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.

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