Montgomery's Inn

Photo by Alan L Brown - March 15, 2004

Plaque Location

The City of Toronto
On the SE corner of Islington Avenue and Dundas Street (Note: As of September 2, 2007 the plaque is no longer at this location. I contacted Ontario Heritage Trust and received this reply about the plaque: "It had been damaged and needed to be removed. It has been added to the growing list of damaged, vandalized and stolen plaques that will be replaced as funds and resources permit.")

Plaque Text

The main section of this building, one of the province's finest remaining examples of Loyalist Georgian architecture, was erected about 1832. Its original owner, the innkeeper, Thomas Montgomery (1790-1877) was a native of Ireland and a Captain in the York Militia. Situated on Dundas Street, one of Upper Canada's principal highways, the inn was a favourite stopping place for travellers and its large rooms provided space for public meetings. The Home District Council designated Montgomery's Inn as the site of Etobicoke's annual Township Meetings of 1847 and 1849. Surrounded today by a rapidly expanding metropolis, it provides visual evidence of early nineteenth century life in this region.

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