June 4, 1838
One of the first recorded game of baseball in North America took place in Beachville, Ontario (30 minutes south of St. Marys) on June 4, 1838. It was written about by St. Marys native, Adam Ford, a local Doctor, in the 1886 Sporting Life magazine. Ford was the Mayor of St. Marys in 1877.
NOVember 19, 1982
The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum was started in Toronto by Bruce Prentice and incorporated on November 19, 1982. The main two homes for the Hall of Fame in Toronto were Exhibition Place and Ontario Place. The Hall of Fame closed its doors in Toronto in 1991.
AUGust 25, 1994
During the early 1990s 12 cities expressed interest in becoming the new home for the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. The top 2 cities were Guelph and St. Marys, both in Ontario. St. Marys won the bidding process on August 25, 1994 and was announced as the new home for the Hall of Fame on August 25, 1994.
JUNE 4, 1998
The CBHFM originally opened in a farmhouse, which was built in 1868. It was established in collaboration with the St. Marys Rotary Club, and the St. Marys Cement Company, who donated 32 acres of land to the project to establish playing fields.
November 23, 2017
The project created a secure archive facility and resource library for the Hall’s extensive collection which consists of over 6,000 books and magazines and more than 10,000 artifacts and papers. The renovations also included a new entrance and gift shop area, an accessible washroom and new visitor’s lounge/exhibition space.
The project was made possible by a number of generous private donations and funding through the Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program.
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April 27, 2019