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Heritage Plaque Program This program was launched in 1992 by the Maple Ridge Community Heritage Commission “to help build public understanding of the value of our built heritage, and to create a climate of support for the preservation of valuable older buildings.” On the occasion of the tenth anniversary to the program, the Community Heritage Commission published a booklet recording all the plaques during the first ten years. The Community Heritage Commission granted the following plaques in Ruskin. Text is taken from the plaques. Ruskin Elementary School building, 28348 96th Avenue The two-room Ruskin School was built in 1916 to replace the original 1896 one room school. The two acre site on which the school stands was donated by property owner Charles Whetham. In the fall of 1919, Ruskin School became a superior school, taking students up to second year of high school. Ruskin School is the only surviving school [building] from this era in the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows School District. Ruskin Community Hall, 28395 96th Avenue Ruskin Community Hall was built in 1923 after the first community hall burned down m 1922. The first hall was the old Ruskin schoolhouse which was pulled across the road to this site. Mr. Albert Miller prepared the plans for the new hall. The Abernethy and Lougheed Logging Company donated the hemlock lumber which was delivered to the wharf at Ruskin and hauled up the hill to the site. The Stoltz Manufacturing Company donated the roof and shingle material. Many volunteers and local residents participated in the building work. Today the Hall is still an important local meeting place for the Ruskin community. |
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