Fairbank School Section No. 15 Commemorative Plaque, 2017
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Resource ID
5258
Access
Open
Address
1100 Briar Hill Avenue, Toronto, ON M6B 1M7
Credit Line
Heritage Toronto
Date of Creation
2017
Historical Themes
Program Category
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Heritage Toronto
Caption
Fairbank School Section No. 15 Commemorative Plaque, 2017
Description
Fairbank’s first school opened in the 1830s in a one-room log house just west of here. Known as Needham's School after its first teachers, Sarah and Isaac Needham, it also served as a community meeting place. In 1863, it was replaced by a two-room brick schoolhouse built here on land deeded by two early-19th-century settler families. The community grew and in 1908, Fairbank School Section No. 15 was enlarged. In 1927, it was replaced by the new eight-room Briar Hill Public School. A stone from above the door of School Section No. 15, on which Fairbank is misspelled, was installed in the front wall of Briar Hill Public School. That stone is preserved in this park. The school’s demolition in 2013 inspired community efforts to document the archaeological Heritage of the 1863 schoolhouse.
Marker lat / long: 43.702535, -79.451798 (WGS84)