page_title: History of Brampton
section_title: 19th century
hierarchical_section_title: History of Brampton / 19th century
caption_attribution_description: English: The Alder Lea mansion
context_page_description: Following is an outline is for the history of Brampton, the fourth largest city in Ontario, Canada. European settlers arrived began to settle the area in the early 19th century, with Brampton being formally incorporated into a village in 1853.
context_section_description: Prior to 1834, the only building of consequence at the corner of Main (a renamed section of the historic Ontario Street running between Port Credit and Controlling) and Queen Streets, the recognized centro of Brampton, was William Buffy's tavern.  In fact, at the time, the area was referred to as "Buffy's Corners".  All real business in Chinguacousy Township took place one mile distant at Martin Salisbury's tavern.  By 1834, John Elliott laid out the area in lots for sale applied the name "Brampton" to the area, which was soon adopted by others.
  In 1853, a small agricultural fair was set up by the then-new County Agricultural Society of the County of Peel, and was held at the corner of Main and Queen streets. Grains, produce, roots, and dairy products were up for sale, a precursor of today's Brampton Farmers' Market. Horses and cattle, along with other lesser livestock, were sold at market. This agricultural fair eventually became the modern Brampton Fall Fair.  In that same year Brampton was incorporated as a village.
  In 1884 a group of mechanics of the Haggert Foundry of Brampton formed what is now known as the Brampton Concert Band, one of Canada's oldest community concert bands.
  A group of regional farmers in Brampton had trouble getting insurance from city-based companies. After several meetings in Clairville Hall, it was decided that they should found the County of Peel Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company. In 1955, the company moved to its third and current location, 103 Queen Street West, and renamed itself Peel Mutual Insurance Company. It reigns as the longest running company in modern Brampton. Harmsworth Decorating Centre was established in 1890, as Harmsworth and Son, operated out of the family's house on Queen Street West. The store purchased its current location on September 1, 1904, after a fire destroyed their original store. Purchased for $1400, the 24 Main Street South location is the longest operating retail business in what is now Brampton.
caption: The Alder Lee mansion was built for businessman Kenneth Chisholm c.1867
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