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Mackenzie House

Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted September, 2006

Photos by Alan L Brown - Posted October, 2013

Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted May, 2012

This museum on Bond Street has two plaques on the property. This one, a Heritage Toronto plaque, has this to say:

Coordinates: 43.655705 -79.378227

Mackenzie House was the last home of William Lyon Mackenzie, Toronto's first mayor, outspoken newspaper editor, and primary leader of the 1837 Rebellion in Upper Canada. The defeat of the rebels forced Mackenzie to flee to the United States. Pardoned in 1849, he returned to Toronto and resumed his political career. When Mackenzie retired from the provincial legislature in 1858, his friends and supporters bought this house for him. Mackenzie lived here until his death in 1861 and his widow and daughters continued to occupy the building until 1871. In 1950 Mackenzie House opened as a historic site museum, and in 1967 a new addition was built to re-create a 19th-century printing shop.

Another plaque at this location
William Lyon Mackenzie 1795-1861

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> Posted October 21, 2010
I too explored this historic house often when I lived in Toronto. It's an especially interesting place to visit during the Christmas season.

> Posted April 7, 2010
I visited MacKenzie House many times in the past and always found it to be a fascinating place. Since I am no longer in Toronto I am no longer able to visit, but would love to see it again one day.

> Posted June 19, 2009
I'd love to go visit this house. I will try convincing my parents to bring me there one day.

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