Whitehern

Hamilton, Canada

Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

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Whitehern Historic House and Garden stands on the corner of Jackson Street West and MacNab Street South in Hamilton, Ontario, a Late Classical residence built shortly before 1850. The neoclassical house was long the home of the prominent McQuesten family, including Mary Baker McQuesten and Thomas McQuesten, whose civic influence extended to encouraging McMaster University's relocation to Hamilton in 1930 and helping establish the Royal Botanical Gardens. Bequeathed to the City of Hamilton after the death of the last McQuesten sibling in 1968, the house underwent restoration and opened as a civic museum in 1971. Now situated just east of Hamilton City Hall, it was designated a National Historic Site in 1962 and remains owned and operated by the city, occasionally serving as a period film location.