Member Historic Sites
Black History National Historic Sites in Ontaro
National Historic Sites relating to black history include individual houses, settlements, churches, and places associated with abolitionist activities.
Buxton Settlement
… farming community established in 1849 by Underground Railroad refugees
21975 A D Shadd Road, North Buxton
Western RegionGeorge Brown House
… home of abolitionist, journalist and father of Confederation George Brown
186 Beverley Street, Toronto
Central RegionGriffin House
… home and 50-acre farm purchased in 1834 by Enerals Griffin, a fugitive from slavery in Virginia, and his wife Pricilla
64 Sulphur Springs Road, Ancaster
Central RegionNazrey African Methodist Episcopal Church
… 1848 vernacular fieldstone chapel associated with the Underground Railroad and Bishop Willis Nazery
227 King Street, Amherstburg
Western RegionOro African Methodist Episcopal Church
… 1849 church in one of Canada’s oldest African-Canadian settlements, established after the War of 1812, and northernmost stop on the Underground Railroad
Simcoe Road, Oro
Western RegionOsgoode Hall
… neo-classical courthouse where cases protecting fugitive slaves from extradition back into slavery were heard
130 Queen Street East, Toronto
Central RegionR. Nathaniel Dett British Methodist Episcopal Church
… 1836 church involved with welcoming Underground-Railroad refugees and later associated with renowned black composer Nathaniel Dett
5674 Peer Street, Niagara Falls
Central RegionSandwich First Baptist Church
… 1851 church and terminal for the Underground Railroad
3652 Peter Street, Windsor
Western RegionSt. Catherines British Methodist Episcopal Church
… 1855 church built by freedom-seekers and associated with Underground-Railroad conductor, Harriet Tubman
92 Geneva Street, Niagara Falls
Central RegionSt. Lawrence Hall
… elegant 1851 public hall where abolitionist groups met and prominent abolitionists like Frederick Douglass spoke
157 King Street East, Toronto
Central Region