Myrtleville House Museum
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Step into Myrtleville House and enter a time when hardy settlers devoted their lives to the development of Brant County and the Canadian nation. Constructed in 1837, this ten room Georgian homestead was home to Allen and Eliza Good, who emigrated from Ireland with their three children.
The family would grow to include ten children and for the next 140 years, Myrtleville House would continue to be home to four consecutive generations of the family. Throughout these years the family would become renowned for their contributions to Canadian farming, education and public life.
In the 1850's the Good farm encompassed approximately 600 acres. Today, Myrtleville House Museum is situated on 5.5 acres surrounded by the growing City of Brantford. Visitors can view the family's extensive furnishings, early agricultural and woodworking tools, and family heirlooms, some of which date back to the late 1700's. The property also includes gardens, a workshop with a blacksmith forge, and a reconstructed ice house, smoke house, and bake oven.