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: Cookstown Curling Club; Photo of a celebration taking place in the lounge area of the Cookstown Curling Club at an unknown date. The image shows a number of people seated around several round tables, largely with their backs towards the camera, with paper streamers decorating the ceiling.

: Cookstown Curling Club Lounge; Photo of four unnamed people seated in the lounge area of the Cookstown Curling Club. The three women facing the camera are all wearing name tags and seated around a table. A door and a wood-panelled wall is visible behind them. If you have more information about this photo or the people in it please "Suggest a Correction" or contact the Innisfil Public Library at 705-431-7410.

: Cookstown Fair Grounds; Photo of the Cookstown Fair Grounds in 1912. Pictured in the photo on the left is the grandstand, with the drill hall in the middle, which was also called the exhibit hall and Reed's Dance Hall. The building on the right was the Judges' Stand for Standardbred horse races. The Hall was used for dances with Johnny Gilheeney's All Girls Orchestra. A large crowd is pictured in front of the stands with horse drawn carriages and buggies in the foreground.

: Cookstown Fair Parade - 1987; Photo of a red fire engine taking part in the Cookstown Fair Parade in 1987.

: Cookstown Fair Parade - 1992; Photo of a red fire engine taking part in the Cookstown Fair Parade in 1992.

: Cookstown Fairgrounds Entrance; Photo of the Cookstown Fairgrounds entrance in 1973. The fairgrounds, located in the north-east quarter of the town, held the first fair in September of 1909, although fairs had been held in Cookstown since 1858. The fairgrounds themselves consisted of covered bleachers and a race track with additional sheds and a grandstand being built in later years. In 2006 the land was sold to the Town of Innisfil to facilitate building the Cookstown branch of the Innisfil Public Library. This colour image shows the stone entrance gates flanking the dirt road leading into the fairgrounds.

: Cookstown Fairgrounds Gates; Photo of the gates erected at the entrance to the Cookstown Fairgrounds in honour of the centennial of the fair in 1958. The gates are made of stone, and a car is parked between them.

: Cookstown Fire Hall; Photo of the exterior of the Cookstown and Area Fire Hall's two garage bays. The building was constructed on King St. in 1957 and fire hydrants were installed in the village in 1963.

: Cookstown Jail; Photo of the exterior of Cookstown's lock-up, which was constructed in 1877 as a second class jail containing three cells and a toilet room. The idea for the lock-up was originally proposed in 1865 and was granted $200 by the County Council towards its construction in 1868. After the railroad was built in Cookstown in 1879 the lock-up received an additional $400 to help contain transients who came in and out of town via train. The building went unused for a number of years as criminals and transients were taken to the Barrie jail. The deed to the building was eventually given to the municipality, and later traded to George Caldwell. The building was then rented for storage at a cost of $40 a year. By 1973 local residents began a movement to have the building designated as an historic site but high costs to bring it up to building codes meant the building fell into disrepair. By 1983 the building was entirely dismantled. The photo shows a single chimney and two boarded windows on either side of the front door. The building is surrounded by trees that have lost their leaves.

: Cookstown Lacrosse Club, 1898; Group photo of the Cookstown lacrosse team as Simcoe District Champions, C.L.A., 1898. The men are pictured in rows wearing similar turtleneck shirts, some with sleeves and some without, with lacrosse sticks arranged in front of men seated in the front row. Pictured from left to right, back row: President W.J. Phillips, Vice-President Rev. J. McKee McLennan, Field Captain A. MacDonald, and official Referee Dr. J.J.D. Banting. Third row: Captain J. Agnew, D. Norris, A. Brown, Dad Jerrett, A. MacRae, and R.L. Banting. Second row: E. McKinstry, Secretary Dr. A. MacKay, and C. Morrow. Front row: W. Wright, H. Ross, H. Leadlay, and R. Donnell.

: Cookstown Lacrosse Team; Group photo of the Cookstown Lacrosse team in an unknown year. The players are wearing matching white striped turtleneck shirts with the letters C L C across the chests. The two reclined players in the front row are holding lacrosse sticks. Players included in the photo are Harry Leadlay (centre), the Hon. James S. Duff, and W.J. Findlay second from the left in the back row.

: Cookstown Lacrosse Team; Group photo of the Cookstown Lacrosse Team in an unknown year. The team members are all wearing matching dark shirts with a large "C" on the chest, and most are wearing light coloured shorts. Pictured from left to right, standing in the back row: unknown, B. Griffith, J. Agnew, Roy Coleman, F. Donnell, H. Leadlay, Ted Ross, Lou Sherman, and Frank Coleman. Seated on the ground in the front row: Bill Wright, Ike Pollock, H. Donnell, W. Cook, Eddie White, Milt Sherman, and Ivan Coleman.

: Cookstown Ladies; Photo of a group of ladies in Cookstown posing in front of the home of Dr. and Mrs. J.H. Miller on 34 Queen Street. The photo was taken in September 1937. Pictured from left to right are: Mrs. Miller, Mrs. McCuish, Mrs. Tom King, with "sweet" Mary Miller standing on the verandah behind them. The women in the photo are all wearing long dresses with Mrs. McCuish in an eye-catching patterned dress. Tragically, Mary died shortly after in July 1928 at age 21. Her father, Dr. Miller, was the local dentist.

: Cookstown Main Street; Photo taken on Cookstown's Main Street looking east from the railway tracks on an unknown date. The image shows a dirt road running along the left side of the photo with a series of houses and trees along the right. There is a gas powered streetlight visible directly in the foreground, and a young boy in a hat stands on the porch of the first house, with white siding and dark trim.

: Cookstown Map - South East Quadrant; Hand-drawn map depicting streets and lots with the names of some lot owners in the south east quadrant of Cookstown. The map includes Church Street, William Street, Hamilton Street, Cook Street, and Albert Street, and identifies the section further south as West Gwillimbury.

: Cookstown Market - Mr. W. Manion, Proprietor; The Cookstown Market.

: Cookstown Medical Group Location; Photo of the exterior of a house, which would later become the location for the Cookstown Medical Group. The photo shows a large red brick two storey residence located on the south side of Queen Street with a man and woman standing on the walkway leading to the front porch and door. The home was owned by Mr. and Mrs. J. Fisher before it was sold and became doctors' residences and offices. Doctors based out of the build included Dr. V.S.B. Sheir, Dr. W.J. Scott, Dr. Symington, Dr. Charlie Carr, and Dr. D.W. McFarland. Dr. McFarland and family Joanne, Judy, Janet, Bill, and John resided here until 1972 when they purchased property and built a home on the 8th concession of Essa Township. The verandah of this house was eventually removed by Dr. C. Carr. The exterior was covered with white stucco and marked in a brick-like fashion by Dr. McFarland about 1965 and the maple trees in front of the house that lined the street were eventually removed. Roll No. 150-00; snapshot donated by Mrs. Lorne Magloughlen (née Marie Spindloe).

: Cookstown Methodist Church; Photo of the Cookstown Methodist Church taken before it was destroyed by fire in 1914. The photo shows the front and side of the building including the pointed-arch door and numerous pointed-arch windows as well as the buttresses along the side. The photo was taken in the winter and shows snow on the lawn and front steps as well as leafless trees. The church eventually became the Cookstown United Church.

: Cookstown Methodist Church; A view of the exterior of the Cookstown Methodist Church prior to the fire of 1914 that destroyed it. The view shows the front entrance facing Queen Street as well as the rear side entrance facing Dufferin Street. The building bears many features that were recreated once the building was reconstructed, including the Gothic style pointed arch windows. An oil lamp is also visible in the foreground. These lamps were lit each night by Jack Heaslip and Mrs. Mel McFadden. The Methodist Church eventually became the Cookstown United Church.

: Cookstown Mill; Photo of the front of the Cookstown Mill in an unknown year. It was originally built by J. Spindloe in 1863 and used as a flour mill until 1929, after which it operated as a feed mill. The mill changed ownership numerous times, and was owned by Frank H. Robinson when the photo was taken. Mr. Robinson purchased the property in 1916, and later from 1918-1919 built a home on 7 George Street that would become the home to several of the subsequent mill owners. Mr. Robinson sold both properties on an unknown date to George E. Ross, who then sold again to Frank Fidler and Sandford Sutherland in 1945. The mill and nearby grain elevator were sold once more to Ira Wilson in 1949. The mill itself closed in 1973. The photo shows a tall three-storey building with white window trims and a white picket fence. Not shown is the nearby grain elevator, or the adjacent coal yard where forty ton loads of Reading anthracite coal were shipped for use in Cookstown and area home heating.

: Cookstown Monument; Photo of the Cookstown cenotaph with bronze commemorative plaques located in Memorial Park, Cookstown. The plaques bear the names and death dates of soldiers from Cookstown and surrounding area who died in World War I and World War II. The monument is constructed mainly out of field stones, is conical in shape and has a cross at the top. A silver artillery gun is mounted directly in front of it. The photo was taken in autumn with a number of orange leaves on the ground.

: Cookstown Old Boys Reunion; Photo taken at the Cookstown Old Boys Reunion celebration in 1942. In it Walter Beatty (left) plays violin for Susan Harman (née Miller) and Mr. Tom King of Golden, BC who are dancing together. Both gentlemen are dressed in grey suits, and Mrs. Harman is wearing a short sleeved dress.

: Cookstown Parsonage; Photo of the exterior of the Cookstown Parsonage (or Manse), which was a clergy house inhabited by the local minister of the Methodist (later United) church, located next door. The building itself boasts distinctive architecture with a rounded front right side of the house capped with a unique rounded roof while the rest of the building has a regular open gable roof and surrounding verandah with white window trims and eaves. As of 2014 the building remains largely unchanged.

: Cookstown Parsonage; Photo of the exterior of the Cookstown Parsonage or manse, which was a clergy house inhabited by the local minister of the Methodist (later United) church, located next door. The building itself boasts distinctive architecture with a rounded front right side of the house capped with a unique rounded roof while the rest of the building has a regular open gable roof and surrounding verandah with white window trims and eaves. As of 2014 the building remains largely unchanged.

: Cookstown Parsonage and United Church; Photo of the exterior of the Cookstown Parsonage or manse, a clergy house inhabited by the local minister of the Methodist (later United) church located next door, which can be seen to the right of the house in the photo.. The building itself boasts distinctive architecture with a rounded front right side of the house capped with a unique rounded roof while the rest of the building has a regular open gable roof and surrounding verandah with white window trims and eaves. As of 2014 the building remains largely unchanged. The United Church boasts a square tower and pointed arch windows.

: Cookstown Post Office; Photo of the Cookstown Post Office sometime after its construction in 1960. It is a small brick building faced with several large windows and a Canadian flag hanging above the name "Cookstown Post Office." A small amount of snow is piled in front of and beside the building. Cookstown's first post office was opened in 1847, and mail was carried on foot twice weekly from Holland Landing. When the Northern Railway was constructed from Toronto to Allandal in 1854, the mail was brought to Lefroy by train and the postmaster would travel on horseback to pick it up. Daily mail service began when the North-Western Railway was built through Cookstown in 1877.

: Cookstown Presbyterian Church; Photo of the Cookstown Presbyterian Church showing the steps and walkway leading to the front entrance, pointed arch door and windows, as well as two circular windows in the white stuccoed building. The church was first opened in 1872 and the Sunday School started in 1874. The first hymns were introduced to the church in 1891 after having been voted down six years earlier. The church was eventually renovated and the brick exterior was stuccoed white in 1965.

: Cookstown Presbyterian Church; Photo showing the front and east side of the Cookstown Presbyterian Church. The church, located on the south side of Church Street, was opened in 1872 and the Sunday School was started in 1874. The building was renovated and the original brick exterior was stuccoed white in 1965. The snow and leafless trees indicate that the photo was taken in the winter.

: Cookstown Presbyterian Church; Photo of the exterior of the Cookstown Presbyterian Church showing the east side. The photo features some of the architectural elements of the building including three pointed-arch Gothic style windows and buttresses. The church was first opened in 1872 and the Sunday School started in 1874. The first hymns were introduced to the church in 1891 after having been voted down six years earlier. The church was eventually renovated and the brick exterior was stuccoed white in 1965.

: Cookstown Public School; Photo of Cookstown Public School at an unknown date. The image shows one side of the building, partially obscured by trees. It is two storeys tall with rounded arch windows in the first storey, rectangular windows in the second storey, and the bell tower is just visible on the hipped roof. The building eventually was converted into apartments known as Cookstown Towers. The first school in Cookstown was a small log cabin built in 1852 but by 1864 was too small to accommodate the growing number of students. A quarter acre of land was purchased on Lot 2 Concession 11 for $80 where a frame building was constructed. It later moved to Lot 1 Concession 11. In 1888 a new school was built on the corner of Wellington and George Streets, and remodelled in 1913 for use as both a public school and continuation school. The three rooms on the main floor were used for grades one to eight and two rooms on the second floor for grades nine to twelve. The continuation school closed in 1951 and students were bused to Banting Memorial High School in Alliston, although elementary students continued to use the building until 1959.

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