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As part of the Muskoka Museum's Adopt an Artifact program, the following cabins and trains are available for sponsor adoption:

Ashworth Hall

Ashworth Hall is available for adoption

  • Built: 1879
  • Moved to MHP: 1985
  • Original Location: Lot 19, Concession 8, Stisted Township, Ashworth
  • History: Built by Henry Demaine for Stanley Ashworth. It has been a community hall, loyal orange lodge, school and cottage
exterior cabin titled Ashworth Hall
Ashworth Hall, 1879

School House

School House is available for adoption

  • Built: 1895
  • Moved to MHP: 1967
  • Original Location: Lot 24, Concession 6, Stisted Township, Etwell
  • History: Built by volunteer labour for $75.00. Stisted School Section #4 opened on Jan 1, 1896. Miss Carrie Hall taught 20 students
exterior image of school house with flag and school bell
School House, 1895

Spence Inn

Spence Inn is available for adoption

  • Built: 1878
  • Moved to MHP: 1977
  • Original Location: Lot 88, Concession A, Spence
  • History: Built by, or for, Levitt Simpson in the village of Spence at the junction of Ryerson Road and the Nipissing Road. Run as a temperance boarding house and served as a stop for the cadge team drivers bringing mail from Rosseau to Commanda, where they could change their horses and rest. Visitors were transient workers, immigrants, and travellers.
exterior image of an old building titled Spence Inn
Spence Inn, 1878

Watson Workshop

Watson Workshop is available for adoption

  • Built: c.1880
  • Moved to MHP: 1966
  • Original Location: Lot 16, Concession 13-14, Brunel Township
  • History: Built between 1876 and 1886 by Julius Shay. Sold to Ned Fowler in 1887, then to Charles Watson in 1931. A portion of the Watson property was sold at half its value to be used at a Pioneer Village in 1961 and the building was moved in 1966
exterior log workshop with doors open, called Watson Workshop
Watson Workshop, c. 1880

Boles Barn

Boles Barn is available for adoption

  • Built: 1919
  • Moved to MHP: 1972
  • Original Location: Lot 8, Concession 2, Stisted Township, Aspdin
  • History: Built by the Boles family for their farm. Barns were an important part of early life and barn-raising was a community event
exterior image of barn titled Boles Barn
Boles Barn, 1919

Daniel Bray House

Daniel Bray House is available for adoption

  • Built: 1868
  • Moved to MHP: 1977
  • Original Location: Lot 27, Concession 4, Stephenson Township, Martins Siding
  • History: Built by Daniel Bray in 1868, the house grew around it until it was part of the summer kitchen
exterior log home titled Daniel Bray House
Daniel Bray House, 1868

Wesley Methodist Church

Wesley Methodist Church is available for adoption

  • Built: 1875
  • Moved to MHP: 1975
  • Original Location: Lot 27, Concession 11, Monck Township, Point Kaye
  • History: Originally the Point Kaye Church at Milford Bay. Dedicated as a Wesley Methodist Church in 1876
exterior autumn image of a white church with steeple, titled Wesley Methodist Church
Wesley Methodist Church, 1875

Hill House

Hill House is available for adoption

  • Built: 1874
  • Moved to MHP: 1963
  • Original Location: Lot 24, Concession 13, Franklin Township, Hillside
  • History: Gothic or Ontario Vernacular style house replaced Reverend Hill’s log house in 1874. Highway 60 was the path Reverend Hill walked to Huntsville
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Hill House, 1874

Steam Locomotive #2

Steam Locomotive #2 is available for adoption

  • Built: 1926
  • Opened at MHP: 2000
  • History: Built for the Canadian Gypsum Company, Windsor Nova Scotia. Montreal Locomotive Works No. 67167, 21 ton, 0-4-0 tank engine with 10” x 16” cylinders. Purchased by the Huntsville and Lake of Bays Railway in 1948. This locomotive was too heavy for the tracked and stored as a spare
image of a train on the tracks with people aboard, called Steam Locomotive #2
Steam Locomotive #2, 1926

Algonquin Coach

Algonquin Coach is available for adoption

  • Built: 1894
  • Opened at MHP: 2000
  • History: Built by the Toronto Railway Company, used on the Toronto Suburban Railway. Used on the Portage Railway 1921-1958
image of rail train seats
Algonquin Coach, 1894

Blacksmith Shop

Blacksmith Shop is available for adoption

  • Built:1880s
  • Moved to MHP:1970
  • Original Location: Lot 18, Concession 1, Perry Township, Novar
  • History: Purchased from Edward Hainsworth by Frank Gabriel Sr. in 1926. The Gabriel family lived in this building and Frank had a separate blacksmith shop on the property. Donated by the family to be the blacksmith shop in honour of Frank’s passion for blacksmithing
exterior image of a blacksmith shop
Blacksmith Shop, 1880s

Maw House

Adopted! Thank you Platinum Sponsor, Meaghan Moore (January 20, 2022 - 2023)
The Maw House welcomes other sponsors.

  • Built:1890s
  • Moved to MHP:1984
  • Original Location: Lot 28, Concession 14, Chaffey Township, Novar
  • History: Built by the Mills family in 1890s, eventually sold to Nawton and Minnie Maw in 1932. First donated to the Muskoka Board of Education in 1970, dismantled and rebuilt by Huntsville High School Students and uses in the Out-of-Classroom Education program. Donated and moved to MHP in 1984
exterior log cabin image, looking in the window, figure of woman inside. building titled Maw House
Maw House, 1890s

Hay’s General Store

Hay's General Store is available for adoption

  • Built:1878
  • Moved to MHP:1969
  • Original Location: Lot 1, Concession 9, Monck Township, Falkenburg Junction
  • History: Built at Falkenburg Junction at the cross roads of Muskoka and Parry Sound Roads by Edward (Ned) Hay. Operated by his wife Emma and daughter Helen after his death in 1928. Purchased by Frank Moore in 1931 and operated until 1953
exterior image of two store general store with front porch, titled Hay's General Store
Hay's General Store, 1878

Hares House

Hares House is available for adoption

  • Built: 1872
  • Moved to MHP: 1964
  • Original Location: Lot 32-33, Concession 12, Stephenson Township
  • History: Second house built by Henry and Elizabeth Hares, first one burnt down. 14 children were raised in this house.
exterior image of log home titled Hares House
Hares House, 1872

Darling House

Adopted! Thank you Platinum Sponsor, Mary Beth Robinson (May 27, 2022 - 2022)
The Darling House welcomes other sponsors

  • Built: 1869
  • Moved to MHP: 1963
  • Original Location: Lot 17, Concession 2, Stisted Township
  • History: One of the first settlers in the area. Often used as a community meeting place. James and Hannah Darling raised 9 children here
exterior image of log home titled Darling House
Darling House, 1869

 

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