'King' Capron 1796-1872

Photo by Alan L Brown - June 18, 2004

Plaque Location

The County of Brant
In Paris, on the south side of Homestead Street, 1 block east of Grand River Street North

Plaque Text

This house was built in 1831 by Hiram Capron, a native of Vermont who, in 1822, had emigrated to Norfolk County where he helped to establish one of Upper Canada's earliest iron foundries. He settled here at the Forks of the Grand in 1829, divided part of his land into town lots, and in 1830 constructed a grist-mill. The following year he renamed the community "Paris". In 1842 with other partners he purchased the nearby qypsum deposits which he built into the village's primary industry. His leadership in founding and developing the town earned him the nickname 'King'.

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