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P5173

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ID Number: P5173
Item Name: Image
Title: Moy House / Maison Moy
Title (Fre): Maison Moy
Description: Black and white photograph of the northwest side of Moy House; the photograph is somewhat faded; there is a fence in the foreground of the photo and the house is located behind
History: The house, demolished in 1912, was located on what is now Riverside Drive E., between Gladstone and Moy. The builder of the home, Angus Mackintosh was born in Scotland in 1755. He moved to Detroit as a young man and married Mary Archange St. Martin in 1783. They had 14 children including ten girls. In 1797 Mackintosh purchased farmland from Joseph Beaubien for $1170. Located on Riverside Drive between Gladstone and Moy, Moy House took two years to build. Mary, the eighth Mackintosh child, was born here in 1801. Moy House served as the family's home, as well as a post for Mackintosh's fur trading enterprises. Angus' wife died in 1827 and was buried in Assumption Church Cemetery. That same year, Angus returned to Scotland to succeed his brother Alexander as the 25th Chief of the Mackintosh Clan. He died six years later in 1833 at the age of 78 at Moy Hall in Scotland. Moy House was sold to William Gaspe Hall in 1835. His family lived there until he died in 1882 when the property passed to his niece, Frances Baby. Frances married John Davis, a financier and five-time mayor of Windsor. When Davis died in 1912, the home was demolished.
Place made: Canada - Ontario - Windsor
Collection Name: Museum Windsor