The Creemore Plaques Project – adding another dozen plaques celebrating historically significant aspects of our village history – has received many suggestions for possible plaques.
Some of the more than 30 suggestions so far, sorted by categories:
Community service such as the jail, the water works, and early medical service;
Religious and community buildings such as the St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, the Masonic lodge, the Matchett House;
Education and recreation such as the school bell, the ball park, the Creemore Band;
Earliest buildings such as the site of Edward Webster’s home, the 1860 hotel; the square house on Edward Street;
Commercial buildings such as the Hisey grain elevator, the hardware store now the Brewery, and the Trew house that became the Creamery;
Communications such as the independent newspapers, the Noisy River Telephone Company, the swinging bridge over the Mad River.
Decisions will be made this spring, but it is not too late to suggest additional possible plaque sites – or to express support for any of the suggestions already made.
Simply speak to any of the five advisory panel members who will be making the final choices: Helen Blackburn, Gerry Blackburn, Dorothy Shropshire, Paul Vorstermans, and Chris Raible, secretary.
You may leave your ideas in writing at The Echo and at the Library or you may e-mail ideas to chrisraible1@gmail.com,
Because Creemore has so many homes and buildings of heritage significance, a second, related project is also in the works – to make available to property owners at modest cost – smaller markers to attach to building, for each showing its date and early history.
More news of this will be coming in due course.