Gibson House

This article is about the historic house in Toronto. For other uses, see Gibson House (disambiguation).

**Gibson House**
Location	5172 Yonge Street Toronto, Ontario, Canada M2N 5P6
Type	historic house museum
Website	Gibson House on toronto.ca

Gibson House is a historical museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located on Yonge Street, in the North York Centre neighbourhood of the former city of North York.

History

The property was first acquired by David Gibson, a Scottish immigrant, land surveyor, prior to the Rebellion of 1837. For his activities in the Rebellion, his house was destroyed and he was banished from Upper Canada. Gibson fled to nearby western New York, settling with his family in Lockport. Although he was threatened with losing his land, he continued to own the property in what was then York County, near Toronto. His wife was not banished, and she was able to travel between Lockport and Toronto to collect rents and profits on the farmstead.

A provincial plaque tells of David Gibson's storied life.

In 1843, Gibson was pardoned, along with many who took part in the Rebellion. He returned with his family to York County in 1848 and built this house in 1851. Its style reflects a prosperous man, and some of its furniture and engravings reflect his U.S. residence in motif.

Gibson House is set back from Yonge Street, one of the colony's pioneer roads and today often called the world's longest street. It is shielded from traffic, however, by construction hoarding for the Gibson Square Condominium development. Gibson House once welcomed carriages to its front door, now shielded from Yonge Street by construction. The house is one of several museums operated by the City of Toronto.

Programs

Tours are available, and a museum attached to the old house offers insight into the lives of a family which continued to reside here into the 20th Century. Children's programs welcome school groups and birthday parties, and certain days (e.g., First of July) offer guests a chance to play period games, sample kitchen treats, and help make ice cream.

Affiliations

The Museum is affiliated with: CMA, CHIN, and Virtual Museum of Canada.

External links

Gibson House

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gibson House.

Museums and galleries in Toronto

List of museums in Toronto

Aga Khan Museum Art Gallery of Ontario Bata Shoe Museum CBC Museum Design Exchange Gardiner Museum Hockey Hall of Fame McLaughlin Planetarium Museum of Inuit Art Ontario Science Centre Parliament Interpretive Centre Ripley's Aquarium of Canada Royal Ontario Museum Textile Museum of Canada Fort York Spadina House Gibson House Todmorden Mills Black Creek Pioneer Village Enoch Turner School

Italics indicate structures now defunct or demolished.

Coordinates: 43°46′10.5″N 79°24′53″W / 43.769583°N 79.41472°W / 43.769583; -79.41472

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