Architectural Evaluation of the North Pickering Project and the Toronto Area Airports Project Sites - Bentley House. G.M. Yost Associates Limited. Photograph. 1974. North Pickering Project Collection, Pickering Local History Collection. 96-01559. This was the geographic and political centre of Pickering Township. Brougham was originally called Bentley’s Corners. Bentley House was designated as a Recognized Federal Heritage building in 1992.