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Whittington Church
(located at the intersection of the 2nd Line and 15 sideroad)

LEST WE FORGET

IN MEMORY OF
THE PIONEERS OF WHITTINGTON
AND TO MARK THE SITE OF THE
METHODIST CHURCH
DATE ERECTED 1880
CHANGED TO UNITED IN 1925
LAST SERVICE OCT. 18, 1964

Melancthon Twp.

HORNING'S MILLS
(On Mill Street in Horning's Mills, in front of Knox Presbyterian Church)

Horning's Mills
In 1830 Lewis Horning, a successful settler from the Hamilton area, located in this vicinity with his family. He cleared 80 acres of land and built a sawmill, grist-mill and frame house, but later returned to Hamilton. With the opening of a government road through the district in 1848, the few families who had settled near Horning were joined by others and a post office was opened in 1851. The locality's excellent waterpower attracted industry and by the closing decades of the century the village boasted six or seven mills, various tradesmen and shopkeepers, a public school, three churches and approximately 350 inhabitants. Horning's Mills was an important pioneer settlement in this region of Ontario.

Archaeological and Historical Sites Board of Ontario

Mono Twp.

Blount Post Office
(at the intersection of the 4th Line and 5 sideroad)

BLOUNT
Post office open 1887 - 1914. Rural postal community characterized by the settlement of several families from County Sligo, Ireland in the late 1820's. First woman lawyer in Canada, Clara Brett Martin received her elementary education at Perry's School built in 1866. Canadian best-selling novel of 1934, "The Yellow Briar" by John Mitchell, was set on his family farm, lot 4, Con. 5. Mitchell's Methodist church, built in 1868, marks the site.

ERECTED IN 2002 BY THE TOWN OF MONO AND
THE LOCAL ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION
ADVISORY COMMITTEE (LACAC)

Orangeville Sun Office
(located in downtown Orangeville)

Mulmur Twp.

WHITFIELD
(On the northwest corner of Centre Road and County Road 17)

WHITFIELD
Since 1824

Once known as Beechnut Corners. Major settlement on Hurontario St. By 1880: 3 stores, 2 sawmills, blacksmith shop, lime kiln, school, 3 churches, post office, & 2 taverns. Some descendants of the original families still farm in this area.

1851 MULMUR 2001

Orangeville

51 Zina Street

County of Dufferin Courthouse - Municipal Services

DUFFERIN COUNTY COURT HOUSE

Construction of this imposing brick court house was begun in the spring of 1880. Designed by C.J. Soule, a Guelph architect, it was built by the contracting firm of Dobbie and Grierson. Although the first provisional county council meeting was held here on November 24, 1880, the two-storey rectangular building constructed to house the judicial and administrative offices of the newly created county of Dufferin was not completed until early 1881. Its impressive exterior is distinguished by a prominent central tower, projecting gable ends , irregular roof treatment and decorative white brick. Except for the addition of a new wing in 1973, the building remains largely unaltered, and still serves as the centre for the administration of justice in the county.

Erected by the Ontario Heritage Foundation
Ministry of Culture and Recreation

53 Zina Street

Town of Orangeville
1881
Dufferin County Registry Office
Designated under the Ontario Heritage Act

On the east side of the building there is the following plaque:

TREE OF HOPE
Dedicated to the vision of a violence free society where all relationships are based on EQUALITY, FAIRNESS AND RESPECT
Dedicated December 4, 1992 Dufferin Caledon Action Committee Against Violence in Relationships
Relocated and Rededicated December 6, 1999
Family Transition Place

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Amaranth Twp.	Whittington Church
East Garafraxa Twp.
East Luther Twp.
Melancthon Twp.	Horning's Mills
Mono Twp.	Blount Post Office; Orangeville Sun Office
Mulmur Twp.	Whitfield
Orangeville	Court House; Registry Office w/ Tree of Hope