Barnum House
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- Hwy #2, Grafton
- Notes
- Considered one of the finest examples of Georgian architecture, the Barnum House was built in 1817 on the outskirts of Grafton by Col. Eliakim Barnum who came to Haldimand Township from Vermont in 1808. Barnum first used a large log house, but during the war of 1812 it was destroyed by a fire accidently set by soldiers. In 1817 he built this frame home entirely of white pine. Today it is a museum, furnished as a home of 150 years ago.
- Date of Original
- c. 1965
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 720-80
- Collection
- Historical Photographs
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 44.00012 Longitude: -78.01621
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- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian law. No restrictions on use.
- Contact
- Cobourg Public LibraryEmail:info@cobourg.library.on.ca
Website:
Agency street/mail address:200 Ontario Street, Cobourg, ON K9A 5P4
