This regency cottage was built in 1864 for Joseph Chambers, blacksmith and mason, who allowed part of it to be used as the Private School for Boys before the construction of the new "Common" School on Elm Street in 1867.  Tom Rome, famed as a cricketer was the Headmaster before he went on the become Headmaster of the new Elm Street School when it opened. Later, its owner was Bessie Kinzie Moore who owned and operated Moore's Theatre on Main Street East.  Mrs. Moore and her husband, Albert brought movies to Grimsby in 1910 when they opened a theatre at Grimsby Park.

The cottage has been significantly renovated since being built in 1864, and looks little like it originally did.