9 square headed nails
DateEarly 20th Century
Credit LineGift of Mr. W. Judd, 1977.
Object number1977.015.001
Label TextThe nails came from Swartz’s Tavern, depicted in George P. Rickard’s drawing above. Bartholomew Swartz built the tavern around 1822 to serve stagecoach travellers. In the 1870s, Londoners knew the building as the Guthrie House. It
housed over 2,000 homeless English children waiting for placement with Canadian families. In 1975, the London Fire Department demolished
the structure, located at 871 Commissioners Road.
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