Buildings 3

Cabinetmaker's Shop
This building was reconstructed from a cabinetmaker's shop in Burlington and is interpreted as 1867. The building houses the villages collection of hand woodworking tools, such as molding planes, boring machines, chisels, and many more. There is a large lathe for making table legs and chair rungs, which require two men to operate it. Making coffins was a big part of the cabinetmakers trade.

Saw Mill
This structure houses original saw mill and shingle mill equipment dating back to ca. 1900. Settlers brought their logs to be cut into lumber using similar sawmill equipment. The development of sawed timber construction from traditional log construction, allowed a greater range of building types, and provided an important export commodity.

Planing Mill
This reproduction planing mill represents ca. 1900. An important part of the lumber industry, wood would be prepared for construction and wood working projects utilizing a variety of specialized lathes and other machinery. The planing mill houses a variety of original woodworking equipment ca.1900. The building is dedicated to one of Westfield's founders, Goldie MacDonell.

D'Aubigny's Inn
Built in 1820, this inn once welcomed people at the outskirts of Branford on the road to London.

William D'Aubigny purchased and renovated this building two years before his marriage to Sarah Hart in 1838. The building is set up as a typical Regency period inn of Upper Canada. The main room or "tap room" is designed for the men as a place where they could refresh themselves and/or talk politics. The back section is referred to as the "ladies" room, where there is storage, a small hearth and baking equipment. During the 18th and 19th Centuries travelers were rarely denied a place to sleep. This required people to share a bed, sometimes with a complete stranger.

Inn Drive Shed
The equivalent to a modern day garage. Drivesheds were constructed beside inns, churches and homes. The drive shed sheltered horses and carriages, wagons and large farm implements from the elements, while its owners rested at the Inn.

Lockhart Farmstead
Building and maintaining a farmstead like this one, which typically has four buildings (house, smoke-house, outhouse and barn), took the labour of the entire family with little time for leisure. The United Empire Loyalists were granted land in British North America in return for their loyalty to the Crown during the American Revolution. Many of these early settlers had limited knowledge of farming and were even less prepared for clearing the wilderness.

Smoke House c.1875
Smoking was an essential process to preserving both meat and fish. After it had been butchered and soaked in brine from two to fourteen days, meat was hung by hooks from the rafters over a smoking fire for another one to two weeks. This smoke house, the gift or Mr. Elmer Hendershot, was built for a farmstead near Binbrook, now part of the township of Glanbrook in the Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth.

Log Outhouse
The Outhouse, built in 1845 and donated by Mr. Angus McNabb, is from a Wellington County farm. Depending on the locality, outhouses were used well into the 20th century.

Farm Barn
This small barn from a farm in Brant County, built circa 1840, sheltered farm equipment and livestock.

Carriage Barn
This large timber-framed barn houses a collection of the 19th century horse drawn vehicles such as sleighs, cutters, and a mail cart.

Agricultural Barn and Farm Driveshed
The Agricultural barn is currently being used for artefact storage.
The Farm Driveshed was used to protect horse carriages, wagons and large farm equipment from harsh weather.

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