Caledon Agricultural Society Building

The Caledon Agricultural Society building is associated with the Town of Caledon's agricultural past and the annual local fair where people would display their goods and livestock. Purpose-built as an agricultural exhibit hall circa 1863, it remains in use to this day. The building has been moved three times in conjunction with the changing locations of the Caledon Fairgrounds and has been at its present location since 1901. The building gained some notoriety in the 1970s when it was used in the television series “The White Oaks of Jalna”.

The Caledon Agricultural Society building is a rectangular, timber frame structure clad in vertical board and batten. Its principal feature is a vertically projecting centre section with a gable roof that runs the length of the building. This section is flanked by two wider, lower sections with shed roofs of equal pitch. The interior is naturally lit by two rectangular windows on each side façade, laid horizontally just under the roof line of the upper section. Access to the building is provided by a large, sliding shed door centred on the south end façade, above which is a large transom. The upper section of the west side elevation bears the words 'Caledon Agricultural Society'.