January 28, 2025 @ 7:00 pm
Following the Annual General Meeting our speaker, Rick Schofield will share stories and histories of some of the many fascinating documents and images held in the SHS archives collection. Get ready to learn something new about Scarborough’s past!
Speaker: Rick Schofield, Archivist
Location: St. Mark’s United Church, 115 Orton Park Road, Scarborough
Join us May 28th, 7 pm for a free tour of Knox United Church, Agincourt . The 175 year old church is located at the corner of Church Street (oops, Midland Avenue) and Main Street (uh oh, Sheppard Avenue), just north of the sawmill (oh no that’s long gone!)
Take this opportunity to discover:
Picture an area which esentially was fields, forests, streams, rivers and scattered settlements. Together let’s figure out what brought people together to create the Village of Agincourt.
Test your knowledge of Scarborough and come out to our first Trivia Night!
This event is in partnership with our new friends at Common Good Beer Company an amazing Scarborough neighbourhood micro brewery.
Admission is free and includes a tour of the facility.
Date: Tuesday April 23, 2024 at 7:00 p.m Location: 475 Ellesmere Road
Society to the Rescue
When word spread that the abandoned former sexton’s house was going to be demolished by St. Andrew’s Church, the Scarborough Historical Society took a lease on the former sexton’s house and former Centennial Memorial Library in 1980.
Members to the Rescue
While there was no rental income from the old library building, it did allow us to store materials salvaged from demolished buildings such as doors accumulated by the Society and stored at the museum, in members’ basements and our old Archives location at Golf Road school. When St. Andrew’s church did not offer to renew the lease on the two buildings, we had restored and maintained for over 30 years, we were forced to move everything our of the building.
Society and Board members came to the rescue during the summer and moved everything out but now we need to find a new home for some of the items. A few items were sold earlier, some building materials donated to Society members for their recycling projects and some materials moved the the basement of the Archives.
Items For Sale
Antique Saw Suitcase
31” x 11” x 7”
wooden with one pullout drawer
at the top.
Antique Saw Suitcase
33”x16”x7”
wooden with two pullout drawers
at the top
These antique saw cases would be great items for a tool or antique collector. A few saws are also available but sold separately. Make any reasonable offer and they’re yours.
Two of five meat choppers in various conditions. Any donation and you can pick one up.
Old fashion wash stand…
Can be used as a flower stand or whatever suits your unique interests
Antique dresser with dove-tail drawer construction. This dresser is in very good condition and great for anyone wanting quality furniture.
(not made by IKEA)
Office or den Chair
Solid oak frame Upholstry in good condition 26” x 26” x 31” high.
All items are available for your reasonable donation to the Society & must be picked up at the Archives.