Dundurn Castle at Dundurn Park. (Summer)

Main building of Dundurn Castle (Winter)

Dundurn Castle is an historic chateau on Dundurn Street North in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. For other senses of this word see Château (disambiguation. A château (plural châteaux) is a Manor house or residence See also List of streets in Hamilton Ontario Dundurn Street, is a Lower City arterial road in Hamilton Ontario, Canada. Hamilton (ˈhæməltən ( 2006 population 504559 UA population 647634 CMA population Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page This 18,000 square foot mansion took three years to build, ending in 1835, for a cost $175,000. 00. ^[1] This seventy-two room castle featured the latest conveniences of gas lighting and running water. ^[1] It is currently owned by the City of Hamilton as it was purchased in 1900 for $50,000. Hamilton (ˈhæməltən ( 2006 population 504559 UA population 647634 CMA population ^[1] The City has spent nearly $3 million over 40 years, renovating the site to make 42 rooms of the original 72 open to the public. ^[1] Macnab bought the property from Richard Beasley, one of the first settlers in Hamilton. Richard Beasley ( July 21 1761 &ndash February 16 1842) was a soldier political figure farmer and businessman in Upper Canada. Financial difficulties forced Beasley to sell lands at Burlington Heights (present day Dundurn Park). It was purchased by Sir Allan Napier MacNab, 1st Baronet who built Dundurn Castle on the foundations of Beasley's brick home. Sir Allan Napier MacNab 1st Baronet (b Niagara, Ontario, 19 February 1798 &ndash d ^[2]

Sir Allan MacNab, later prime minister of the united Province of Canada between 1854 and 1856, hired architect Robert Wetherall and construction of this stately home was completed in 1835. Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada were the leaders of the Province of Canada, from the 1841 unification of Upper Canada and Lower Canada The Province of Canada or the United Province of Canada was a British colony in North America from 1841 to 1867 Year 1835 ( MDCCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common It became the property of the City of Hamilton, and in the late 1960s, it was restored as a Centennial project. The Canadian Centennial was a year long celebration held in 1967 when Canada celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Canadian Confederation. It is now designated as a National Historic Site. A national historic site is a designation that an area possesses national historical significance

It operates as a civic museum, and its grounds house other attractions. Dundurn Park and its associated green spaces are favourites for wedding portraits. The Hamilton Military Museum is housed in an outbuilding which was relocated when York Street was widened as York Boulevard in the 1970s. Another outbuilding, the Cockpit Theatre, occasionally housed outdoor events and dramas.

A large German artillery piece, booty from the First World War, was removed from the southeastern part of the park in the mid-1980s. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Artillery (from French artillerie) is a military Combat Arm which employs any apparātus machine World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Until about 1990, it housed an aviary which was moved to the Westdale neighbourhood. An aviary is a large enclosure for confining Birds. Unlike cages ' aviaries allow birds a larger living space where they can fly hence aviaries are also Westdale is a residential neighbourhood in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada centred on the quaint Westdale Village shopping district and located near The former covered pavilion offered picnickers protection from the cold, but in the last few years a walled garden was put in its place.

References

See also

• List of castles

External links

• Dundurn Castle