Historical Timeline

Nassagaweya Tennis Centre
& Community Hall
Historical Timeline
1831: Crown patent for this 100-acre parcel is granted to
John Young.
1976/77: The Nassagaweya Tennis Club is formed to
operate the new facilities.
1886: After passing through many hands, the corner four
acres are sold to John and Isabella Buck (nee Weir).
1977: The Jockey Club, owners of the Mohawk
Racetrack, which opened in 1963, leases a 500-gallon
pumper to the fire station for the sum of $1 per year.
The Paradise Bushwhackers (Parchem family) make a
generous donation to purchase rescue equipment for the
Fire Service.
1914 -1950: John and Isabella’s son, William Buck and
his wife, Elizabeth – and later, his second wife Edna and
eight children – operate a farm on the site, including a
slaughterhouse.
1940s: Charles Weir establishes a gas station on the site.
During this time, the site also houses a small restaurant
and a motel with two rooms and a mobile trailer on the
roof available for rent.
1957: The remaining portion of the north half of Lot 7 is
sold to the Ontario government for the construction of
Highway 401. The westward lane goes through where the
farmhouse once stood.
1976: The first Milton Council under regional government
buys the Charles Weir gas station complex and converts
it into a fire hall (Station #2), which doubles as a
collection depot for recycling tin, paper and glass for
SPIN (Stop Pollution In Nassagaweya). The trailer is
also removed, and when a grant becomes available for
recreation purposes, J. DeVries donates $20,000 for the
construction of tennis courts, which is matched with a
provincial grant.
Buck slaughterhouse and farm, 1914
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2003: With the opening of the new Emergency Response
Centre on Reid Sideroad, Station #2 Fire Hall closes. The
Town of Milton continues to use a portion of the facility for
Town purposes.
2009: Provincial and federal grants are awarded to the
Town of Milton for the reconstruction of the Nassagaweya
tennis courts and the addition of community rooms.
2010: The building and courts are demolished. Tennis
is suspended for a season while new courts are
constructed.
2011: The newly restored facility opens with a community
room, board room, club house, and four tennis courts,
and is officially renamed the Nassagaweya Tennis Centre
& Community Hall.
Fire Station #2, 1976
905-878-7252, ext. 2211
Nassagaweya Tennis Centre
& Community Hall, 2011