| Introduction. The village of Freeman was named after Joshua Freeman. In 1816, he came to Upper Canada from Nova Scotia. The Freemans were farmers but also operated a toll road along part of the road from Hamilton to Toronto. By the turn of the century Freeman included a railway station, |
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hardware store, basket factory, chemical company, a general store, a boarding house, and a post office that had it own postmark until 1952.
Location. Brant Street and Plains Road area.
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906 Brant Street. 1885
Built by Edwin Freeman |
906 Brant Street. 1885
Freemans lived in the house till 1988.
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950 Brant Street.
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Burlington West train station. Brant Street. 1906
Picture taken just before it closed on 30-10-88
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.Freeman survivors: 1382 and 1376 Plains Road East. Pre 1910.
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Hercules Canada Ltd. 942 Brant Street.
The office (top left) was built around 1925. The second floor was added later. The other pictures are of the original Vera Chemical Company of Canada Limited plant which was built in 1913. The storage tank (top right) and smoke stack (lower left) were removed on the day when these pictures were taken.
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