Drill Hall, East Service Wing, Ruthven Park National Historic Site, 243 Haldimand County Highway 54, Cayuga, Haldimand, ON
Excerpt from the plaque:
Drill Hall: this long building is the Drill Hall. It is where David Thompson II trained and commanded soldiers in the 37th Haldimand Battalion of Volunteer Rifles. This addition was built during the 1860s in response to the fears that the Fenian Raids would spread to Haldimand County. Although the raids never reached Haldimand, the Thompson family decided to keep the building and re-purposed it as a storage and laundry room.
Drill Hall, East Service Wing, Ruthven Park National Historic Site, 243 Haldimand County Highway 54, Cayuga, Haldimand, ON
Excerpt from the plaque:
Drill Hall: this long building is the Drill Hall. It is where David Thompson II trained and commanded soldiers in the 37th Haldimand Battalion of Volunteer Rifles. This addition was built during the 1860s in response to the fears that the Fenian Raids would spread to Haldimand County. Although the raids never reached Haldimand, the Thompson family decided to keep the building and re-purposed it as a storage and laundry room.