page_title: Ermatinger Clergue National Historic Site
section_title: Ermatinger Old Stone House
hierarchical_section_title: Ermatinger Clergue National Historic Site / Ermatinger Old Stone House
caption_attribution_description: English: Ermatinger Old Stone House at the Ermatinger-Clergue National Historic Site of Canada, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
context_page_description: The Ermatinger Clergue National Historic Site is a historic site and museum located in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada.
context_section_description: The Ermatinger Old Stone House is the original building on the site, was constructed between 1814 and 1823, and is considered one of the oldest surviving houses in Northern Ontario. It was built by former North West Company fur trader Charles Oakes Ermatinger, who lived in the home with his wife and children. He resided there until 1828, when he cut his ties in Sault Ste. Marie after the death of his brother Frederick William. It was designated as a national historic site in 1957.
  The house is constructed from local stone and timber, and faces the St. Mary's River. It was considered big for its time, and was an imposing landmark at the time of its construction. After the Ermatinger family left, the house was used by its succeeding occupants as a mission, hotel, tavern, courthouse, post office, dance hall, tea room and apartment building. The house was bought by the City of Sault Ste. Marie in 1865 and was restored before opening to the public as a house museum.
  Sault Ste. Marie historian  McNeice began researching the history of the Ermatinger Old Stone House and the Ermatinger family in 1956. This work would ultimately result in the publication of a book titled, The Ermatinger Family of Sault Ste. Marie which was published posthumously by McNeice's daughter.
caption: Ermatinger Old Stone House
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