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| Established | 1958 |
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| Location | Grafton, Ontario, Canada |
| Coordinates | 43°59′27″N 78°02′37″W / 43.99083°N 78.04361°W |
| Type | Historic house museum |
| Website | Official web site |
| Designated | 1959 |
The Barnum House was built between 1817 and 1819 by Eliakim Barnum, a United Empire Loyalist originally from Vermont. The house, which stands just outside Grafton, Ontario, in Alnwick/Haldimand Township, is the earliest example of Neoclassical architecture in Canada.[1] Barnum House was the first house museum to open in Ontario, restored and operated by the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario in 1940. It is currently owned and operated by the Ontario Heritage Trust.
Barnum House was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1959.[2][3]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-20. Retrieved 2011-03-09.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Ontario Heritage Trust Barnum House - ^ Barnum House[permanent dead link], Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
- ^ Barnum House Archived June 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, National Register of Historic Places