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See the Website Member Directory for all participating BIA Businesses Click here for the 2023 Draft Budget See the The History Of Seaforth - Heritage Conservation District Seaforth is a quintessential small Ontario town, dating from the early railway era in Victorian times. As we learn from the Provincial Plaque in Victoria Park (Map 601), "Anticipating the construction of the Buffalo, Brantford and Goderich Railroad through this region during 1850-1853 Christopher and George Sparling acquired most of the p
It wasn't long after that that Seaforth had a post office, several hotels, a doctor, a blacksmith, a wagon-maker and several firms engaged in the building trades and the buying and selling of grain. Seaforth was a noted grain-buying centre. At one time, firms were handling a million dollars worth of wheat each year, more than any point in Ontario, Toronto being no exception. The town was incorporated in 1875.
In September of 1876, at two o'clock in the morning, a fire broke out in Mrs. Griffith's candy and grocery store raging through Main Street, destroying 12 acres of the business section. However, the town rebounded quickly and Main Street was rebuilt with bricks and mortar, known as 'Commercial Blocks', which are still present today more than a century later. The most impressive was the one built by Alexander Cardno, more commonly referred to as 'The Cardno Block', located at the centre of the west side of M