Mackenzie House

For the historic home in Florida see Mackenzie House (Brooksville, Florida)

Mackenzie House

Established	1936
Location	82 Bond Street, Toronto, Ontario Canada
Type	Municipal Museum
Website	Mackenzie House

Mackenzie House is a historic building and museum in Toronto, Canada that was the last home of William Lyon Mackenzie, the city's first mayor.

Mackenzie was forced into exile in the United States after having led the Rebellion of 1837. He returned to the newly created Province of Canada in 1850. Mackenzie returned to Canada in dire financial states. The house was bought for Mackenzie by his friends and supporters in 1858. He died in the house in 1861; His wife and three daughters stayed in the house for another ten years.

The neighbouring row houses were demolished in 1936, while Mackenzie's grandson, William Lyon Mackenzie King, was Prime Minister. However, this house was saved because of its historical significance. Designed in the Georgian architecture style, today the house serves as a municipally-run historic house museum about 1860s Victorian life.

An interesting addition to the grounds are the side panels of the Memorial Arch that once stood at the foot of the Honeymoon Bridge in Niagara Falls, Ontario.^[1] Built in 1930s, the arch was demolished in 1960s and the panels stored until it was moved to Toronto in 1974. It is installed in an area next to the historic home.

Emanuel Hahn's "Mackenzie Panels" (1938) in the garden of Mackenzie House. The panel shows William Lyon Mackenzie presenting his historic Seventh Report of Grievances to the House of Assembly of Upper Canada.
Emanuel Hahn's Memorial to Samuel Lount at Mackenzie House. Names of those executed during the repression that followed defeat of the rebellion appear on one of the panels, as do profiles of the two rebels who met their death on the scaffold in Toronto, Samuel Lount and Peter Matthews.

Affiliations

The Museum is affiliated with: CMA, CHIN, and Virtual Museum of Canada.

References

↑ http://spacingtoronto.ca/2008/02/08/remnants-of-niagaras-arc-de-triomphe/

Mackenzie House
Cruikshank, Tom. Old Toronto Houses. Toronto: Firefly Books, 2003.

Landmarks in Toronto

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Amusement	Canadian National Exhibition Centreville Amusement Park CN Tower Exhibition Place Ontario Place Sunnyside Amusement Park

Parks and squares	Toronto Islands High Park Yonge-Dundas Square Nathan Phillips Square

Shopping	Eaton Centre Harbourfront Centre Kensington Market St. Lawrence Market Yorkdale Yorkville

Institutional and infrastructure	Old City Hall Ontario Legislative Building Union Station

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Italics indicate structures now defunct or demolished.

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Coordinates: 43°39′20″N 79°22′42″W / 43.655665°N 79.378291°W / 43.655665; -79.378291

Mackenzie House

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