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
It was on this site in march, 1888 that the Dominion Life Assurance Company was first conceived. Mr. Thomas Hilliard,
local teacher and journalist, met here at Simon Snyder's Drugstore with other elite businessmen of the community.
The gentlemen; . . . — — Map (db m269701) HM
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
This was the first site of the K-W Municipal Airport, also
known as Lexington Airport after the nearby settlement.
The 83-acre airfield, part of the John Stroh farm on Lot 61,
German Company Tract, consisted of sandy loam with a quick
drying . . . — — Map (db m269757) HM
David Kuntz, a native of Weisbaden, Germany, emigrated to
Canada in the late 1830s. After moving to Waterloo in the
mid 1850s he established the "Spring Brewery" at King and
William streets in Waterloo. His son Louis took over
management in the . . . — — Map (db m269691) 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
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 . . . — — Map (db m284028) HM
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
Peter Roos was born in 1865 in Waterloo, Ontario and spent practically all of his lifetime in this community. He not only observed Waterloo change from a small community to a large city, but was involved in its development. Peter Roos had an impact . . . — — Map (db m269689) HM
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
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 m268550) HM
