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Address: 4495 Major Mackenzie Road East, changed to 10000 Kennedy Road
S.S. # 11 Colty Corner's School is located at 10000 Kennedy Road. Colty Corner's is the oldest surviving schoolhouse in Markham, being built approximately 1862. Despite a quite large addition added onto this building, the schoolhouse preserves several of its original architectural features that were once common to schoolhouses constructed in the 19th century. These features include its bell tower, returned eaves, multi-paned windows and a Regency style front porch. The original building sits on a fieldstone foundation and is only one storey. The school's address has changed due to shifting property lines, changing from 4495 Major Mackenzie Drive East to 10000 Kennedy Road. This building is once again a school; a major addition was added to it within the past decade and it now serves as Angus Glen Montessori School. S.S. # 11 Colty Corner's School became a designated heritage property under the Ontario Heritage Act in 1983.
Sources
City of Markham Bylaw 307-83 Colty Corner's School Section No. 11 heritage designation
Address: 53 Main Street South
The First Markham Post Office at 53 Main Street South is one of the last surviving examples of cottage construction in the former Village of Markham. Built in 1828, this one-and-a-half storey Pioneer Georgian-style building is constructed of hand-hewn timber. The Post Office is covered in stucco and decorative board but was originally covered in wooden clapboard. The sash windows on the east and south portions of the house have the 12-by-12 small panes of glass which are reminiscent of the original windows. The building was initially constructed not only to serve as the first Post Office for the Village, but also to house the living quarters of the first Post Master, James Johnston. The First Markham Post Office is being used once again as a commercial space, now as a restaurant, and became a designated heritage property 1979 under the Ontario Heritage Act.
Photo courtesy of City of Markham.
Sources
City of Markham, Heritage Services - Register of Property of Cultural Heritage Value or Interest
City of Markham Bylaw 211-79 53 Main Street South heritage designation
The Millennium Villages Project is kicking off work in North Ghana. At the end of the dry season, people struggle to earn an income. Women sell charcoal and vegetables in markets and off the sides of roads.
Address: 7085 14th Avenue, changed to 16 Moore's Court
The Abraham Koch House provides significant historical and architectural importance to the Markham community. This house was constructed by a branch of the Reesor family, who were part of the early Pennsylvanian German Mennonite settlers. The Reesors' Mennonite heritage is evident in the house's simple design. Built in 1840, this two-storey, brick-clad farmhouse was designed in the vernacular Georgian tradition, which was a common design in Markham's German Pennsylvanian communities at this time. Due to the proportions of the house, specifically its door and window openings, it is possible the house was originally a hewn log building, later updated in a brick veneer cladding, dating the construction of this house even earlier, to approximately 1830. Abraham Koch lived on the property from 1847 to 1855 before selling it back to the Reesor family. The Abraham Koch House was originally listed as 7085 14th Avenue in the community of Cedar Grove, but over the years due to the urban build-up around it, the address has changed to 16 Moore's Court in Box Grove. The Abraham Koch House became a designated heritage property in 2008 under the Ontario Heritage Act.
Photo courtesy of City of Markham.
Sources
City of Markham, Heritage Services - Register of Property of Cultural Heritage Value or Interest
City of Markham Bylaw 2008-187 Abraham Koch House heritage designation
DATA IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE DIGITAL AGE.
And publicly available data can now illuminate solutions to challenges like no other time in our history. There is no single entity that collects and manages more data than government. Unfortunately, many of the systems and processes that collect this data have not kept up with the demand and the potential for it.
The world-wide Open Data movement asks government entities of all sizes to make their data—a public asset—available to developers and entrepreneurs so its potential can be realized.
Go Code Colorado is taking a lead position in this movement.
The first and only statewide effort of its kind, Go Code Colorado brings together a community of entrepreneurs, business partners, and developers to make use of public data through a series of events. These events center around a challenge weekend in five cities across the state, engaging the entire state in two days of innovation around the use of public data. Teams in each of the five cities compete to build apps that use public data to help businesses make smarter decisions. Two teams from each city move on in the competition, getting help from a network of mentors—including a mentorship weekend in Boulder—as they further develop their ideas. The teams come back together again for a final event where they pitch their ideas to judges.
The three teams deemed the best are awarded a contract with the state—an invaluable first customer to a fledgling business that provides critical initial revenue.
Go Code Colorado is an initiative through the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office, which seeks to return value to Colorado businesses from business registration fees they collect. In its inaugural year, this is the value Go Code Colorado returned to our state:
COMMUNITY BUILDING AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
Go Code Colorado increased civic engagement in the business, entrepreneurial, and tech communities.
Business leaders volunteered their time across the event series because they desire more access to government data—they know how important this is.
Dozens of business leaders volunteered a day with Go Code Colorado organizers to define the problems they face that public data can help solve.
179 people attended the Kickoff event.
130 people and 25 teams competed in the challenge weekend across Colorado (Boulder, Denver, Ft. Collins, Colorado Springs, and Durango).
The Mentor Weekend brought together 23 mentors to meet with ten teams.
The Final event attracted 223 people.
29 businesses supported open data and Go Code Colorado through $75,000 in cash donations and $120,000 worth of in-kind donations.
Companies like Google, Esri, SendGrid, Rally Software and Gnip (now Twitter)
TECH AND BUSINESS INNOVATION
Go Code Colorado is the most concerted effort in the state to increase the volume of public data in the state’s central repository.
33 new data sets were published as a result of last year’s efforts by agencies such as Revenue, Local Affairs, and Higher Education.
At least three businesses were created around three apps that use this data.
For instance, the winning team, Beagle Score created an app that helps provide a scorecard for business site-location decisions.
Beagle Score relies on many public data sets, including:
Business Registration dataset
City Taxes
County Taxes
Crime Statistics
NREL energy statistics
Traffic counts
Nearest Intersection
Energy rates and providers
Broadband service
and more
PROCUREMENT INNOVATION
Go Code Colorado is flipping traditional government procurement on its head, creating value to Colorado businesses and society.
According to the Standish Group, 94% of large federal IT projects over the past ten years were unsuccessful. Over 50% were delayed, over budget, or didn’t meet user expectations, and 41% failed completely.
Go Code Colorado challenges developers and entrepreneurs to solve business problems using public data by awarding companies who create working apps, not those with just a promise to do so.
GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY AND TRANSPARENCY
Go Code Colorado imagines a day when pulling a data report is a matter of a few pop up menu selections, and doesn’t require specialized knowledge, when data managers across government are able to focus on the work they do best and anyone can access the public data they collect and curate.
This is the promise of open data, and the step forward taking place with Go Code Colorado.
Address: 7450 Reesor Road
The Samuel Reesor House located at 7450 Reesor Road was built in the 1840s as a large two-storey, three-bay wide dwelling. The original Reesor house was constructed of local fieldstone in the Georgian style. The house's current Edwardian style is credited to a fire that nearly destroyed the building in the 1920s. The house was remodeled while incorporating much of the original structure with Edwardian influences, which was popular at the time in the 1920s. This house holds historical value as the Reesor family was prominent in Markham's early history. Samuel Reesor helped his father, Peter Reesor, operate a saw and flour mill on the Rouge River. The house remained in the Reesor family until 1945. The Samuel Reesor House stands as a significant architectural landmark for the community of Cedar Grove and became a designated heritage property in 2004 under the Ontario Heritage Act.
Photo courtesy of City of Markham.
Sources
City of Markham, Heritage Services - Register of Property of Cultural Heritage Value or Interest
City of Markham Bylaw 2004-106 The Samuel Reesor Homestead heritage designation
Address: 111 John Street
The John Lane House at 111 John Street holds significant historical value as it is believed to be the oldest surviving structure in the Thornhill Conservation District. This house was constructed approximately 1842 as a one-and-a-half storey Georgian cottage with Neo-Classical influences. It served as a mill-workers cottage for the nearby Pomona Mills until 1864. The House was purchased by John Lane in 1864 to house workers from his barrel factory on John Street. Sometime during the 1870s, John Lane constructed the two-storey addition to this house in the Victorian style. During this time, John Lane became a well-known politician, who went on to be elected Deputy of Town Council, Justice of the Peace, and Member of Provincial Parliament for East York. The John Lane house became a designated heritage property in 1986 under the Ontario Heritage Act.
Photo courtesy of Markham Museum, Weaver Collection.
Sources
City of Markham, Heritage Services - Register of Property of Cultural Heritage Value or Interest
City of Markham Bylaw 273-86 111 John Street heritage designation
Address: Leslie Street Lot 9, Conc. 3, moved to 6 David Gohn Circle
The David Gohn House at 6 David Gohn Circle provides a good example of an Ontario farmhouse with Classic Revival, Regency, and Pennsylvanian-German influences. David Gohn was 25 when he came to Markham from Pennsylvania in 1811 to settle his deceased brother's estate. After serving in the British Army during the War of 1812, Gohn was not permitted to return to Pennsylvania and so he settled in Markham. Gohn married Lucy Hederick in 1816 and raised a family of nine children. His grandson, C. Wesley Gohn, later became a well-known individual in Markham and became Reeve and Deputy Reeve of the Township from 1922-1932. The David Gohn house was constructed approximately 1855 and originally located on the south side of Highway 7 at Leslie Street. This Ontario farmhouse consists of a red brick structure with buff brick quoining, voussoirs, and a decorative brick course along the main faade. The standout feature is the open porch, which presently has been restored to reflect the original porch. The David Gohn House was the first home to be relocated to the Heritage Estates Subdivision in Markham in the early 2000s. In 1991 the David Gohn House became a designated heritage property under the Ontario Heritage Act.
Photo courtesy of City of Markham.
Sources
City of Markham Bylaw 2-91 The David Gohn House heritage designation
Address: 9765-9767 Kennedy Road, changed to 11 Tannis Street
The Henry Pingle House at 11 Tannis Street provides an example of a mid-19th century house which underwent a major remodel in the first few decades of the 20th century. Constructed approximately 1849, this house was originally a single storey, bricked Ontario Regency cottage. Henry Pingle built this home when he retired from farming and became more active in St. Philip's Lutheran Church. The Pingle family was part of the Berczy German Pennsylvanian settlers who helped establish Markham in the early 1800s. In 1913 the house was purchased by George Weatherill, who, in 1924, remodelled the house to its current form. This one-and-a-half storey house reflects the American Arts and Crafts Movement with stucco covering and a heavy stucco porch. This house was originally accessed through 9765-9767 Kennedy Road, but with the creation of the subdivision around this house, it is now is accessed through 11 Tannis Street. Together with the Stiver Tenant House and the Vincent Wagg House, the Henry Pingle House is a reminder of the first farming families who helped settle Markham. In 2005, it became a designated heritage property under the Ontario Heritage Act.
Photo courtesy of City of Markham.
Sources
City of Markham, Heritage Services - Register of Property of Cultural Heritage Value or Interest
City of Markham Bylaw 2005-364 Henry Pingel Sr. House heritage designation
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Connie Smekens, COO of the statewide law firm Broad and Cassel, a longtime Consensus client, speaks to the firm's ability to partner with their marketing department and build successful integrated marketing campaigns across Florida.
Address: 15 Church Lane
St. Vladimir's Catholic Church, formerly St Luke's, is the oldest surviving Catholic Church in York County and was mainly financed by the Seager family. Constructed in 1847 by carpenter John Edey at 15 Church Lane, this church was used by the Roman Catholic Church until 1972 when St. Luke's Congregation moved and the Ukrainian Catholic Congregation of Thornhill took over. This one storey, one room church has an exterior of wooden shiplap boards and has a three-bay main façade, but has extended to four bays in length. The windows are Regency Gothic in style and surround commissioned stain glasswork. The exterior of the building is decorated with the enclosed western pediment and the 1953 mural painting. When viewed as an entire complex, St Vladimir's Church, the presbytery, and St Luke's Cemetery all play an important role in providing the visual context of Markham's history. This property became a designated heritage property in 1978 under the Ontario Heritage Act.
Photo courtesy of City of Markham.
Sources
City of Markham, Heritage Services - Register of Property of Cultural Heritage Value or Interest
City of Markham Bylaw 298-78 15 Church Lane, Thornhill heritage designation
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Address: 9286 Kennedy Road
The George Hunter House at 9286 Kennedy Road serves as a reminder of what was once the settlement of Hunter's Corners in early Markham. This house sits on land originally owned and occupied by the families of Marcus Rumohr, Peter Ernst, Martin Holder and Francis Schmidt, all of whom were original Berczy settlers. George Hunter, who emigrated from Yorkshire, England, purchased this land in 1836 and 1838. Working originally as an innkeeper, Hunter began to practice blacksmithing in the late 1830s. This two-storey vernacular house was constructed in 1860 and is clad in wooden vertical board siding that has since been covered by aluminum siding. The addition at the east of this house was constructed sometime approximately 1880. A small community sprung up around this house and was known as Hunter's Corners due to George Hunter's fame. When the railway arrived and Highway 7 was built, the heart of this settlement began to move southward to become the village of Unionville. The George Hunter House became a designated heritage property in 1996 under the Ontario Heritage Act.
Photo courtesy of City of Markham.
Sources
City of Markham Bylaw 14-96 The George Hunter House heritage designation
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Martha Simoko bakes with a smile.
The Katete Cassava Bakery is run by a women's cooperative in the Millennium Villages of Mwandama (Malawi). Using flour processed from locally-grown cassava, this small business sells out of rolls every day.
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Address: Lot 11, Conc. 3, moved to 8980 Woodbine Avenue
The Alexander Brown House at 8980 Woodbine Avenue, in Brown's Corners has significant historical context for Markham due to its connection to well-known early Markham settler Alexander Brown. Built approximately 1858, this one-and-a-half storey red brick house was the home of the Brown family for over 120 years. This house provides an excellent example of a Georgian Cottage that has undergone many additions. The first house on the original lot was a frame building with the majority of the bricked buildings built over several years to accommodate the growing family in an Ontario cottage style. The brickwork is local and was most likely dyed with red oxide powder to achieve a uniform colour. In 1984 Susan and Ed Castella purchased and relocated the house from Brown's Corners Lot 11, Concession 3 further north on Woodbine Avenue to its present location to avoid demolition. Along with the other historic houses in its current area, the Alexander Brown House offers a strong reminder of the rural history of Buttonville and in 2004 it became a designated heritage property under the Ontario Heritage Act.
Photo courtesy of City of Markham.
Sources
City of Markham Bylaw 2001-147 The Alexander Brown House heritage designation
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Address: 12 Buttonville Crescent West
Both the William Morrison House and the Cobblers Cottage are located at 12 Buttonville Crescent West. These two buildings offer significant historical value to the Markham community, as both are among the oldest surviving residences from Buttonville. Built approximately 1840, the Morrison house sits on its original site and provides a good example of a vernacular worker's cottage, with both large beams and planks used in its construction. William Morrison lived in the house from when he purchased it in 1852 from the Honorable Robert Baldwin to 1859. Robert Baldwin is remembered as a leader of the Reformers who established responsible government in Canada. Morrison later went on to become the first postmaster in Buttonville. The property exchanged hands several times and the home recently underwent a restoration. Cobblers Cottage is slightly younger, built approximately 1848, and was originally located one lot to the east until it was relocated to its present dwelling in the 1980s where the two buildings were then joined. The property the cottage resided on was owned by Honorable Robert Baldwin until it was purchased by Christopher Collins in 1845, who likely then put up the cottage. The cottage serves as another example of a vernacular workers' cottage, and is significant as a rare example of early rural hamlet housing. Both residences, along with the other frame houses in the area, provide a sense of the former rural community. In 2001 the William Morrison House and Cobblers Cottage became designated heritage properties under the Ontario Heritage Act.
Photo courtesy of City of Markham.
Sources
City of Markham, Heritage Services - Register of Property of Cultural Heritage Value or Interest
City of Markham Bylaw 2001-150 The William Morrison House and Cobblers Cottage heritage designation
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Address: 249 Main Street, Unionville
The William Size Crown Inn was constructed approximately 1860 by William Size at 248 Main Street Unionville. This inn is known as being one of the first inns in the village of Unionville and of those inns is the only one still remaining. This inn was an important part of Unionville village life, acting as a social centre for residents, and remaining that way until it was converted to residential use at the turn of the 20th century. This building is also architecturally rare due to its Victorian Eclectic style, which is unique for Markham, especially for buildings constructed during that time period. The William Size Crown Inn became a designated heritage property in 1986 under the Ontario Heritage Act.
Sources
City of Markham Bylaw 240-86 The Crown Inn heritage designation
Address: 10327 Woodbine Avenue, changed to 39 Artisan Trail
The Adam Hagler House at 39 Artisan Trail stands as an important reminder of the historic agricultural tradition in the area. The house was built by Adam Hagler in 1832. Hagler was of Pennsylvania German origin, which further explains the vernacular style of the house with Georgian influences. This one-and-a-half storey Markham farmhouse is made of wood and features unusually small window openings. These window openings indicate its early construction date, as glass was highly expensive in the early 19th century, particularly in a relatively unsettled colony like Upper Canada. The original cladding may have been rough stucco, which was a popular finish for frame houses in York County. This house is visible from Woodbine Avenue and was originally accessed through 10327 Woodbine Avenue. With the more recent growth in the area, the house was moved on its original lot to change its address from Woodbine Avenue to Artisan. The Adam Hagler House is a reminder of a group of rural farmhouses that once existed in this area and became a designated heritage property in 2002 under the Ontario Heritage Act.
Photo courtesy of City of Markham.
Sources
City of Markham, Heritage Services - Register of Property of Cultural Heritage Value or Interest
City of Markham Bylaw 2002-6 The Adam Hagler House heritage designation
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DATA IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE DIGITAL AGE.
And publicly available data can now illuminate solutions to challenges like no other time in our history. There is no single entity that collects and manages more data than government. Unfortunately, many of the systems and processes that collect this data have not kept up with the demand and the potential for it.
The world-wide Open Data movement asks government entities of all sizes to make their data—a public asset—available to developers and entrepreneurs so its potential can be realized.
Go Code Colorado is taking a lead position in this movement.
The first and only statewide effort of its kind, Go Code Colorado brings together a community of entrepreneurs, business partners, and developers to make use of public data through a series of events. These events center around a challenge weekend in five cities across the state, engaging the entire state in two days of innovation around the use of public data. Teams in each of the five cities compete to build apps that use public data to help businesses make smarter decisions. Two teams from each city move on in the competition, getting help from a network of mentors—including a mentorship weekend in Boulder—as they further develop their ideas. The teams come back together again for a final event where they pitch their ideas to judges.
The three teams deemed the best are awarded a contract with the state—an invaluable first customer to a fledgling business that provides critical initial revenue.
Go Code Colorado is an initiative through the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office, which seeks to return value to Colorado businesses from business registration fees they collect. In its inaugural year, this is the value Go Code Colorado returned to our state:
COMMUNITY BUILDING AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
Go Code Colorado increased civic engagement in the business, entrepreneurial, and tech communities.
Business leaders volunteered their time across the event series because they desire more access to government data—they know how important this is.
Dozens of business leaders volunteered a day with Go Code Colorado organizers to define the problems they face that public data can help solve.
179 people attended the Kickoff event.
130 people and 25 teams competed in the challenge weekend across Colorado (Boulder, Denver, Ft. Collins, Colorado Springs, and Durango).
The Mentor Weekend brought together 23 mentors to meet with ten teams.
The Final event attracted 223 people.
29 businesses supported open data and Go Code Colorado through $75,000 in cash donations and $120,000 worth of in-kind donations.
Companies like Google, Esri, SendGrid, Rally Software and Gnip (now Twitter)
TECH AND BUSINESS INNOVATION
Go Code Colorado is the most concerted effort in the state to increase the volume of public data in the state’s central repository.
33 new data sets were published as a result of last year’s efforts by agencies such as Revenue, Local Affairs, and Higher Education.
At least three businesses were created around three apps that use this data.
For instance, the winning team, Beagle Score created an app that helps provide a scorecard for business site-location decisions.
Beagle Score relies on many public data sets, including:
Business Registration dataset
City Taxes
County Taxes
Crime Statistics
NREL energy statistics
Traffic counts
Nearest Intersection
Energy rates and providers
Broadband service
and more
PROCUREMENT INNOVATION
Go Code Colorado is flipping traditional government procurement on its head, creating value to Colorado businesses and society.
According to the Standish Group, 94% of large federal IT projects over the past ten years were unsuccessful. Over 50% were delayed, over budget, or didn’t meet user expectations, and 41% failed completely.
Go Code Colorado challenges developers and entrepreneurs to solve business problems using public data by awarding companies who create working apps, not those with just a promise to do so.
GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY AND TRANSPARENCY
Go Code Colorado imagines a day when pulling a data report is a matter of a few pop up menu selections, and doesn’t require specialized knowledge, when data managers across government are able to focus on the work they do best and anyone can access the public data they collect and curate.
This is the promise of open data, and the step forward taking place with Go Code Colorado.
Address: 10411 Kennedy Road
The George Henry Sommerfeldt House at 10411 Kennedy Road offers substantial historical significance to the Markham community. In 1831 John Henry Sommerfeldt received the patent to this property and then sold it to his son, George Henry Sommerfeldt, five days later. This two-storey regency style house was built approximately 1856 by George Henry Sommerfeldt. The Sommerfeldts are important as they were part of the original Pennsylvanian-German Berczy settlers who were significant in Markham's early development. The Sommerfeldts were also highly involved in the Lutheran community, donating to the building of the first Lutheran Church that was constructed in 1820. The George Henry Sommerfeldt House provides an excellent example of a residential agricultural grouping that shows the evolution of the family farm over decades while serving as a reminder of the original Berczy settlers. In 2003, it became a designated heritage property under the Ontario Heritage Act.
Photo courtesy of City of Markham.
Sources
City of Markham Bylaw 2003-157 The George Henry Sommerfeldt Sr. House heritage designation
Front row, left to right: VIVIAN PROKOP (Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Youth Business Foundation), HARRY CHEMKO (Co-Founder & CEO, Elastic Path Software), ANDRINA LEVER (President, Lever Enterprises and Board Member Canadian Youth Business Foundation), ANTHONY STILLE (Founder-Director, English School of Canada), SASKIA STILLE (Founder-Director, English School of Canada), SHASHI BEHL (President,Twisted Goods), GENA ROTSTEIN (President/Philanthropic Advisor, Dexterity Consulting), APRIL GLAVINE (CEO, Lean Machine Healthy Vending Inc.), KLASINA DRISCOLL (Co-owner & Creative Writer, Higher Design). Back row, left to right: FRANK LEVER, DEREK MAJOR (President & CEO, Eligeo IT), CATHY GIES, ANTHONY SUKOW (Co-Founder & EVP BusinessDevelopment, Advanced Ecommerce Research Systems Inc.), RACHEL SUKOW, ANDREW SUKOW (Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer, Advanced Ecommerce Research Systems Inc.), KENNETH DRISCOLL (Co-owner & Digital Designer, Higher Design).
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Address: 149 Main Street
The First Unionville Congregational Church at 149 Main Street in Unionville was originally constructed in 1847. The property was sold by Frederick Eckardt to the Congregational Church in 1847. The Congregational Church used this wooden framed building for services until 1879, when the congregation decided to move into a newly constructed brick church across the street at 150 Main Street. As a result, the church was sold to a Presbyterian congregation. Years later in 1894, the Congregationalists disbanded their church in Markham, and the Presbyterians decided to once again purchase their church and moved into the bricked church at 150 Main. Reuben Stiver purchased the original wooden frame church in 1896 to convert it into a residence for his mother. In the process Stiver rotated the structure 90-degrees, removed the belfry, shortened the windows, and added a veranda to the new front faade. Stiver is well-known due to his involvement in the establishment of Unionville's Police Village, as well as serving as township councillor and deputy reeve from 1920-1946. This multipurpose building has since been converted into a commercial space, presently being used as a restaurant. The First Unionville Congregational Church became a designated heritage property in 1995 under the Ontario Heritage Act.
Photo courtesy of City of Markham.
Sources
City of Markham, Heritage Services - Register of Property of Cultural Heritage Value or Interest
City of Markham Bylaw 2-95 The Congregational Church heritage designation