Park House Museum

Park House is a historic house museum, located in Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada. It was built in 1796 in Detroit, but moved to Amherstburg in 1799. It has had many owners, the best-known being the Park family who owned it 102 years.

Photo: HistoryHouse, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Type: Building
Description: house in Amherstburg, Ontario
Also known as: “Park House”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Amherstburg Royal Naval Dockyard and Christ Church.

Amherstburg Royal Naval Dockyard

Historic site

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Amherstburg Royal Naval Dockyard was a Provincial Marine and then a Royal Navy yard from 1796 to 1813 located at Fort Amherstburg, Upper Canada, situated on the Detroit River. Amherstburg Royal Naval Dockyard is situated 220 metres south of Park House Museum.

Christ Church

Church

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Christ Church is an Anglican Church of Canada church in Amherstburg, Ontario. Built between 1818 and 1819, it served the garrison at Fort Malden as well as the local civilian population. Christ Church is situated 480 metres southeast of Park House Museum.

Amherstburg Freedom Museum

Museum

Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Amherstburg Freedom Museum, previously known as the North American Black Historical Museum, is located in Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada. It is a community-based, non-profit museum that tells the story of African-Canadians' history and contributions. Amherstburg Freedom Museum is situated 690 metres southeast of Park House Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Amherstburg and Grosse Ile Township.

Amherstburg

Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Amherstburg is a town of about 24,000 people near the mouth of the Detroit River in Essex County. The small town is rich in history, with several important heritage sites linked to the War of 1812 and the Underground Railroad.

Grosse Ile Township

Town

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Grosse Ile Township is a civil township in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A Downriver suburb of Detroit, Grosse Ile Township consists of multiple islands in the Detroit River, roughly 18 miles southwest of downtown Detroit. Grosse Ile Township is situated 4½ km northwest of Park House Museum.

Gibraltar

Town

Gibraltar is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A Downriver suburb of Detroit, Gibraltar is located roughly 22 miles southwest of downtown Detroit. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 4,997. Gibraltar is situated 6 km west of Park House Museum.

Park House Museum

Category: house
Location: Amherstburg, Essex County, Southwestern Ontario, Ontario, Canada, North America
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Latitude

42.10367° or 42° 6′ 13″ north

Longitude

-83.11345° or 83° 6′ 48″ west

Open location code

86JR4V3P+FJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 285304670

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

Wikidata ID

Q7137797

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In Other Languages

“Park House Museum” goes by many names.

French: “maison Park”
French: “Maison Park”
French: “Park House Museum”

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Highlights include Canada Post and Navy Yard Park.

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