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Redman House Program Centre 
c. 1850

This frame house was built by Thomas Redman between 1851 and 1860 on Balsam Road, Pickering, Lot 5, Concession 6. The City of Pickering acquired the house and moved it to the Museum Village in 2005. ​​

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In 1798, the Crown granted Lot 5, Concession 6 to Farrand Jacob. A year later he sold the property to the Honourable John Elmsley. In 1836, Thomas Redman purchased 100 acres of Lot 5. 

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The 1851 census shows Thomas living with his wife Susan and 8 of their children in a log home. By the 1861 census, the family is living in this 1-1/2 story farmhouse. During this time, 90 acres of their 100 were orchards and gardens. The farm at this time was valued at $6000.​

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Northwest view of the Redman farmhouse. 

Did you know?

Redman House Program Centre has functioned as programming space for the museum. In 2025, renovations will begin to turn Redman House into an energy efficient programming and workspace for museum staff. ​​

Pickering Museum Village will ignite imaginations through a museum that fosters a connection to Pickering by collecting, preserving and interpreting artifacts and social culture.

Contact

​Phone: 905-683-8401​

Email: museum@pickering.ca​

Address: 3550 Greenwood Rd, Greenwood, ON L0H 1H0

Land Acknowledgements

​We acknowledge that the City of Pickering resides on land within the Treaty and traditional territory of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation and Williams Treaties signatories of the Mississauga and Chippewa Nations. Pickering is also home to many Indigenous persons and communities who represent other diverse, distinct, and autonomous Indigenous nations. This acknowledgement reminds us of our responsibilities to our relationships with the First Peoples of Canada, and to the ancestral lands on which we learn, share, work, and live.

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