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Line 1: {{Use Canadian English\|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox nhsc▼ {{More footnotes\|date=May 2023}} \| name = François Bâby House▼ ▲{{Infobox ~~nhsc~~historic site \| image = Babyhouse.jpeg▼ \| ~~caption~~name = François Bâby House~~, depicted in 1812~~ \| native_name = ~~\| province = [[Ontario]]~~ \| native_language = \| municipality = [[Windsor, Ontario\|Windsor]]▼ \| other_name = ~~\| region =~~ \| type = \| elevation = ▼ \| etymology = ~~\| area =~~ ▲\| image = Babyhouse.jpeg \| administrative body = [[Windsor's Community Museum]]▼ \| caption = François Bâby House, depicted in 1812 ~~\| designated = 1950~~ \| alt = \| visitation_num = ▼ \| locmapin = \| visitation_year = ▼ ▲\| ~~municipality~~location = [[Windsor, Ontario\|Windsor]], [[Ontario]], Canada ~~\| name_origin =~~ \| area = \| founder = ▼ ▲\| elevation = \| architect = ▼ \| founded = ~~\| established =~~ ▲\| founder = ~~\| year built =~~ \| built = ~~\| year of event =~~ \| original_use = \| architecture = ▼ \| current_use = ~~\| events =~~ ▲\| architect = \| website = [http://www.citywindsor.ca/002821.asp Windsor's Community Museum]▼ ▲\| architecture = ▲\| ~~administrative~~governing_body ~~body~~ = [[Windsor's Community Museum]] \| owner = ▲\| visitation_num = ▲\| visitation_year = ▲\| website = [~~http~~https://www.citywindsor.ca/~~002821.asp~~residents/culture/windsors-community-museum/ Windsor's Community Museum] \| designation1 = National Historic Site of Canada \| designation1_offname = \| designation1_date = 1950 \| designation1_number = \| designation2 = \| designation2_offname = \| designation2_date = \| designation2_number = }} [[Image:Francois baby house2005.jpeg\|thumb\|right\|François Baby House]] The '''François Bâby House''' is a [[historic home\|historic residence]] located in [[Windsor, Ontario]], [[Canada]] which was owned by the prominent local politician [[François Baby (politician)\|François Baby]]. The house ~~was~~is a two-storey, Georgian style, red brick house once known as ''La Ferme'' locally, and was a [[French-Canadian]] [[ribbon farm]] which was a long narrow tract fronting endwise on the [[Detroit River]]. The home itself has historical ties to the [[War of 1812]] where it was used as a headquarters by both the American and British forces. The François Baby House (c. 1812 to 1815) is on the Canadian Register of Historic Places. <ref> http://www.historicplaces.ca/visit-visite/affichage-display.aspx?id=9557 Canadian Register of Historic Places. </ref> Today, the François Baby House has been designated as a [[National Historic Site of Canada]]<ref>{{CRHP\|9557\|François Baby House National Historic Site of Canada\|12 december 2012}}</ref> and serves as the current home of [[Windsor's Community Museum]], a historical [[museum]] which displays the city's rich and colourful past. == Timeline == 1751 - November 24. Land including site of the house granted by [[Pierre Celoron]], Sieur de Bienville, commandant at French Detroit, to [[Pierre ~~Reaume]]~~Réaume. 1800 - December 19. [[Suzanne ~~Reaume~~Réaume Baby]] sold the farm to her son François for ten shillings plus one grain of pepper. 1812 - Spring and summer. Construction of the house. Original front faced the [[Detroit River]] 1812 - July 12. War of 1812 opened with invasion of Upper Canada across the Detroit River. Baby house commandeered, unfinished, by American Brigadier General [[William Hull]] Line 37 ⟶ 51: 1812 - August 16. Bombardment continued, and Detroit surrendered to invading British, Canadians, and Indians. 1838 - December 4. [[Battle of Windsor]], fought in the Baby orchard, ended the [[Patriot War]], which had resulted from political disturbances in Upper Canada. Invading "Patriots" were largely American. 1850 - October 8. Fire heavily damaged Baby House. 1890 - The House had been converted to a double dwelling. Original north porch replaced by a full-width [[lean-to]]. Pitt Street side became the front. Bay windows connecting porch, gables added to new front. ~~[[Circa\|c.]]~~{{circa}} 1931 - House abandoned during the [[Great Depression]]. 1948 - Partial renovation. Additions removed, Pitt Street wall replaced. 1958 - Final renovation. François Baby House opened May 7 as the [[Hiram Walker Historical Museum]]. Line 46 ⟶ 59: ==References== {{~~reflist~~Reflist}} "Mansion to Museum: The François Baby House And Its Times" Written by R. Alan Douglas, Essex County Historical Society, 1989. * Windsor's Community Museum == External links == ▲{{Commons category\| ~~name =~~ François Bâby House}} * [~~http~~https://www.citywindsor.ca/~~002821.asp~~residents/culture/windsors-community-museum/ Windsor's Community Museum] ] {{~~coord~~Coord\|42.3185\|N\|83.0424\|W\|display=title}}▼ {{Commonscat\|François Baby House}}▼ ▲{{coord\|42.3185\|N\|83.0424\|W\|display=title}} {{NHSC}} {{Authority control}} ▲{{~~Commonscat\|François~~DEFAULTSORT:Francois Baby House}} [[Category:Houses in Ontario]]▼ [[Category:Buildings and structures in Windsor, Ontario]] [[Category:Burned buildings and structures in Canada]] [[Category:Georgian architecture in Canada]] ▲[[Category:Houses in Ontario]] [[Category:National Historic Sites in Ontario]] [[Category:Designated heritage properties in Ontario]]