• Toronto’s Tollkeeper’s Cottage
    Cottage in its location on Davenport Road at Bathurst in 1875
  • A Humble Home
    Built in the 1830s, this structure housed multiple tollkeeper families over the years
  • The Families Who Lived Here
    Including John Bulman (1861) and others like Frances McCegue, Moses Hanna, and Thomas Brown
  • Art Cox’s 1875 Painting
    Color version of this rare depiction by local artist Arthur Cox
  • Now across the street
  • Restored to 1861
    Furnished with period artifacts including some from the Bulman family and other 19th century pieces
  • Meet Our Costumed Docents
    Experience daily life as it was for Toronto’s early tollkeeping families
  • A Living History Site
    One of Toronto’s few surviving examples of early municipal architecture
  • Visit the Tollkeeper’s Cottage
    Open February-December
    Open Saturday 12 noon – 4 pm
    Usually the first Sunday each month 1 – 4 pm
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