Griffin House

Griffin House is a National Historic Site of Canada in Hamilton, Ontario.

Ontario · 733 Mineral Springs Road, Hamilton, Ontario · location approximate

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GRIFFIN HOUSE Built in 1827, this home is associated with Black settlement in British North America during the first half of the 19th century. Purchased in 1834 by Enerals Griffin, a Black immigrant from Virginia, it remained in his family for 154 years. More elaborate than most residences of Black settlers in this period and situated within a predominantly Euro-Canadian area rather than in an organized refugee community in southwestern Ontario, this house conveys the diversity of the Black settler experience. Griffin House is also a rare surviving example of residential vernacular architecture typical of Upper Canada in the early 19th century.

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LA MAISON GRIFFIN Construite en 1827, cette maison témoigne de l’établissement des Noirs en Amérique du Nord britannique durant la première moitié du XIXe siècle. En 1834, elle fut achetée par Enerals Griffin, un immigrant noir de la Virginie, et demeura dans la famille pendant 154 ans. Elle exprime la diversité de l’expérience des colons noirs, étant plus élaborée que les maisons qu’ils possédaient à l’habitude et située dans une localité peuplée surtout d’Euro-Canadiens plutôt que dans un établissement de réfugiés du sud-ouest de l’Ontario. Elle constitue aussi un rare exemple de l’architecture domestique typique du Haut-Canada au début du XIXe siècle.

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