Like many pioneers of this district, the founder of Waterloo was a German Mennonite from Franklin County, Pennsylvania. In 1805 he purchased 900 acres of bush land on the site of this town. He settled here in 1806 and erected the first sawmill two . . . — — Map (db m244169) HM
The log schoolhouse is Waterloo's first school and one of the oldest remaining log schoolhouses in the Province of Ontario. Built in 1820, the school was originally located near the corner of King and Central Street on lands donated by Abraham Erb. . . . — — Map (db m244177) HM
On King Street South at Union Boulevard on King Street South.
The head office of The Mutual Life Assurance Company of Canada (now the head office of Sun Life Financial's Canadian operations) was completed in 1912. Designed by Canadian architect Frank Darling, of the Toronto firm Darling and Pearson, . . . — — Map (db m244191) HM
On Albert Street, 0.1 kilometers north of Bricker Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
On this site stands the first Lutheran seminary in Canada. This plaque commemorates the gift of five acres of land by the Board of Trade on behalf of the citizens of Waterloo on October 30, 1911, to the Evangelical Lutheran Seminary of Canada. The . . . — — Map (db m244140) HM
On Young Street West at Albert Street, on the right when traveling west on Young Street West.
This cairn erected to commemorate
the one hundredth anniversary
of the incorporation of Waterloo
as a village
Unveiled during the Centennial
celebrations held June 26 - July 1 1957 — — Map (db m244188) HM
On Ring Road at Seagram Drive, on the left when traveling east on Ring Road.
In 1956 community leaders, headed by Dr. J. Gerald Hagey, formed the Waterloo College Associate Faculties, a nondenominational corporation, to provide Waterloo with improved educational facilities, particularly in the technical, scientific and . . . — — Map (db m244166) HM
On Albert Street, 0.1 kilometers north of Bricker Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Founded in 1911 as the Evangelical Lutheran Seminary of Canada, and situated on land donated by the Board of Trade of Waterloo, this institution was originally established to train homegrown Lutheran pastors. It was expanded in 1914 with . . . — — Map (db m244132) HM