The Scarborough Historic Sites Committee meets to review historical sites of interest in the Community of Scarborough, Ontario and commemorate them in numerous ways.

The Scarborough Historic Sites Committee members work together with City of Toronto appointed citizens of the Scarborough Preservation Panel.

The primary responsibility of the Scarborough Historic Sites Committee is to recommend historical sites within Scarborough to be highlighted with either a historical plaque or site marker, or both if deemed necessary.

The Scarborough Historic Sites Committee also manages the actual installation of plaques and markers, and takes part in the special dedication ceremonies when they are installed on walls or monuments.

Throughout the existence of the Scarborough Historical Society, our members have been instrumental in recommending and installing markers and plaques. Now there are over 50 plaques, and more than 30 site markers displaying our local heritage to the public.

Of particular note is the participation of the Reverend Robert Bonis, who served on the City of Scarborough’s Local Architectural Advisory Committee (L.A.C.A.C.) and the old Sites Committee from 1974 until 1990. Using his skill as a writer, Bonis drafted the inscriptions for more than twenty-five of the original bronze plaques which were erected at various historic sites in Scarborough.

Cast resin ‘Site Markers’, coloured green and gold, are provided free of charge to the owner of a recommended Scarborough Heritage site.

Bronze Plaques are provided by the Society, but as a joint financial effort between the Society and the site owner.

Regular Scarborough Historic Sites Committee meetings are held at the Scarborough Archives.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Sites featuring Scarborough Historical Society markers or plaques:

• William Thomson House – 1 St. Andrew’s Rd.
• Old Danforth Road – South west corner of Military Trail and Ellesmere Rd.
• Jeremiah Annis House – 3750 Kingston Rd.
• William Devenish House – 1355 Victoria Park Ave.
• Dowswell’s Inn (site) – Markham Rd. at Painted Post Drive.
• Cornell / Campbell House – 3620 Kingston Road.
• Wexford Heights United Church – 2102 Lawrence Ave. E.
• St. Judes’ Church, Wexford – 10 Howarth Ave.
• Knox-Agincourt United Church – 2569 Midland Ave.
• Melville Church, West Hill – 70 Old Kingston Rd.
• Hillside Church – 361 Old Finch Ave.
• Agincourt School (S.S. #14) – 29 Lockie Ave.
• Scarborough High School / R.H. King – 3800 St. Clair Ave. E.
• Centennial Memorial Library – 115 St. Andrews Rd.
• Old Scott House – 520 Progress Ave.
• Iroquoian Indian Village (site) – Brimley Rd., south of St. Andrews Rd.
• Christie’s Cemetery – Finch Ave. at Warden Ave.
• Springfield Jimmie Thomson House – 146 St. Andrews Rd.
• St. Andrew’s Church – 115 St. Andrews Rd.
• Cornell House – Scarborough Museum, 1007 Brimley Rd.
• Highland Creek Mills – Old Kingston Rd., in the Highland Creek Valley.
• Richardson Family Homes – 27 Old Kingston Road.
• St. Paul’s Church, L’Amoreaux (site) – Finch Ave. at Warden Ave.
• Devonsleigh Place – 4125 Steeles Ave. E.
• James Weir House – 1021 Tapscott Rd.
• Norris “Lybourne” House – 24 Stonemanse Court.
• S.S. #7 Highland Creek P.S. – 1410 Military Trail
• W.J. Morrish General Store – 6282 Kingston Road.
• Melville Manse – 477 Manse Road.
• Rhonda Skinner – Scarborough Museum, 1007 Brimley Rd.
• McCowan Log Cabin – Scarborough Museum, 1007 Brimley Rd.

Additional information on historical plaques located in Scarborough are on a website called “Toronto Historical Plaques”, Toronto’s Historical Plaques to visit the Scarborough section of the site.

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Historic Sites Committee Members:

• Chairman / Executive Secretary
  • Rick Schofield

• Vice Chair / Pres. Bd Chairman
  • Bob Saunders

• Members
  • Don Allen
  • Joan Dolson
  • Sandy Grigg
  • Scott Mackenzie
  • Carole Whelan
  • Matthew Gregor
  • Patrick Wong
  • Councillor Jim Karygiannis