Middlesex Court House Plaque

<br> <i>[English Translation]</i><br> Erected in 1830, this building was modelled after Malahide Castle, near Dublin, Ireland, the ancestral home of Colonel Thomas Talbot, founder of the Talbot Settlement. The site was a part of the town plot set aside by Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe after his visit to The Forks in February, 1793. Here he proposed to locate the provincial capital.<br><br> <i>[French Translation]</i><br> En 1830, le colonel Talbot, fondateur de la colonie Talbot, fit erige cet edifice d’apres le modele, de <i>Malahide Castle</i>, pres de Dublin, sa maison ancestrale. L’emplacement faisait partie du lotissement urbain reserve par le lieutenant-gouverneur John Graves Simcoe, lors de sa visite a <i>The Forks</i>, en fevrier 1793, C’est ici qu’il projetait d’etablir la capitale provinciale.<br><br> Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada<br> Commission des liex et monuments historiques du Canada