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Town in Ontario, Canada
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The Town of Newmarket is a town of 84,000 people (2016) in the centre of York Region in Ontario. It is halfway between Toronto and Barrie along Highway 11/Yonge Street. The surrounding towns include Aurora (south), Bradford (northwest), East Gwillimbury (north), Schomberg (west), and Uxbridge (east).
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A very quaint store with late 19th-century “Boom Town” style of architecture.
Former Registry Office, North York
Occupying a building built in 1884, the museum has artifacts related to the history of the Town of Newmarket.
Built in 1874; embellished High Victorian Gothic Revival architecture.
Newmarket Post Office
Italianate style with bell tower constructed 1914-15. The building is now the Postmark Hotel.
Built in 1900 by the Grand Trunk Railway using a late 19th-century standard station design.
Concrete arches built in 1909 by the Toronto & York Radial Railway. One of the earliest reinforced concrete arches in Canada. Remains of a bridge that carried an interurban tram line from Toronto to Sutton until 1930.
Built in 1896, this 2½-storey residence is a mix of Queen Anne and Four Square styling and has a gable dormer within a verandah roof.
1½ storey house with centre gable and balanced openings.
19th-century Gothic Revival residence built circa 1875.
A small lot with a marsh.
Built in 1883, this two-storey buff brick building was designed in the Italianate style, with a projecting frontispiece, a crested central square bell-tower, tall narrow windows and a heavily bracketed cornice.
Georgian architecture with elements of Classical Revival style, built in the late 1830s. The owner, J.B. Caldwell, sympathized with the rebellion of 1837 thus explaining the building's name.
The house built in 1861 has a medium-pitch gable roof. It belonged to Robert Simpson who later opened a large department store at Yonge & Queen in Toronto.
Gable roof house with symetrical front facade.
formerly King George School
This square, 2-storey brick building has entrances on both corner streets. Built 1912-1913, this was Newmarket's oldest functioning elementary public school. Today, the building serves as a condominium.
Constructed in 1883-1884.
a.k.a. Walter Playter House
Built in circa 1880, this 2½-storey picturesque Italianate villa house is very fanciful.
Farmhouse from early 1800s.
Established circa 1820, the cemetery is the burial place remains of about 120 early Newmarket pioneers.
Built in 1892, the house has both gothic revival and Italianate styling.
Square, two-storey brick building constructed in 1923-24.
Eldred King Gardens
This two-storey Quaker-style home was built in 1845 and used over 100 years by generations of the Doane family. The building is located in a public park.
The Sociable Pub
This two-storey farm house was built in 1870 by John Rogers, and has a pitched gable roof and three gables on its east facade. Today, it is a pub in an oasis surrounded by strip malls..
Ruins of a 19th-century canal that was never finished - construction stopped in 1911.
A large park in the middle of town, this is home to many festivals and fairs, including the annual Shakespeare-In-The-Park put on by a local group called the Resurgence Theatre Company. Locals flock to Fairy Lake on nice days, and even on the not-so-nice days.
A section of this trail system runs through the heart of Newmarket connecting to the nearby communities of East Gwillimbury and Aurora. This trail is excellent for hiking or biking. The trail system follows the Holland river which at one time was home to a historic plan to build a canal system. Although never operational, the locks that were being built can still be seen at various points along the trail system.
Restaurant with bar atmosphere and seasonal patio. Nice sandwiches such as Chicken Club and Reuben; the bread used almost a pastry.
Handcrafted baked goods such as cookies, cakes, tarts, and croissants.
Cafe & bakery featuring pies & buttertarts plus light meals.
Fish and chips restaurant
Mexican cuisine
Coffee shop also offering soup and sandwiches; outdoor patio available
Wine bar with Share plates and mixology. Whatever that means.
Hand-picked grapes and earth-friendly practices maintain the integrity of our soil, water and surrounding area to produce premium boutique-style wines.
Located in a former fire hall, this microbrewery has a pub offering its German inspired Lagers.
Two-storey motel about 5 km from Main St Newmarket.
Best Western
About 2 km from Main Street Newmarket
Located on Main Street, the hotel entrance is in a former post office building with a distinctive tower opened in 1915.
Large mall
Big box store; home improvement retailer.
Big box store.
By plane
By public transit
The simplest way to get to Newmarket's Main Street from Toronto is to take the Viva Blue bus from Finch Station (subway line 1) to Newmarket Bus Terminal and transfer there to Viva Yellow getting off…
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