the Grand Trunk running from the station to the location of the junction to allow trains to travel to and from Whitby Junction to Lindsay and points beyond. The station originally had its name spelled out in paint on the sides of the roof along the tracks, with an additional hanging sign mounted on the eaves under the roof (added sometime before 1920). The painted name on the roof would be gone by the 1950s. The station was closed and slated for demolition in the 1960s. A group of local arts enthusiasts had founded a community art gallery in 1967; this group purchased the former railway station in 1969 and it was moved to Henry and Victoria Streets in 1970. The building became The Station Gallery and has served as a community art gallery since then. The building was moved to Henry Street in 2005 with expansion designed by Phil Goldsmith of Goldsmith, Borgal and Company. It re-opened in 2006. The building has been protected under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act since 2006. The designation by-law applies to the exterior of the station as built in 1903 and also to the boxcar (, originally from the London and Port Stanley Railway) located outside the building. The station was a product of the Grand Trunk's Building Department, designed in Railway Style,' a style whose hallmark was a copious overhanging roof which usually skirted the entire building to give protection for passengers on the platforms and entranceways. Reflecting also an