Griffin House
Text from the plaque
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.
Transcribed from the marker, not summarised.
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The City of Hamilton
In Dundas, at 733 Mineral Springs Road, 263 m west of Sulphur Springs Road, 2.1 km south of Governors Road (Road 99)
N 43 14.137 W 80 00.178
Recorded August 2012. Check current access before visiting.
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