The Shaw House project consists of the reconstruction of an 1830s wood timber frame house and a new washroom building in Phyllis Rawlinson Park, Richmond Hill. Intended to serve and educate Park visitors about local heritage, the original timber components include rafters, beams, joists, studs and some cabinetwork. In addition the House will act as a home base for Parks staff and function as a classroom for school field trips. The Shaw House was likely constructed in or about 1830, on Yonge Street in Richmond Hill. A single storey Regency cottage, the timber frame includes both sawn and hand-hewn material.

It had several additions and modifications in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Fortunately much of the original material has survived these alterations and is being used in the reconstruction. The Shaw House was dismantled by local volunteers over a decade ago and has been in storage at the Town of Richmond Hill. Documentation of the re-erection is being recorded so that it can be used to illuminate the process of timber frame construction. Interpretive elements have been developed, exposing original elements within the building envelope.