Editorials
June 06, 2008 03:23 PM
It’s called Doors Open Whitchurch-Stouffville.
It’s on this Saturday from 12 locations throughout the municipality.
The premise?
You can get entry into buildings that are normally off limits to the public.
It’s all free of charge.
The national program has operated in Whitchurch-Stouffville in other years.
It’s a chance to embrace the heritage of your home town and imagine what your predecessors did.
Some of the highlights?
• 19 Civic Ave. in downtown Stouffville is being transformed into 19 on the Park. The arts centre is scheduled to open next spring. You can see restoration in action, through a display of photographs of behind-the-scenes work to transform the 1896 landmark.
Originally a market and concert hall, it has been a movie theatre, bowling alley, billiards parlour, garage and, most recently, the municipal offices.
• The Toronto and Region Conservation Authority is providing a look at items found last year at the archaeological excavation at the Lewis Site, an early 1800s EuroCanadian pottery house at Bruce’s Mill Conservation Area.
This display will be located at the Whitchurch-Stouffville Museum.
The dig has captured the attention of residents since The Sun-Tribune wrote about it last summer.
You can meet the archaeologists who conducted the dig, learn the methods and techniques used to uncover and analyse their findings, tour a display of artifacts and try your hand at excavation.
Beyond the curiosity factor and the structures, Doors Open is also an opportunity to meet your neighbours.
Get to know the people who run the museum in Vandorf, the miniature railroad near Ballantrae and the Masonic lodge in Stouffville, among others.
Found out how you can help and better your community.
New here? This event is an ideal way for you to embrace Whitchurch-Stouffville and learn more about what makes it tick.
Maybe you can make your own history here.
For times and locations, go to
doorsopenws.ca