Front Door Key

An image of a key. The back end has a round key end. The front has one tooth.
Eldon House Key

Country of Origin: Canada
Year: ca. 1834
Materials: Metal 

One of the key artifacts from our 190th Birthday celebrations is the original front door key. Eldon House was likely designed by its builder, Edward Matthews, and was completed in the summer of 1834. It is into this house that Amelia Ryerse Harris, John Harris and their then eight children moved on September 10, 1834.

We acknowledge that we are on the traditional lands of the Anishinaabek, Haudenosaunee, Lūnaapéewak and Attawandaron. We honour and respect the history, languages and culture of the diverse Indigenous people who call this territory home.

We acknowledge all the treaties that are specific to this area: the Two Row Wampum Belt Treaty of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy/Silver Covenant Chain; the Beaver Hunting Grounds of the Haudenosaunee NANFAN Treaty of 1701; the McKee Treaty of 1790, the London Township Treaty of 1796, the Huron Tract Treaty of 1827, with the Anishinaabeg, and the Dish with One Spoon Covenant Wampum of the Anishnaabek and Haudenosaunee.

The three Indigenous Nations that are neighbours to London are the Chippewas of the Thames First Nation; Oneida Nation of the Thames; and the Munsee-Delaware Nation who all continue to live as sovereign Nations with individual and unique languages, cultures, and customs.