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Montgomery's Inn

Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted November, 2013

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On the southeast corner of Dundas Street West and Islington Avenue stands this former hotel and tavern that gave room and sustenance to travellers along the Dundas road in years gone by. this Ontario Heritage Trust plaque on the property has this to say:

Coordinates: 43.651696 -79.525716

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This structure was built around 1830 for Irish immigrants, Thomas and Margaret Montgomery, who operated an inn here on their large, prosperous farm. Situated on Dundas Street, one of Upper Canada's main highways, the inn was a favourite stopping place for travellers. Its large rooms also provided space for public meetings. The Home District Council designated Montgomery's Inn as the site of Etobicoke's annual township meetings in 1847 and 1849. Thomas Montgomery no longer operated the inn after his wide died in 1855, but the property remained a farm until it was sold by family descendants in 1945. The building served as a Presbyterian church from 1946 to 1962, after which it was nearly demolished. It was saved by the Etobicoke Historical Society, and became a public museum in 1975. The main section of this building is a fine example of vernacular Georgian architecture in Ontario.

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> Posted December 8, 2010
Regarding the question below... The Rebellion battle of December 7, 1837, took place up Yonge Street north of Eglinton at Montgomery's Tavern, not here at the Inn. The two are often confused. The Tavern is no more, destroyed that day in 1837 by British troops in an act of vengeance. Since 1925 it's been a national historic site (see the related plaque page). This Inn in Etobicoke is a city museum and provincial historic site. -Wayne

> Posted March 16, 2010
Shouldn't it be noted that this is the site of The Battle of Montgomery's Tavern?

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