Matheson House (Perth)

Matheson House
National Historic Site of Canada
Province Ontario
Municipality Perth
Original use House
Current use Perth Museum
Administrative body Town of Perth
Designated as a NHSC 1966
Other designations Designated under the Ontario Heritage Act in 1982[1]
Year built 1840
Website http://www.town.perth.on.ca/siteengine/activepage.asp?pageid=97

Matheson House is a historic house in Perth, Ontario, Canada. It was constructed in 1840 for Roderick Matheson, a local merchant and later a member of the Senate of Canada.[2]

A two-storey, five-bay sandstone house of Palladian-inspired design, Matheson House is surrounded by a stone garden wall. After Roderick Matheson's death in 1873, the house was inherited by Arthur James Matheson, a lawyer and member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. After a series of subsequent owners, the house was acquired by the municipality and became the Perth Museum.

The house was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1966.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ Matheson House. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
  2. ↑ Matheson House National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
  3. ↑ Matheson House, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada

Coordinates: 44°54′3.92″N 76°15′2.39″W / 44.9010889°N 76.2506639°W