Montgomery's Inn

Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted March, 2004

Photo and transcription by contributor Wayne Adam - Posted February, 2010

Here, at 4709 Dundas Street West, stands the former hotel and tavern that gave room and sustenance to travellers along the Dundas road in years gone by. An Ontario Heritage Trust plaque on the property has this to say: (Note: As of September 2, 2007 the plaque is no longer at this location. I contacted Ontario Heritage Trust and received this reply about the plaque: "It had been damaged and needed to be removed. It has been added to the growing list of damaged, vandalized and stolen plaques that will be replaced as funds and resources permit.")

Plaque coordinates: 43.651696 -79.525716

The main section of this building, one of the province's finest remaining examples of Loyalist Georgian architecture, was erected about 1832. Its original owner, the innkeeper, Thomas Montgomery (1790-1877) was a native of Ireland and a Captain in the York Militia. Situated on Dundas Street, one of Upper Canada's principal highways, the inn was a favourite stopping place for travellers and its large rooms provided space for public meetings. The Home District Council designated Montgomery's Inn as the site of Etobicoke's annual Township Meetings of 1847 and 1849. Surrounded today by a rapidly expanding metropolis, it provides visual evidence of early nineteenth century life in this region.

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Posted December 8, 2010
Regarding the question below... The Rebellion battle of December 7, 1837, took place up Yonge Street north of Eglinton at Montgomery's Tavern, not here at the Inn. The two are often confused. The Tavern is no more, destroyed that day in 1837 by British troops in an act of vengeance. Since 1925 it's been a national historic site (see the related plaque page). This Inn in Etobicoke is a city museum and provincial historic site. -Wayne

Posted March 16, 2010
shouldnt it be noted that this is the site of The Battle of Montgomery's Tavern

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