HomeMy WebLinkAbout315"Article copied from the News Advetiser, June 25, 2003, page 6.
First title to the property is listed as 1795 to Major John Smith, father of the Surveyor-General and
Commandant at Fort Niagara, who held 6,400 acres in Pickering Township. This house was built
in the 1830s and is believed to be the oldest building in Pickering Village. Based on land registry
records, it is possible that this parcel of land may have been partially destroyed by the 1905 fire
of Pickering College as there was a drop in the property value when it was sold in 1908.
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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