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THE LAWSON SITE
About 1500 A.D. a Prehistoric Neutral (Late Ontario Iroquois) Indian village occupied this site. Archaeological excavations suggest that it was an agricultural community covering 4-5 acres and housing approximately 1,000 inhabitants in communal…
THE FOUNDING OF LONDON
In 1793, here on the River Thames, Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe selected a site for the capital of Upper Canada. York, however, became the seat of government and the townsite of London lay undeveloped until its selection in 1826 as the…
HAROLD A. ROGERS, O.C., O.B.E. 1899-1994
The founder of Kinsmen & Kinette Clubs of Canada was born and raised at 324 Dundas Street, directly across from the armouries. Seeking the camaraderie he had experienced in the army during the First World War, “Hal” Rogers began the first Kinsmen…
MIDDLESEX COURT HOUSE
Erected in 1830, this building was modelled after Malahide Castle, near Dublin, Ireland, the ancestral home of Colonel Thomas Talbot, founder of the Talbot Settlement. The site was a part of the town plot set aside by Lieutenant-Governor John Graves…
ST. PAUL’S CATHEDRAL 1846
The nave and tower of this church were designed in English Gothic Revival style by architect William Thomas and constructed 1844-46. Previously the Anglican congregation had held services in a wooden structure on the site. It had been opened in 1834…