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Built in 1879, this is a lovely example of an old farm house. The original windows and brackets
were still in place in the late 1980's.
This land was originally part of the 6,400 acres given to Major John Smith in 1795 by Lieutenant
Governor General John Graves Simcoe. Out of the 74,600 acres of land that made up Pickering
Township, Simcoe had place[d] 18,000 acres in the hands of five people by the time he had
completed his term of office in 1796.
Photos supplied by the Heritage Ajax Advisory Committee
on behalf of the Ajax Community Archives. For more information
about either, please call Brenda Kriz at 905-619-2529 ext. 343.
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