Eldon House — Attraction in Ontario

Visiting Eldon House is a unique and interesting educational experience and the tour guides are fantastic. I feel that the educational factor could be improved by not glorifying the Harris family or the colonial time they lived in. I realize that the tour guides are not going to be negative about the Harris family and I don't think they should. However, they also tend to view them through rose colored glasses. It would be more educational for the public to understand how these colonists lived in luxury on occupied Indigenous land and had all their needs cared for by a veritable army of servants who didn't get to live a very good life. In short, the tours and the education are too lacking in a much-needed socio-economic class...

Eldon House is a historic house and museum located in London, Ontario. The Eldon House property was converted into a public park, now called Harris Park. Eldon House is the oldest continued residence in the city of London. It was inhabited by the family of John and Amelia Harris from 1834 until they gave it to the City of London in 1959. The original owner, Captain John Harris, named Eldon House after the Earl of Eldon, whom he admired. As a museum, Eldon House offers tours and programming including yearly events such as Canada Day, Victorian Christmas, and in city-wide celebrations of heritage and culture. The Museum is affiliated with CMA, CHIN, and Virtual...

Wonderful old heritage home with big wrap around porch and gorgeous Victorian gardens that looked down on the river. It was 9 acres but they donated Harris Park. Perfect spot for high tea, and i have been having tea there since 1990. Unfortunately this year they have a bakery putting on tea, and its awful. Tried to book for 3 days and no one would answer the phone. We dropped in Sunday and were the only ones there. The scones were hard and small, and still frozen in the middle. There were 2 tiny squares (total, not each) for 2 of us, and 4 small strawberries. When i told my concerns to the owner, she was defensive and rude. Couldn't be more...