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 www.milton.ca 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
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