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Address: 8150 Markham Road, moved to 10451 Highway 48
The Chauncy Crosby House offers important historical and architectural history to the Markham community. The house was originally built approximately 1832 by Crosby and was located at 8150 Markham Rd in the Vinegar Hill Community south of Markham Village. The bricks from this two-storey, three-bay faade, Georgian-style house were all created on site from clay dug on the property. Chauncy Crosby resided in this house along with his wife Mary and their 12 children, where Crosby then went on to become the local Justice of the Peace and director of the Home District Agricultural Society. Eventually the homestead was taken over by Crosby's second son, William Delos Crosby, and the Crosby family then continued to own this properly until mid-1939 when it was sold to a Mr. Seaver. The Seavers owned this property for more than 60 years until it was purchased by the Province of Ontario. In 1997 when the construction of the 407 Highway threatened the house, it was moved north of Markham Village where it now resides at 10451 Highway 48. One year later, in 1998, the Chauncy Crosby House 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 94-98 The Chauncy Crosby House heritage designation
Address: 8150 Markham Road, moved to 10451 Highway 48
The Chauncy Crosby House offers important historical and architectural history to the Markham community. The house was originally built approximately 1832 by Crosby and was located at 8150 Markham Rd in the Vinegar Hill Community south of Markham Village. The bricks from this two-storey, three-bay faade, Georgian-style house were all created on site from clay dug on the property. Chauncy Crosby resided in this house along with his wife Mary and their 12 children, where Crosby then went on to become the local Justice of the Peace and director of the Home District Agricultural Society. Eventually the homestead was taken over by Crosby's second son, William Delos Crosby, and the Crosby family then continued to own this properly until mid-1939 when it was sold to a Mr. Seaver. The Seavers owned this property for more than 60 years until it was purchased by the Province of Ontario. In 1997 when the construction of the 407 Highway threatened the house, it was moved north of Markham Village where it now resides at 10451 Highway 48. One year later, in 1998, the Chauncy Crosby House became a designated heritage property under the Ontario Heritage Act.
Photo courtesy of Heritage Markham, provided by Markham Museum.
Sources
City of Markham, Heritage Services - Register of Property of Cultural Heritage Value or Interest
City of Markham Bylaw 94-98 The Chauncy Crosby House heritage designation
Address: 9954 Woodbine Avenue, moved to 6 Alexander Hunter Place
The Robert Grundy House at 6 Alexander Hunter Place was built approximately 1840 and resided originally at 9954 Woodbine Avenue. In 1804, the Crown granted the patent to the lot to John Gray who then sold it to Robert Grundy in 1819 for 100 pounds. The Grundy family lived in the home until 1861. Grundy was a Reform supporter as well as an active member of the Methodist Church in the 1830s and onwards. In recent years, the house was owned and occupied by Dr. Ellen Brown, a veterinarian, who operated her practice from the home. This one-and-a-half storey house with three-bay faade provides a good example of Regency influenced Georgian architecture. The soft locally bricked house includes returned eaves, an original six-panel front door, paired sidelights, and multi-pane side windows. In 1998, Fred Watt and Joyce Nelson Watt relocated and restored the house where it now resides at the Markham Heritage Estates subdivision, which included recreating the impressive wrap-around porch with trelliage. The Robert Grundy House became a designated heritage property in 1999 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 15-1999 The Robert Grundy House heritage designation
Address: Kennedy Road, moved to 4510 Elgin Mills Road East
Built in 1835, the Cashel Road House at 4510 Elgin Mills Road East provides important historical background into Markham's early traveller history. The Cashel Road House stands as one of only two 19th-century brick hotels still standing in the city. The house stands on land originally granted to two Irishmen from Cashel, Ireland in 1808, who then built the Landon Plains Hotel in 1835. Inside, the main room shows evidence of a fireplace and bar which indicates its past as the hotel's pub. Used not only by travellers but also locals, the hotel would have acted as a centre of social life for the community. Standing at two-storeys tall and five-bays wide, the hotel imitates the Georgian appearance with diverse modifications. In 1888, when the hotel became the Cashel Post Office and General Store, an addition was made in the form of a single-storey wing to the north of the building. The Cashel Road House 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 The Llandon sic Plains Hotel heritage designation
Byers, Mary. Rural Roots: Pre-Confederation buildings of the York Region of Ontario. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1976. Print.
Address: 145 Main Street
The Neil McKinnon House at 145 Main Street, Unionville provides significant historical and architectural significance for Markham. This house was built on land originally belonging to Neil McKinnon, a Scottish settler. This one-and-a-half storey, timber framed rectangular house was built sometime in the early 1830s by McKinnon. It has a medium-pitched gable roof and a door that is surrounded with two flat, engaged pilasters to flank the door and support a flat frieze and moulded entablature. In 1854 William Eakin, a sash and door sawmill operator purchased the west half of McKinnon's lot as well as this house. Eakin's brother, George, resided in this house for years when he was the Secretary-Treasurer for the Markham Township Council in the late 1800s. Due to George Eakin's position, security measures were added to the house to protect the Town's assets, which included barring the windows and padlocking the doors. Due to these additions, the house also served as a temporary holding jail until law enforcement could arrive. In the past few years a large addition has been constructed to the north side of the house, maintaining the style and look of the house. The Neil McKinnon House became a designated heritage property in 1982 under the Ontario Heritage Act.
Photo courtesy of Heritage Markham, provided by Markham Museum.
Sources
City of Markham, Heritage Services - Register of Property of Cultural Heritage Value or Interest
City of Markham Bylaw 187-82 145 Main Street, Unionville heritage designation
Byers, Mary. Rural Roots: Pre-Confederation buildings of the York Region of Ontario. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1976. Print.
Address: 9782 Kennedy Road, moved to 20 David Gohn Circle
The John Ramsay House at 20 David Gohn Circle is one of the last remaining homes from the Colty's Corners community. Built in 1850, this house originally was a one-and-a-half storey workers' cottage located at 9782 Kennedy Road. Sometime between 1900 and 1920 renovations were made to enlarge the second storey to turn the house into a full two-storey home. This house is a good example of a vernacular farmhouse with many of its original features maintained, which includes the vertical tongue and groove wood siding which was most likely added during construction in the early 1900s. Further evidence of the original 1850 construction date is seen in the house's interior, where supporting beams for the second storey are clad in ornate red cherry wood-a typical mid-19th century Germanic architectural feature. The house's original property on Kennedy Road was owned initially by Berczy settler John Frederick Stamm, who worked on clearing Yonge Street in 1795, adding another element of Markham's roots to this house's history. Stamm sold the property to John Hunter in 1821 who lived there with his family until he died and his wife Charlotte Hunter remarried and continued to live in the house until it was sold in 1875 to John Eckardt. Within a year Eckardt sold the house to John Ramsay. In the mid-1990s this house was relocated to Markham Heritage Estates for preservation and in 1999 the John Ramsay House became a designated heritage property under the Ontario Heritage Act.
Photo courtesy of City of Markham.
Sources
City of Markham Bylaw 12-1999 The John Ramsay House heritage designation
Address: 8933 Woodbine Avenue
St. John's Lutheran Cemetery at 8933 Woodbine Avenue acts as one of the final reminders of what was once a thriving Lutheran community in and around Buttonville. The cemetery also acts as the location of the first three Lutheran churches in the community; the first log church was built approximately 1820 on land donated by Captain Schutze, a War of 1812 veteran. It was in 1820 that this cemetery was also established. In 1852 the log church was replaced with a frame-church, and in 1892 it was then replaced again by one made of brick. The St. John's Lutheran Church relocated in 1932, tearing down the old church and leaving only the cemetery and the remnants of the foundation there in the process. The cemetery is set out of the village to the south in a small ravine surrounded by mature trees, with headstones primarily of marble and granite. St. John's Lutheran Cemetery is 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
Ingevity Corporation (NYSE: NGVT) today announced plans to establish a new global headquarters in the city of North Charleston in Charleston County, South Carolina, to accommodate its significant business growth.
Photo by Ryan Johnson
Address: 7181 Reesor Road
The Lapp House at 7181 Reesor Road is known locally as the oldest house still standing from early Markham's Cedar Grove Community. Lot 2 of Concession 10 was purchased by Henry Lapp in 1804 after Lapp emigrated from Philadelphia to Markham. Lapp went on to become known as the patriarch of the founding Cedar Grove family, joined the militia during the War of 1812, and also marched with William Lyon Mackenzie during the Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837. Following Henry Lapp's death in 1842, Joseph Lapp obtained this property and took over farming on his parcel of land in the 1850s. In 1859, Joseph Lapp constructed this one-and-a-half storey frame housewith characteristics of a Classic Revival style. It has a rectangular plan with four bays across and sits on a stone foundation. It has a low-pitched gable end roof with a wide centre gable in the front, with a plain boxed cornice and returned eaves. Joseph was listed as residing in this house with his brother, David, until 1860 when Joseph married and settled his family in this house. Locals recall that this house was later split into two units housing farm labourers. During the 1940s or 1950s the house was modified so that its original clapboard siding was covered with insul-brick material made to look like real brick with insulation value, changing its appearance but not structure. In 2003 the Lapp House became a designated heritage property under the Ontario Heritage Act.
Photo courtesy of Heritage Markham, provided by Markham Museum.
Sources
City of Markham Bylaw 2003-30 The Joseph Lapp House heritage designation
Ingevity Corporation (NYSE: NGVT) today announced plans to establish a new global headquarters in the city of North Charleston in Charleston County, South Carolina, to accommodate its significant business growth.
Photo by Ryan Johnson
Address: West side of Yonge Street at Jane Street, moved to 4 Leahill Drive
The John Edey House at 4 Leahill Drive was designed and built by master builder John Edey for his personal residence. Edey is well-known as he designed a number of buildings in York Region. Built in 1845 on the west side of Yonge Street at Old Jane Street, this one-and-a-half storey, stucco-clad house is an excellent example of the Regency Classical Revival Style and is said to be an icon of pre-confederation architecture in Ontario. The Edey family continued to occupy this house until the 1930s. In 1966 this house was relocated to 4 Leahill Drive to preserve it from demolition and it went through a large restoration under the supervision of Napier B. Simpson. The Edey house remains a historical and architectural landmark in Markham and 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 4 Leahill Drive heritage designation
The Competitions in Entrepreneurship/Business Development at EuroSkills 2021 in Graz. Photos (c)EuroSkills2021/VerenaKaiser.
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: 54 Cricklewood Crescent
Cricklewood at 54 Cricklewood Crescent remains one of the best examples of a Neo-Classical house in Markham. This two-storey red-brick house with a low-pitched hip roof was built approximately 1845 by John Brunskill, the owner and operator of the Pomona Mills in Thornhill. Brunskill purchased the land from Elizabeth Dennis, who was granted the land in 1803 as a daughter of a United Empire Loyalist. It was Dennis who gave the property the name of Cricklewood and it is believed that the rear portion of the house was built by Dennis and her husband Matthias Saunders. The house has a five-bay faade with windows placed symmetrically around a central door. The front entrance is one of the most important features of the house with a transom, sidelights, fluted pilasters on either side, a detailed architrave above and a flat roofed portico supported by four columns. Cricklewood shows the wealth and position a miller could reach in a young settler community, just as Brunskill did. In 1981 Cricklewood 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 64-81 Cricklewood heritage designation
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Address: 8982 McCowan Road, moved to 2 David Gohn Circle
Built in 1864, the George B. Quantz House located at 2 David Gohn Circle offers both architectural and historical significance for Markham's early history. George B. Quantz was a descendent of Melchoir Quantz. Melchoir Quantz fought for the British during the American Revolution before joining William Berczy and several Pennsylvanian-German families who travelled north to settle in Markham in 1794. This one-and-a-half storey Classic Revival structure includes Italianate features, which is notable due to their rarity in early Markham buildings. Covered in wooden clapboard with a low-pitch gable roof, this house sits on a concrete foundation since being moved to Markham Heritage Estates in the 1990s. The George B. Quantz House remains as the only surviving remnant of a small hamlet that once existed on 7th Concession Road now known as McCowan Road and in 1991 became a designated heritage property under the Ontario Heritage Act.
Sources
City of Markham Bylaw 272-91 The George B. Quantz House heritage designation
Skills Matter - F# eXchange 6th-7th April 2017 in London at CodeNode. skillsmatter.com/conferences/8053-f-sharp-exchange-2017. Images Copyright of www.edtelling.com
Address: 159 Main Street
The Henry R. Wales House is located at 159 Main Street North. This house was built by H.R. Wales in approximately 1845 to accommodate his large family. Wales was a wagon and carriage maker in Markham who established the Phoenix Carriage Works. This three-bay wide, two storey house was built using a variety of different styles; a Regency porch, Italianate eave brackets and Gothic upper windows. At the rear of the house is an early brick bake-oven that was at one time, to be part of the Black Creek Pioneer Village collection but remained in Markham. This house preserves its original look with yellow brick and black shutters. The Henry R. Wales House 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 4-78 159 Main Street North heritage designation
Byers, Mary. Rural Roots: Pre-Confederation buildings of the York Region of Ontario. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1976. Print.
Address: 6937 Highway 7, moved to 1 Kalvinster Drive
The John Reesor House stands as a reminder of some of Markham's early settlers and its historic agricultural community. Built approximately 1840 by John and Annie Reesor at 6937 Highway 7, this two-storey Gothic Revival fieldstone house is three-bays by two-bays and has an off-centre round headed doorway entrance. Originally this house had an open porch that ran the length of the front faade, but it has since been replaced by a smaller two-storey porch with an open railing and columns supported by brick piers. John and Annie Reesor farmed this land, and raised their 15 children here. The Reesors were one of Markham's earliest families who worked hard in the early and mid-19th century to clear the heavily forested area and many of their descendants remained in Markham. In the early 2000s, this house was relocated to 1 Kalvinster Drive in Markham's Heritage Estates subdivision and also became a designated heritage property in 2003 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 2003-159 John Reesor House heritage designation
Address: 8949 Reesor Road
The S.S. # 21 Locust Hill School House was built approximately 1864 to serve the community of Belford and neighbouring farmsteads. The property was originally granted to John Wurtz in 1802 and it remained in the Wurtz family until 1857. It was then sold to William Button, who later in the year sold a part of the lot to John Pike. Pike deeded an acre of land to the school trustees in 1881. This building's design is a reflection of the time period it was built in; the simple architectural features, the prominent windows and bell tower. The school's location is also a reflection of its construction period, as it is located outside of the community and has a wide area for playing with shrubs and trees. In the 1960s when the school was closed the building was altered to better suit residential use; the windows were significantly altered to allow for the creation of a second floor inside. Further changes were made when the exterior redbrick was painted a pale yellow, giving it a stuccoed appearance. S.S. # 21 Locust Hill School House is still located at 8949 Reesor Road and in 2002 became a designated heritage property under the Ontario Heritage Act.
Photo courtesy of City of Markham.
Sources
City of Markham Bylaw 2002-169 The Locust Hill School House heritage designation
Address: 8961 9th Line
The Benjamin Marr House at 8961 9th Line offers significant historical context into Markham's settler roots. The original Crown grant for the property was granted to William Marr in 1809. The Marrs were a Loyalist family from Pennsylvania, who had originally settled in Niagara in 1801 but moved to Markham in 1809. The Marrs then became a major part of the early Markham community, specifically in the Buttonville area. William Marr served during the War of 1812 and joined the Methodist Church in 1818. William Marr's second son Benjamin purchased 50 acres of the west half of the lot from his father in 1833 and an additional 35 acres in 1846. This two-storey bricked Georgian-Neoclassical-style farmhouse was built approximately 1859 for the Marr family. Benjamin's son Henry, who was a grocer and feed merchant, inherited the property after his father's death in 1862. The property exchanged hands several times until Frederick Bunker purchased it in 1918 and it remained in the Bunker family until 1983. The original house was large in size for this period and reflected the importance of the Marr family in the area. There were later 19th century additions to the rear of the house made from local clay that was common during this time in Markham. This house has a symmetrical three-bay faade and early 20th century porch, which provides an excellent example of a Georgian Neo-Classical farmhouse. The Benjamin Marr house became a designated heritage property in 2001 under the Ontario Heritage Act.
Photo courtesy of Heritage Markham, provided by Markham Museum.
Sources
City of Markham, Heritage Services - Register of Property of Cultural Heritage Value or Interest
City of Markham Bylaw 2001-118 The Benjamin Marr House heritage designation
The Competitions in Entrepreneurship/Business Development at EuroSkills 2021 in Graz. Photos (c)EuroSkills2021/VerenaKaiser.
Skills Matter - F# eXchange 6th-7th April 2017 in London at CodeNode. skillsmatter.com/conferences/8053-f-sharp-exchange-2017. Images Copyright of www.edtelling.com
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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.
Falgun Dharia is a highly respected Business Development Executive from New Jersey, United States. He has secured an exceptional place in the business segment through his creative bent of mind and inventive ideas that have gone far in enhancing the output of different sales and administration strategies.
Ingevity Corporation (NYSE: NGVT) today announced plans to establish a new global headquarters in the city of North Charleston in Charleston County, South Carolina, to accommodate its significant business growth.
Photo by Ryan Johnson
Address: 2730 Elgin Mills Road East
The Christian Heise House at 2730 Elgin Mills Road is a significant Markham landmark for both historical and architectural reasons. This three-bay by two-bay, one-and-a-half storey Regency-style house was constructed approximately 1859 for Christian Heise. The property where this house resides was originally acquired by Jacob Heise in 1815. Jacob Heise was one of the original Pennsylvanian-German Berczy settlers. This house sits on a fieldstone foundation and has an Edwardian Classical front porch that was added in the early 20th century. Heise's descendants farmed this land for six generations until 1977, which makes this properly one of the longest associations with a single family in Markham. In 2003, the Christian Heise House became a designated heritage property under the Ontario Heritage Act.
Photo courtesy of City of Markham.
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Address: 7181 Reesor Road
The Lapp House at 7181 Reesor Road is known locally as the oldest house still standing from early Markham's Cedar Grove Community. Lot 2 of Concession 10 was purchased by Henry Lapp in 1804 after Lapp emigrated from Philadelphia to Markham. Lapp went on to become known as the patriarch of the founding Cedar Grove family, joined the militia during the War of 1812, and also marched with William Lyon Mackenzie during the Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837. Following Henry Lapp's death in 1842, Joseph Lapp obtained this property and took over farming on his parcel of land in the 1850s. In 1859, Joseph Lapp constructed this one-and-a-half storey frame housewith characteristics of a Classic Revival style. It has a rectangular plan with four bays across and sits on a stone foundation. It has a low-pitched gable end roof with a wide centre gable in the front, with a plain boxed cornice and returned eaves. Joseph was listed as residing in this house with his brother, David, until 1860 when Joseph married and settled his family in this house. Locals recall that this house was later split into two units housing farm labourers. During the 1940s or 1950s the house was modified so that its original clapboard siding was covered with insul-brick material made to look like real brick with insulation value, changing its appearance but not structure. In 2003 the Lapp House became a designated heritage property under the Ontario Heritage Act.
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City of Markham Bylaw 2003-30 The Joseph Lapp House heritage designation
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Address: 4438 14th Avenue, changed to 60 Maple Park Way
The Nicholson Hagerman House is one of the last remaining original Hagerman family houses, important because of its link to the historic past of Hagerman's Corners. Built in 1858 by Nicholas Hagerman, this one-and-a-half storey red brick Ontario Farmhouse has picturesque detailing and a high fieldstone foundation. The focal point of the front faade is the front door, which is solid wood and is surrounded by delicate, paired 4/4 windows-both original features of the house. The Hagerman family was part of the Pennsylvanian-German Berczy settlers who arrived in Markham in 1794. This farm was in the Hagerman family's possession until 1902 when it was sold after the passing of Nicholas Hagerman. Originally this house was listed as 4438 14th Avenue, but due to development around the property has been changed to 60 Maple Park Way. In 1998 the Nicholson Hagerman House became a designated heritage property under the Ontario Heritage Act.
Photo courtesy of City of Markham.
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City of Markham Bylaw 177-98 The Nicholas Hagerman House heritage designation
Address: 10 Colburne Street
The Thornhill Village Library at 10 Colborne Street was originally known as the Ellen Ramsden House and provides an important service to the community. This clapboard, one-and-a-half storey building is an example of the Classical Revival style. The main entrance is centrally placed with a double panel door and recessed mullioned transom of 18 divisions and a pair of unfluted pilasters at either ends. The second storey of the front faade is two bays across while the main level is three bays. The house was originally constructed for Mrs. Ellen Ramsden ne Frizzell in 1851, but she unfortunately died two years afterwards. The house was given to her child John A. Ramsden, but there is a gap in the records that document the history of the property. It was known that John Grice Jr. operated a grocery store in this building in the 1890s until 1902. From 1902 onwards it was used again as a residence for John Campbell and the Murcock-McDonald family. The house was sold to the Library Board in 1959 for $16,000 to be used as a library. In 1971 this branch was scheduled to be closed, but due to public opposition the decision was reversed and portables were added to expand the space at the rear. In 1977, the property was officially turned over to the Town of Markham, later removing the portables in favour of a new addition that provided wheelchair access and more space with amenities. The Thornhill Village Library/Ellen Ramsden House became a designated heritage property in 1978 under the Ontario Heritage Act.
Photo courtesy of City of Markham.
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City of Markham Bylaw 298-78 10 Colbourne Street heritage designation
Address: 197 Main Street
A place of rich history as well as detailed architecture, the Salem Eckardt House at 197 Main Street, Unionville is a familiar Markham landmark. Constructed in 1850, this two-storey, three-bay house is built on a stone foundation and has a three-quarter vertical board, one-quarter coarse stone exterior. The house gets part of its distinct look from its multi-gabled roof with droop motif bargeboard trim, and original hand-blown window glass. The house was constructed in a 'barn built' manner, with bark-covered pine beams supporting the house, which allows the house to be easily moved if needed without weakening the structure. Salem Eckardt was the youngest son of Philip Eckardt and inherited a large fortune. His occupations included the manufacture of farm equipment, auctioneer, builder and tax collector. Though named the Salem Eckardt House, it was originally home to his brother, Andrew Eckardt who was Unionville's first postmaster, before passing to Salem Eckardt. The Eckardt house remained in the family until it was purchased in the 1950s by Kathleen McKay, who oversaw extensive interior renovations. In the late 1950s, McKay hosted Frederick Horsman Varley, original member of the Group of Seven, who painted his last works in the basement studio while overlooking the Rouge flood lands to the east. Recognizing the house's historical value to the community, the City of Markham purchased the Salem Eckardt House in the 1990s and it is now known as the McKay Art Centre used for art exhibitions. The house became a designated heritage property in 1978 under the Ontario Heritage Act.
Photo courtesy of City of Markham.
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City of Markham, Heritage Services - Register of Property of Cultural Heritage Value or Interest
City of Markham Bylaw 298-78 197 Main Street, Unionville heritage designation
Byers, Mary. Rural Roots: Pre-Confederation buildings of the York Region of Ontario. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1976. Print.
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Address: 12 Williamson Road, changed to 56 Miramar Drive
The Clendennen Cemetery at 56 Miramar Drive stands as the last resting place for the members of the Clendennen family, one of Markham's first pioneer families. John Clendennen was granted Lot 17 on Concession 8 from the Crown in 1804, where the family built a farm and stayed for many years. This small, 12 feet by 12 feet cemetery was created some time in the 19th century, with the earliest marker dated 1855. The most prominent features of this cemetery are the five marble headstones that date to the mid-19th century. Buried here are William and Susanna Clendennen, and their three daughters; Margaret Johnson, Magelene Holden, and Mary McKinnon. It is believed that other family members are also buried here. Due to changing city planning, the address for this cemetery has changed from 12 Williamson St to 56 Miramar Drive despite not moving locations. The Clendennen Cemetery became a designated heritage property in 2004 under the Ontario Heritage Act.
Photo courtesy of City of Markham.
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City of Markham Bylaw 2004-1 The Clendennen Cemetery heritage designation