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STIRLING SULUUUUEUUERNOUUUOUUHUREOOROGUOGUREOTNUOEOOETOOTTOONOETOTTOOT TT North Street Parking Tour begins and ends here - 3 g n 2 & Q Church Street Charlotte Street Ly) aed Front Street Front St. e B® O|,(88 Oo], 3 5 ES Ey = n n < d ©) 2 3 g 5 5 & z (<4 @ io) > ’ Mill Pond © 3 & a Zz @ E 3S @|" Wellington Street | it Wu tut H HHH HH Gore Street z a E z 3 a ia 5 Victoria Street a ® Mill Street Front Street John Street The oniclitis Historical Society’s 1993 Walking Tour Stirlin; as a matter of rice Sta 's Front Street canis the border between the tw Our village i: i ch in 1 history; i it’s been a settled commanige5e for almost 200 ye: storefronts ra homes lining the streets, some victually' un- changed from the way they looked a century ago. Because of several disastrous fires little of the original shopping district remains. Although there are several enero, most buildings in the downtown area are 75 to 100 years old. ‘The first landowners were Captain John Walden Meyers (also the founder of Belleville) and John Richard (Squire) Bleecker. By 1806 Joseph Rosebush owned Lots WA ue 21 south along what is now Front seer the area reminded the first Scots settlers of their former home in Jand surrounding the por By 1807 Samuel Seer had builta mill on the ae side of Rawdon present peli of the creek provided power for the many mills which followe Saal Fidlar was a prosperous mill owner and for a time the hamlet which sprang up around the mills was known as Fidlars Is. Other names by which the village has been known are Seldon Mills, Rawdon Mills and Rawdon Village. Eventually i it goes, 18 and this year celebrates its 135th birthday. Since 1858 we have gone from pioneer settlement to modem flourishing town; but we are lucky that several homes and buildings from almost any era in Stirling’s history remain to remind us of our rich heritage. Enjoy your walking tour of Stirling’s historic landmarks and visit us again. This brochure was prepared at The Community Press, the area’ s leading weekly newspaper, which reaches over 50,000 homes each week. Lewis Zandbergen for the Stirling Historical Society