Matheson House (Perth)

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]

Matheson House
LocationOntario, Canada
Nearest cityPerth
Built1840
Original useHouse
Current usePerth Museum
Governing bodyTown of Perth
Websitehttp://www.town.perth.on.ca/siteengine/activepage.asp?pageid=97
Designated1966

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]

References
  1. Matheson House National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
  2. Matheson House, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada
  3. Matheson House. Canadian Register of Historic Places.

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