Discover Ontario's history as told through its plaques

2004 - Now in our 15th Year - 2019

To find out all about me, you can visit the Home Page

Looking at this page on a smartphone?
For best viewing, hold your phone
in Landscape mode (Horizontal)

Home Index Subjects Locations Map Missing Search Links Email >

The Wolfe Island Township Hall

Photos by contributor Colin Old - Posted November, 2009

Plaque Location

The County of Frontenac
The Township of Frontenac Islands
On Wolfe Island, in Marysville at Main and Division streets

Coordinates: N 44 11.589 W 76 26.451

Plaque Text

This township hall, erected in 1859, survives as a symbol of the development of self-government in rural Ontario. Following the passage of the Municipal Act in 1849, many small communities erected simple, one-room structures as places of assembly for newly formed municipal councils and for the community at large. Edward Horsey, a noted Kingston architect, was chosen to design this hall. Its fine, hammer-dressed limestone construction and handsome Italianate detailing make it an unusually sophisticated example of its type.

More
Information

More
Town Halls

Here are the visitors' comments for this page.

(none yet)

Here's where you can send me a comment for this page.

Note: Your email address will be posted at the end of your comment so others can respond to you unless you request otherwise.

Note: Comments are moderated. Yours will appear on this page within 24 hours (usually much sooner).

Note: As soon as I have posted your comment, a reply to your email will be sent informing you.

To send me your comment, click .

Thanks
Alan L Brown
Webmaster

Note: If you wish to send me a personal email, click .

Home Index Subjects Locations Map Missing Search Links Email >