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Historical Markers in Ayr

 
By Tim Boyd, June 11, 2024
Detweiler Meetinghouse Marker
1 ► Ontario, Waterloo Region, Ayr, Roseville — Detweiler Meetinghouse —
On Roseville Road 0.5 kilometers west of Northumberland Street, on the left when traveling west.
Devout Mennonite farmers built the Detweiler Meetinghouse on this location in 1855. It is the only surviving stone meetinghouse built by Mennonites in 19th century Ontario. Detweiler Meetinghouse, Inc., a nonprofit association, completed restoration . . . — — Map (db m248672) HM
2 ► Ontario, Waterloo Region, Ayr, North Dumfries — The Goldie Family and the Village of Greenfield / La Famille Goldie au Village de Greenfield —
On Greenfield Road 0.7 kilometers west of Northumberland Street, on the left when traveling west.
The Goldie Family and the Village of Greenfield From 1817 to 1819, Scottish botanist John Goldie (1793-1886) visited Canada and the northern US to collect plant specimens. He returned with his family in 1844 to settle here on a . . . — — Map (db m248670) HM
3 ► Ontario, Waterloo Region, Ayr — The John Watson Manufacturing Company —
On Stanley Street (Regional Road 49) at Northumberland Street, on the right when traveling east on Stanley Street (Regional Road 49).
Founded in 1847 by John Watson, a Scottish moulder and first reeve of Ayr. In continuous family operation for over 127 years, the foundry originally made cast iron pots and stoves but expanded into agricultural machinery in the 1880's becoming the . . . — — Map (db m248612) HM
4 ► Ontario, Waterloo Region, Ayr — Watson’s Dam —
On Northumberland Street 0.1 kilometers north of Stanely Street, on the right when traveling north.
In 1824, this site, where Cedar Creek enters the Nith River, became a source of water power for Ayr’s earliest industry and settlement, Mudge's Mills. Later in 1884, along with Jedburgh (1832 in the east) and Nithvale (1837 in the west), the three . . . — — Map (db m248618) HM
 
 
  
 
 
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