Reviews of Whitehern Historic House and Garden (Tourist Attraction)

Jose Daniel Castrejon

One of the most beautiful places in Hamilton!

Mike Aldred

A lovely old house in the heart of Hamilton; rich with history. Very friendly staff who showed my famiky around for a tour.

Sam Egan-Sheardown

Lots to learn and see.

Wade Nunn

Skate the ledge outside!

kristy c

Great place to spend some time learning of Hamilton history

Suzanne Maye

Just a peaceful place to relax with beautiful landscape and garden in summer

Sam Beck

Loved it

Kathy F

I walk past here every day as I live close by. I haven't had the opportunity to visit but want to

Ewalt Schultz

Unlike many historical venues, original pieces are rare or entirely absent. Quite the opposite here! The house is near fully restored. What makes this home an outstanding experience is the personal tour personnel, namely Nonni. You learn not just the facts about the home, but all the local history and all the residents of this home. Our tourguide also spoke of the uniqueness of the artifacts and restoration. Hats off to our marvelous tourguide and the staff for leaving so much intact.

Angela D

Knowledgable guide set up very nice great house and property hidden gem

Crissy Consiglio

Lovely place to spend an afternoon

Anne Blinch

What a pleasure to officiate a wedding here today for a wonderful couple. Beautiful setting for an outdoor wedding ceremony.

J.L. Row

Heritage with lovely gardens Hdigbtt?

Randy

Great little history tour, better than dundern castle in my opinion, especially if you get a personal tour instead of a group tour, me and my wife got lucky and it was just us and the guide (who was even related to a member of the family that lived there) it's fun and long enough that it feels worth paying but short enough that it doesn't drag on, also if you have a library card it's free so that's a bonus, no bagels to be seen so that's a stinger but hey you cant win them all I guess.

Alan Harrington

Original home from 1800's with all the original contents from the famous family who lived there.

Terri Bocz

Really well informed and.entertaining guides take you through a changing selection of local historical stories: different stories every time we visit. Tea, cookies, lemonade and live period music served in the perennial gardens 12 to 2pm on Wednesdays throughout summer.

Carrie Szeles

Beautiful grounds

Nicole Barati (Cole's Reviews)

Very beautiful very affordable but if you don't want to go inside you are allowed to be on the property and enjoy the beautiful Ness of the property for free

Vanamali Dasi

A must-see. Take photos with your mind, for a change.

Deborah Schultz

My husband and I enjoyed a very thorough and information packed two hours with a lovely docent named Nonni. She brought the family of three generations of folks to life with great humor and detail. The house was exquisite and very maintained. They are currently completely restoring the library,a but personallywe saw ictures of how it looked in it's heyday. Nonni also called the nearby Presbyterian Church that the family supported through their long tenure in the neighborhood, so we went over and toured that jmagnificent building as well. Both venues are a must see when visiting Hamilton, Ontario.

Serafina Thoma

My favorite secret spot in all of Hamilton. Stunning garden.

Shan C

Great history. The tour guide was great as well, very informative.

Dawn Gailer

Very interesting

J R

Hung out in the garden area, very pretty and lovely. Beware of couples giving oral in the daytime though...

Randy Kay

Interesting stories inside this beautiful former home of the McQuesten family. Thomas Baker McQuesten was responsible for many of the signature parks in Hamilton as well as modernizing highway design as minister of transportation (highways) in the provincial government in the 1930s. He also was a key figure in creating the Royal Botanical gardens and helped bring McMaster University to the city from Toronto. Tour guides are very knowledgeable and the beautiful garden is host to various events and a popular site for photos. Free admission with a Hamilton Public Library card. The museum is next to Hamilton city hall and the historic Durand neighbourhood.

Lauren Van Dyke

The tour guide was phenomenal! Had a lovely personalized detailed viewing!

Ryan Deen

Very enthusiastic and warm guide

WonderousCreations

Gorgeous and amazing!

Alex DiMarco (DiMarcoTech)

Incredible tour with great detail! Highly recommended.

Shima Sharifi

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Dollie Nicholls

A hidden treasure in the heart of the city. This historic home has many original furnishings and beautifully restored rooms of the original family of prominence and importance to the City! A must see!

Joanna Wrzosek

Got married here two years ago. We have made a pact to come back on every anniversary. It's quiet, well maintained and the staff is pleasant and welcoming.

Giovanna Chavez

Beautiful house and very interesting tour, the personnel is quite knowledgeable and have a great explanation of the history of this place

Marie-Hélène Paquette

Great visit, wonderful tour guide! A must-see!

Mrs. Sarah Jackson

I went on a tour when I was just a kid... Either as a school trip or possibly in 'Brownies' lol but it stuck with me enough that I returned when I was 23 to take my wedding photos here! My wedding was in August 2006 and they turned out beautifully. A definite hidden gem in Hamilton.

Patsy Mae Trobridge

Great information about our history

Tanya Stepanic

Stunning historical treasure in the heart of the city!

Jeremy Johnston

Informative and well maintained museum. Great staff sharing fascinating history about Hamilton and surrounding area. Well worth the visit, both inside the historic home and the gardens.

Tharmiga R

A stunning place, with amazing history. Our tour guide was really really engaging, and what stood out from all the other tours was that, she really made sure you knew about these people and what happened in this house. You walked out of there feeling like you knew them in some way. Everything here from the tooth brush, pins to even the smallest faintest details are all very well preserved! You really see history as it once was back in 1850's. Music is played to set the tone and the basement was quite a surprise for sure! If you ever get the chance to visit Hamilton! Make this your first site visit!

Joe S

Great place to take photos

Candi P

Beautiful home with many original pieces. Well worth the price!

Villagemayor

An amazing museum with a gorgeous garden in the front and back. Staff are friendly and really knowledgeable of the property and the families who used to own the house and surrounding lands.

Erich Duff

Great tour guide - knew the answer to every question, didn't stumble once. Beautiful old home with lots to see. Excellent website with tons of additional archival information. Lovely museum.

Sara Melugin

Beautiful building. Unfortunately they are closed on Mondays so we didn't get to tour the inside. It was close to a neat downtown shopping area where we walked to lunch.

Peter Glenney

I had a fantastic tour from Kelly, I have never met someone so wonderfuly passionate and dedicated to historical interpretation.

Leighton Anderson

Very romantic.

Mark Haverty

If you are a history buff or an interested Hamiltonian its a fun place to go. I am now avidly reading a book all about the family. Took the grand children on a tour .There is a kids area for fun art project and games. So its a place for young and old. Online tickets provide discounts.

Joanna Kadlubowska

Wonderful staff. Music wednesdays are magical.

Meaghan Edwards

Really lovely house; looks especially beautiful in Christmas. It's a different experience than Dundurn castle; more intimate in size and feeling and very interesting how it was in the hands of the same family for over a hundred years.

Stephen Hartford

The tour was excellent. A lovely bit of history in Hamilton.

Nicol deCourcy

What a gem! I can’t believe we didn’t know about this place. Amazing to learn about local history. Great feeling of connection to our past. Our tour guide Kelly was superb and made our visit exponentially better. Highly recommend.

Carissa Johnstone

Super knowledgeable tour guide (Kelly) - super interesting, even our kids loved it!

Sladana

Very nice place to visit. The house carries lot of history and valuables like orginal books etc. We had great guide, too.

Stephen McNairy

This location and house is very nice and comfortable! I would recommend to anyone who needs a nice and cozy venue.

Pendar Mahmoudi

This is a hidden gem in Hamilton. Make sure to stop by!

Stacy Mitchell

Beautiful gardens. Very peaceful.

Angela Sanderson

My daughter attended the whitehern historic house on Thursday June 25th. I was a volunteer and would like to make a few comments. I feel like for a jk and SK class the tour guides should have a bit more patience for the kids. It was a lot of telling them to be quiet and a lot of telling them not to touch this and not to touch that. Our group was never told were the bathrooms were and I feel like there was no schedule for snacks, lunch ect. At one point we told our tour guide that we had to have a snack and had to have lunch since these are kids and they need to have these things. We also couldn't eat or drink anywhere but outside which is understandable in the house. But why not have a snack were the washrooms and craft area was??? To conclude what I really want to bring to someone's attention is that at the end of the tour before we parted on the bus a few of the kids had to go to the washroom. I couldn't believe that the doors were locked. These are little kids here. The parents and teachers couldn't believe that the staff couldn't wait til we all left to lock them!!!!!! I feel like this place is not kid friendly and for that matter I would never recommend it for a school trip. Thanks for your time.

Maiwenn Le Beherec

Nice house, great guide in period costumes, lovely concerts in the pretty back garden in the summer.

Tom Nowers

We've our tour of this very interesting home . It is a place frozen in time. Everything in it is original and used/handled by the family. The story of incredible industry and exceptional tragedy was quite gripping. It was very worthwhile and our guide who has been guiding here for 15 years (sorry can't remember her name) is terrific and knowledgeable and acredit to this historical effort.

Richard Stuart

Beautiful place.

Liza Paul

The guide was outstanding! I had the best time ever !! Sparked an interest to learn more about the family

Claudia Perello

I love it ????????

Jessica Gaber

Nice historic home with multiple decades represented inside, and a gorgeous backyard

Vicki Thorne

This is an excellent place to see history of Hamilton and what shaped our city. Even 5 yr old Granddaughter found the information and buildings very interesting. Well worth a summer afternoon. Can also book room for parties. I believe the tree in front of Whitehern is a Black Willow. I hope this helps.

Eric Sousa

Situated at the start of a great chain of PokeStops for Lure Modules, plus the gardens are very pretty.

Rania Abdelhady

I visited the place with my family at museum crawl, very nice place to visit with kids but I wish there was a guided tour like in dundurn castle to know more about the place & the family history.

Seham Zahra

It is an amazing place. Every thing looks like it was just been used. Very clean and tidy place.

Natasa Nastova

I love this place

Lindsay Cociardi

My sister got married here. Lovely local location to host a wedding ceremony. The house is gorgeous.

Maria Fisher

Was there for a birthday celebration with family. No complaints

Hosam Dabbah

Very interesting place to visit but need guided tours.

Isabelle Shields

Love spending my lunchtime & enjoying from noon to 2 @ Whitehern beautifull Garden Concert is free every Wednesday from July 3rd to end of August!

Richard J Collins

Beautifully preserved Exellent staff that explains all of your Questions. You have to visit this GEM1

Ali Pridham

Good guides, so friendly. House is awesome.

Naomi Devoy

Loved the tour of this home. Our guide was clearly passionate about the home and the family and loved what she did. It was an absolute joy. To have a home with so many original pieces let you really feel the history.

Qlr TiF

Nice house beautiful garden!

Steven Millman

They have good tea there

Neill DeVall

A part of history in the heart of Hamilton. A guided tour by knowledgeable costume clad guides, takes you through the history of this house, the family that owned it and their trials and tribulations. Well worth a visit.

vic cayuga

Great old house lots of history

Deb Robinson

The tourguide was lovely and very informative. The house and gardens were inspiring. I loved it and look gorward to seeing it at Christmas!

Asif Khan

Beautiful. Worth it to visit

Richard Thompson

My daughter and two grandsons and myself were treated well.the tour guide have excellent details of the life of the mcquestan family for the different time periods they developed through.the home was well kept and preserved in detail.i would recommend this tour for anyone regardless of age

Cindy Prankard

It's a beautiful historic home in Hamilton. It is currently closed due to Covid -19. Property has a beautiful garden to enjoy.

Aleksey Naumov

Authentic (most things in the house are original), excellent tour guide.

Mandi Oh Zee

Beautiful building and the history behind it is amazing. A great part of Hamilton's history.

Gail McArthur

Omg ..this beautiful building is absolutely stunning .Nose..eyes..the mind it can take the stress away..with beautiful flowers...the back garden is soo pretty..classic Downtown is a busy place but taking a walk through this story is stunning

Teresa Jose

I am a paranormal investigator and recommend this for all who are in the same field

estorocks

Historical significants

Samantha Bucci

Beautiful grounds!

sea chelles

I was here for a bridal shower. It was very nice and cozy I would recomend this place for a small gathering. There was about 25 to 30 of us here.

Bonnie Wheeler

This is a lovely gracious home to visit. A tour is included as soon as you walk in the door. The uniqueness about this home is that all the furnishings are original. The owner that lived in this house was very successful and his achievements are many. You learn about his three wives and children. Also he was insistent that upon his death the home would be donated to the city as a museum. Definitely worth a visit.