Matheson House (Perth)

Matheson House

Location	Ontario, Canada
Nearest city	Perth
Built	1840
Original use	House
Current use	Perth Museum
Governing body	Town of Perth
Website	http://www.town.perth.on.ca/siteengine/activepage.asp?pageid=97

National Historic Site of Canada
Designated	1966

Matheson House is a historic house in Perth, Ontario, Canada. It was constructed in 1840 for Roderick Matheson, a local merchant and later a member of the Senate of Canada.^[1]

A two-storey, five-bay sandstone house of Palladian-inspired design, Matheson House is surrounded by a stone garden wall. After Roderick Matheson's death in 1873, the house was inherited by Arthur James Matheson, a lawyer and member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. After a series of subsequent owners, the house was acquired by the municipality and became the Perth Museum.

The house was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1966.^[2]^[3]

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References

↑ Matheson House National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
↑ Matheson House, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
↑ Matheson House. Canadian Register of Historic Places.

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Territories	Northwest Territories Nunavut Yukon

Other countries	France

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Coordinates: 44°54′3.92″N 76°15′2.39″W / 44.9010889°N 76.2506639°W / 44.9010889; -76.2506639

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