Barnum House National Historic Site of Canada, Grafton, Ontario
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N 43° 59.453 W 078° 02.610
17T E 737074 N 4875110
One of Canada's finest examples of neoclassic domestic architecture, this timber framed house was built circa 1820 for an American immigrant named Colonel Eliakim Barnum.
Waymark Code: WM5H9T
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 01/08/2009
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Barnum House holds significance in the Province of Ontario because interest in its preservation in the 1930s lead directly to the creation of the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario (ACO). Now Barnum House is owned by the arms length branch of the provincial government, the Ontario Heritage Trust which operates it as a museum. It was built circa 1820 by an American immigrant Eliakim Barnum who settled on the north shore of Lake Ontario near Cobourg. Barnum became a successful businessman with ties to the militia and the Conservative party of the day. The house he built is a fine Canadian example of neoclassic domestic architecture. The Ontario Heritage Trust has conducted an extensive restoration of the building which includes interior decorating that reflect the 1820-40 period. Barnum House was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1959 and plaqued by the federal government in 1984.
Classification: National Historic Site
Province or Territory: Ontario
Location - City name/Town name: Grafton
Link to Parks Canada entry (must be on www.pc.gc.ca): [Web Link]
Link to HistoricPlaces.ca: [Web Link]
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