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Museum still stands. In July 1973, Amherstburg
Historical Sites Association was created to furnish and maintain the museum. After more than a year of restoring and furnishing the house to portray the time of the Park family and businesses, the Museum officially opened December 9, 1973 with a ribbon cutting ceremony attended by Mayor H. Murray Smith.
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to preserve Park House. Hazen Price, the head of a committee of the
Amherstburg Rotary Club suggested buying Park House and preserving it so it would need not be moved or demolished. The club approved this and the house was moved to Waterworks Park (presently Amherstburg Navy Yard) where Park House
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bought the property in 1817. However, Mackintosh only held the house until 1823, when Jean
Baptiste Macon purchased it. Macon was a well-known merchant in Amherstburg when he bought the property, venturing into his own forwarding business. He hired as clerks the Park brothers, the later namesakes
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Theodore's son, Dr. Theodore James Park, owned the house next. In 1880 he used the house as the town’s medical office. His sister Lizzie Park gained the house after his death. Having no relatives, she gave the property to Helen
Donovan, Spinster of New York State upon her death in 1941. Donovan
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Thomas F. Park purchased the house on
September 23, 1839. Thomas lent the property to his youngest brother Theodore Jones Park who ran a general merchandising and forwarding business with his brother John R. Park. Theodore bought the house in 1866, two years after his brother Thomas died.
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that same year. Sterns then sold the property to the
Lalondes in 1945. The Lalondes created an antique store named Park House Antiques. This store lasted 25 years before they sold the property to Zarko and Bessie Vucinic, the owners of
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Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee, A Heritage Tour of a Modern Town with Old World Charm: Amherstburg (Amherstburg: Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee, 1985), 1.
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Tinsmiths, a volunteer association created in 1978, makes reproduction tinware to help finance the Museum. Although displayed as far as the
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The lots on First Street were awarded through a draw. Lot 17 was first given to a mercantile firm, Leith, Shepherd and Duff. The
Commanding officer of
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