Castleton, ON
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jiggs11
N 44° 05.522 W 077° 56.350
18T E 264716 N 4886295
Town Hall and offices of the former town of Castleton, ON
Waymark Code: WMHW5P
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 08/18/2013
Views: 3
Castleton is a small town within the township of Cramahe in central Ontario. Current population is approximately 350. The town was established in the late-18th century. Joseph A. Keeler, son of the township's first settler, built a grist mill at Castleton in 1795.
The post office was established as Castleton in 1852, possibly named after a place in Vermont from which some settlers had come. In the community's heyday, the mid-1800s, there were four sawmills and a number of other industries, which sustained a population of 700 people. The surrounding forests were depleted by the 1880s, the sawmills began closing and the inhabitants moved away to seek new jobs.
The red-brick hall here was built in 1893. It has a Gothic arch above the double front doors and elliptical fan transom. The building now serves as a community hall, township library and new archival library.
Name: Town Hall
Address:
1780 percy Street
Castleton, ON CA
K0K 1M0
Date of Construction: 1/1/1893
Architect: Crowe
Memorials/Commemorations/Dedications: Not listed
Web Site for City/Town/Municipality: Not listed
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