First House - 1816

Second House (just visible in the trees) - 1832

All of these buildings are on their original sites.


The Stong (originally spelled "Stang") family were descendants of the Palatine Germans, who migrated from Pennsylvania and settled in York County after the American Revolution, according to a recently updated heritage structure report. Several generations of the Stong family occupied the lands, beginning with Daniel Stong (1791-1868) and Elizabeth Fisher Stong (1798-1885) as the first settlers in 1816.

Daniel Stong was born in Pennsylvania and came to Canada with his parents in 1800. He married Elizabeth Fisher of Vaughan Township in 1816. Their two restored log houses and other buildings still stand as reminders of early pioneer life in Upper Canada.