Limehouse
Limehouse
First I like to state that this post is only a snap shot of the history of Limehouse. I do have many newspaper clippings on the village, which I like to transpose to a future post.
Limehouse History
The nearby community of Limehouse was surveyed in 1818 and first settled in 1820. The first settler was Adam Stull. On July 5, 1832 John Meredith sold 2 acres of his 200 acre lot to the Presbyterian congregation for a burying ground and future church building, In 1861 the church was built. By the 1840’s limestone quarrying and “burning” of limestone in kilns to make lime, had begun. The Grand Trunk Railway built by Grand Trunk Railroad through Limehouse in 1856 which required 200 workers and their families to settle in the area. Many of these families stayed in the community after the rail line was completed. Besides the lime industry, there was also a woollen mill, sawmill and a paint factory. Limehouse, originally named Fountain Green until 1857 when the Post Office came. The Post Office closed in 1988.
In 1893, a fire destroyed the woollen mill, a paint factory and 100 cords of wood at the waterlime mill in Limehouse
Parts of this natural area were cleared for logging and agricultural purposes. Some of the land may have been grazed.
The lime kilns provided mortar for local buildings from the 1840’s until about 1915. At this time, a dammed mill pond existed along Black Creek in the north-west corner of this natural area and provided waterpower to lime industry buildings and to a sawmill. The pond has reverted to marshland when the dam was broken. A railway once bisected the area below the cliffs and the old railbed is visible. The remains of the lime kilns still exist, and a local organization has formed to protect and restore this historic site. In about 1967, CVC acquired approximately 200 acres to be set aside as Limehouse Conservation Area.
First I like to state that this post is only a snap shot of the history of Limehouse. I do have many newspaper clippings on the village, which I like to transpose to a future post.
Limehouse History
The nearby community of Limehouse was surveyed in 1818 and first settled in 1820. The first settler was Adam Stull. On July 5, 1832 John Meredith sold 2 acres of his 200 acre lot to the Presbyterian congregation for a burying ground and future church building, In 1861 the church was built. By the 1840’s limestone quarrying and “burning” of limestone in kilns to make lime, had begun. The Grand Trunk Railway built by Grand Trunk Railroad through Limehouse in 1856 which required 200 workers and their families to settle in the area. Many of these families stayed in the community after the rail line was completed. Besides the lime industry, there was also a woollen mill, sawmill and a paint factory. Limehouse, originally named Fountain Green until 1857 when the Post Office came. The Post Office closed in 1988.
In 1893, a fire destroyed the woollen mill, a paint factory and 100 cords of wood at the waterlime mill in Limehouse
Parts of this natural area were cleared for logging and agricultural purposes. Some of the land may have been grazed.
The lime kilns provided mortar for local buildings from the 1840’s until about 1915. At this time, a dammed mill pond existed along Black Creek in the north-west corner of this natural area and provided waterpower to lime industry buildings and to a sawmill. The pond has reverted to marshland when the dam was broken. A railway once bisected the area below the cliffs and the old railbed is visible. The remains of the lime kilns still exist, and a local organization has formed to protect and restore this historic site. In about 1967, CVC acquired approximately 200 acres to be set aside as Limehouse Conservation Area.