Gibson House is a museum in the North York Centre neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. A museum is a "permanent institution in the service of society and of its development open to the public which acquires conserves researches communicates and exhibits the North York Centre is the name of the district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, surrounding the Toronto Transit Commission subway Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page This historic property was built in 1851 by David Gibson, a Scottish immigrant, land surveyor and participant of the Rebellion of 1837. 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year David Gibson, ( March 9 1804 &ndash January 25 1864) was a surveyor farmer and political figure in Upper Canada. The Scots people ( Scots Gaelic: Albannaich) are a Nation and an Ethnic group indigenous to Scotland. The Rebellions of 1837 were a pair of Canadian armed uprisings that occurred in 1837 and 1838 in response to frustrations in political reform and ethnic conflict For his activities in the Rebellion, his house was destroyed and he was banished from Upper Canada, so he fled to nearby western New York, settling with his family in Lockport. The Province of Upper Canada (French Province du Haut-Canada) was a British colony located in what is now the southern portion of the Province of Ontario New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Lockport is a City in Niagara County, New York, United States. Though he was threatened with losing his land, he continued to own the property in what was then York County, near Toronto. York County is a historic county in Upper Canada, Canada West, and the Canadian province of Ontario. His wife was not banished, and she was able to travel between Lockport and Toronto to collect rents and profits on the farmstead.
By 1848, David Gibson was pardoned, along with many who took part in the Rebellion. Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap He returned with his family to York County, and built this house in 1851. 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Its style reflects a properous man, and some of its furniture and engravings reflect his U. S. residence in motif.
Gibson House is set back from Yonge Street, one of the colony's pioneer roads and today often called the world's longest street. Yonge Street (pronounced "young" is a major arterial street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and its northern Suburbs It was formerly It is shielded from traffic, however, by a garden park, which provides pedestrian access to this provincial historic site.
The house is one of several museums operated by the City of Toronto. Tours are available, and a museum attached to the old house offers insight into the lives of a family which continued to reside here into the 20th Century. Children's programs welcome school groups and birthday parties, and certain days (e. g. , First of July) offer guests a chance to play period games, sample kitchen treats, and help make ice cream. Canada Day (Fête du Canada formerly Dominion Day, is Canada 's national day, a federal statutory holiday, celebrating the anniversary of the
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