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John Calfas Log House - Digital Archive
The Digital Archive and complementary Interactive Heritage Register Map are initiatives to provide historical information regarding properties included on the Township’s Heritage Register. The Digital Archive only includes properties which have consented to include their heritage property on this archive.
The lands we know today as the Township of Puslinch have been home to
Indigenous peoples since time immemorial. We acknowledge that we are on the
traditional territory of the Hatiwendaronk, as well as the treaty lands and traditional
territory of the Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee.
With increasing encroachment by non-Indigenous settlers in the Township of Puslinch, the Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee could not continue their traditional lifestyle and settled in their villages along the Credit River and in the Grand River Valley. These Indigenous nations uphold their Treaty Rights within our jurisdiction.
Today, the Township of Puslinch remains home to Indigenous peoples from across Turtle Island. We are grateful to have the opportunity to share and respect Mother Earth and are committed to building constructive and cooperative relationships with Indigenous nations.
John Calfas Log House
Biographical Info
The John Calfas Log House was built in 1842 by Johannes (John) Calfas. There have been a number of renovations including raising the roof and adding dormers. The hewed log house is considered significant and rare, and is now directly south of a memorial garden.
Johannes (John) Calfas and his family were among the first pioneer families in the Morriston area. They were among the first Palatinate-German group of settlers in the Morriston area. When Morriston was surveyed into 3 sections, the western portion was called “Calfass Survey,” from Queen to Victoria Street. The stone house that Calfas built to the south in 1851 was demolished in 2021.
The property is historically associated with the founding families of Calfas, Winer, Morlock and Stein as well as German immigration and the settlement of Morriston.
Categories: Decade Built – 1840s, Decade Plaqued – 2010s, Historical Association – German/Germany, Materials – Wood, One-and-a-half storeys, Traditional Log House Style