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Griffin House
Griffin House
Griffin House
Griffin House
Griffin House
Griffin House
Griffin House
Griffin House
Griffin House
Griffin House
Griffin House
Griffin House
Griffin House
Griffin House
Griffin House
Griffin House
Griffin House
Griffin House
Griffin House
Griffin House
Griffin House
Griffin House
Griffin House
Griffin House
Phone:
+1 905-648-8144

Address:
733 Mineral Springs Rd, Dundas, ON L9H 5E3, Canada

Griffin House is a house built in 1827 by Englishmen in Ancaster. It was purchased by an African-American escaped slave in 1834 who also had enough cash to purchase 50 acres. It offers Underground Railroad tours and history-related programs. Griffin House was designated as a National Historic Site of Canada in 2008. The house is a rare surviving example of a four-room house typical in Upper Canada in the early 19th century. It was owned by Enerals Griffin, an African American slave from Virginia who escaped to Canada in 1834. For the next 150 years, their descendants lived and farmed here atop a hill in peace. The property was sold to the Hamilton Region Conservation Authority in 1988. The home was restored between 1992 and 1994. Over 3,000 artefacts were discovered during that period. The museum in the home is operated as a joint project between the Hamilton Conservation Authority and Fieldcote Memorial Park and Museum. Public visitation and interpretation is offered. The waterfalls, Heritage Falls or Griffin Falls, behind the museum, is also a tourist attraction operated by the Conservation Authority.
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