Oakville in Halton Region, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

Amos Biggar House

1816

Photographed by Tim Boyd, August 17, 2025

1. Amos Biggar House Marker

Inscription.
Amos Biggar
United Empire Loyalist
Oldest House in Halton Region

Erected by Oakville’s Historical Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Notable Buildings • Settlements & Settlers.

Location. 43° 27.785′ N, 79° 44.541′ W. Marker is in Oakville, Ontario, in Halton Region. It is on Neyagawa Boulevard 0.1 kilometers south of Dundas Street West, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2441 Neyagawa Boulevard, Oakville ON L6H 6Y3, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Toronto,

specifically on the Golden Horseshoe,

in the Hamilton-Halton-Brant Area,

and specifically in the Toronto Metropolitan Area.

It is also in Central Canada.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are

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within 6 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Munn’s Methodist Chapel (1898) (approx. 2.1 kilometers away); Jordan Munn House (approx. 2.4 kilometers away); Bowbeer House (approx. 2.8 kilometers away); Frederick Arthur Verner (approx. 3.3 kilometers away); Industrial Change 1810 to 1870 (approx. 5 kilometers away); Oakville’s First Industrial Era (approx. 5 kilometers away); The Oakville Basket Company (approx. 5 kilometers away); From Wheat to Strawberries (approx. 5 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Oakville.

Also see . . . Amos Biggar House (historic places.ca).

The Amos Biggar House was originally located "around the corner" at 502 Dundas St West, where the main section was built by Amos Biggar (a United Empire Loyalist) in 1816, a year after he bought the property from Daniel Shawson, the original land grantee. At this time, the Town of Oakville itself did not exist and it is believed that this is the oldest house within the Region of Halton (then known as Trafalgar Township).

(Submitted on August 18, 2025, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario.)

Photographed by Tim Boyd, August 17, 2025

2. Amos Biggar House Marker

Amos Biggar House, 2025 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Boyd, August 17, 2025

3. Amos Biggar House, 2025

Credits. This page was last revised on August 18, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 18, 2025, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. This page has been viewed 91 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 18, 2025, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.