The Osterhout Log Cabin

Photos and transcription by contributor Wayne Adam - Posted June, 2011

In Guildwood Park on Guildwood Parkway, near the edge of Scarborough Bluffs, west of Guild Inn Gardens, can be found this plaque and log cabin. Here's what the plaque says:

Plaque coordinates: 43.745173 -79.193184

The oldest building in Scarborough. Built in 1795 by Augustus Jones who was commissioned by John Graves Simcoe - first Lieutenant - Governor of Upper Canada - to survey Scarborough. William Osterhout later received the first crown grant of the land from King George III in 1805.

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