London District Grammar School

DateLate 19th Century

Dimensions15.4 x 20.5 cm (6 1/16 x 8 1/16 in.)

Credit LineCollection of Museum London, 2015.

Object number2015.026.023

Label TextThis wooden building was London’s temporary courthouse and jail from 1826 to 1829. It replaced the London District courthouse and jail in Vittoria, Upper Canada, damaged by fire in 1825. Because newcomers had moved westward away from Vittoria, Simcoe’s proposed village of London became the new administrative centre for the district. The building later became London's Grammar School.

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