Park House

Park House is a historic house museum, located in Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada. It was built in 1796 in Detroit, but moved to Amherstburg in 1799. It has had numerous proprietors, the best-known being the Park family who possessed it 102 years. In 1972 it was bought by the Rotary Club of Amherstburg, turning into a nearby history historical center and being remodeled to depict life during the 1850s. Park House was built in Detroit close to the Rouge River in 1796 by a British follower. After the American Revolution the proprietor moved to Malden, the new British fortification over the stream. Dismantled and moved by kayak in 1798, the house was reconstructed in Amherstburg on Lot 17, First Street.

It would stay here 173 years. The primary picture of Park House Museum is in the artwork A View of Amherstburg, 1813 by Margaret Reynolds. The parcels on First Street were granted through a draw. Parcel 17 was first given to a trade firm, Leith, Shepherd and Duff. The Commanding officer of Fort Malden, Captain Hector McLean, chose to offer it to the clipper Nancy. In this way it was held by her proprietors: her Captain, William Mills, and the Montreal firm Forsyth, Richardson and Company.