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#96 King Street, Burford.
#98 King Street, Burford.
#99 King Street, Burford.
#100 King Street, Burford.
#101 King Street, Burford.
#102 King Street, Burford.
(East Part)
#102 King Street, Burford.
(West Part)
#103 King Street, Burford.
#104 King Street, Burford.
(East Part)
#104 King Street, Burford.
(West Part)
#105 King Street, Burford.
[Note #105 is now part of Municipal Parking lot location on the corner of King Street and Park Avenue]
#106 King Street, Burford.
#107 King Street, Burford.
[Note #107 is now part of #9 King Street location]
#108 King Street, Burford.
#109 King Street, Burford.
#110 King Street, Burford.
#111 King Street, Burford.
#112 King Street, Burford.
#113 King Street, Burford.
#114 King Street, Burford.
#115 King Street, Burford.
(East Part)
#115 King Street, Burford.
(West Part)
#116 King Street, Burford.
#117 King Street, Burford.
#118 King Street, Burford.
#119 King Street, Burford.
#120 King Street, Burford.
#121 King Street, Burford.
#122 King Street, Burford.
#123 King Street, Burford.
#124 King Street, Burford.
#125 King Street, Burford.
#126 King Street, Burford.
#127 King Street, Burford.
#128 King Street, Burford.
#129 King Street, Burford.
#130 King Street, Burford.
#131 King Street, Burford.
#132 King Street, Burford.
#133 King Street, Burford.
#134 King Street, Burford.
[Note #134 is comprised of two former properties including #134 and #136 King Street locations]
#135 King Street, Burford.
(#136) King Street, Burford.
[Note #136 is now part of #134 King Street location]
#137 King Street, Burford.
(#138) King Street, Burford.
#150 King Street, Burford.
#155 - #157 King Street, Burford.
Park Avenue (formerly "George Street"):
#25 Park Avenue, Burford.
#27 Park Avenue, Burford.
#26 Park Avenue, Burford.
#28 Park Avenue, Burford.
[Note #28 is now part of #103 King Street location]
#29 Park Avenue, Burford.
Maple Avenue North:
#2 Maple Avenue North, Burford.
#1 Maple Avenue North, Burford.
#3 Maple Avenue North, Burford.
(#4) Maple Avenue North, Burford.
[Note #4 is now part of #6 Maple Avenue location]
#5 Maple Avenue North, Burford.
#6 Maple Avenue North, Burford.
Dufferin Street
(once referred to as "Shine Street":
#1 Dufferin Street, Burford.
Maple Avenue South:
#400 Maple Avenue South
#398 Maple Avenue South
#402 Maple Avenue South
#401 Maple Avenue South
#403 Maple Avenue South
#411 Maple Avenue South:
It has always been said that this house is the oldest house on Maple Avenue. It may have been originally built as a single family dwelling for the Nall family, completed around c1834. Reverend James Nall set up and established the first congregation of the Burford Congregational Church. Nall's first house is said to have been a log cabin which would have been located basically in the middle of what is now the Maple Avenue right-of-way and at the time the street was finally constructed, Nall's cabin had to be moved off to the side. It had been told that the cabin ended up on the site of what is #407 Maple Ave. Between 1834 and 1839 the upper storey centre room of #411 (which was said to be a larger more open-concept room) doubled as the meeting place where the Congregational services were held, prior to the Burford Congregational Church building being completed, in the Cemetery property, across the street from this, in 1839.
#407 Maple Avenue South
#409 Maple Avenue South
#404 Maple Avenue South - Congregational Cemetery:
In 1834 the Reverend James Nall came to Burford as a missionary of the Congregational Missionary Society of England It was through his efforts that the first church in Burford Township (the Burford Congregational Church) was built at the north-west corner of this burial ground At one time it was a multi-denominational church which housed the congregations of the Anglicans, Methodists, Baptists and the Congregationalists. In May of 1927 the church building was demolished and all the church groups went their separate ways. The earliest burials in the cemetery date back to 1834 and among the tombstones can be found the names of some of Burford's most prominent historical, figures: Henry Lester, Jacob Yeigh, Robert Whale A.R.C.A., and Archibald Harley. "They conquered the difficulties incident to a pioneer life!"
#412 Maple Avenue South:
#413 Maple Avenue South:
#414 Maple Avenue South:
#418 Maple Avenue South:
#420 Maple Avenue South:
#421 Maple Avenue South - Burford Masonic Lodge No. 106:
#421 Maple Avenue South: Masonic Lodge No. 106 Burford, ON
On June 25, 1858, a number of Masons met at Bishopsgate (on Highway No. 53 between Brantford and Burford), to consider applying to the Most Worshipful Grand Master for a warrant to establish a Masonic lodge in the Township of Burford. By 1861 Burford Lodge No. 106 members were meeting in a house on Maple Ave south.
In 1883 Burford Lodge No. 106, built a new lodge hall which they immediately occupied when it was completed - this building is the present Burford Lodge Hall. On the second floor is the meeting hall and on the first floor was where court sessions were held. Sometime about eighty years ago or so, the original fancy façade was crumbling and for safety reasons was removed and replaced with this plain red-bricked vaneer façade.
On June 25, 1858, a number of Masons met at Bishopsgate (on Highway No. 53 between Brantford and Burford), to consider applying to the Most Worshipful Grand Master for a warrant to establish a Masonic lodge in the Township of Burford. By 1861 Burford Lodge No. 106 members were meeting in a house on Maple Ave south.
In 1883 Burford Lodge No. 106, built a new lodge hall which they immediately occupied when it was completed - this building is the present Burford Lodge Hall. On the second floor is the meeting hall and on the first floor was where court sessions were held. Sometime about eighty years ago or so, the original fancy façade was crumbling and for safety reasons was removed and replaced with this plain red-bricked vaneer façade.
#423 Maple Avenue South
Andrew Street:
#4 Andrew Street
#10 Andrew Street
#11 Alexander Street
Alexander Street:
#9 Alexander Street
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