Mackenzie House

This home at 82 Bond Street has two plaques on the property. One, an Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada plaque, has this to say:

Born in Scotland, William Lyon Mackenzie came to Upper Canada in 1820. He became a prominent radical journalist and was first elected to the assembly in 1828, building up a strong popular following. He was the first mayor of the city of Toronto in 1834. Frustrated by political setbacks, Mackenzie led an abortive rebellion in 1837, and fled to the United States. From there he watched the achievement of Canadian self-government, which he had sought ardently but without success. Returning under amnesty if 1850, he sat in Parliament again until 1858.

Location Co-ordinates: 43.655705 -79.378227

Photo by Alan L Brown - September 2006

The other plaque from Heritage Toronto says:

Mackenzie House was the last home of William Lyon Mackenzie, Toronto's first mayor, outspoken newspaper editor, and primary leader of the 1837 Rebellion in Upper Canada. The defeat of the rebels forced Mackenzie to flee to the United States. Pardoned in 1849, he returned to Toronto and resumed his political career. When Mackenzie retired from the provincial legislature in 1858, his friends and supporters bought this house for him. Mackenzie lived here until his death in 1861 and his widow and daughters continued to occupy the building until 1871. In 1950 Mackenzie House opened as a historic site museum, and in 1967 a new addition was built to re-create a 19th-century printing shop.

Photo by Alan L Brown - September 2006

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