Campbell House is
located on the northwest corner of Queen and University and is today restored and operates
as a museum. The historic plaque reads: "Sir William Campbell, 1758-1834.
Campbell was born near Caithness, Scotland. He fought with the British forces during the
American Revolution and was taken prisoner at Yorktown in 1781. Three years later he was
practising law in Nova Scotia where, in 1799, he was elected to the House of Assembly. In
1811, Campbell moved to Upper Canada where he had accepted a judgeship on the Court of
King's Bench. He was made chief justice of the province and speaker of the Legislative
Council in 1825. Four years later he received the first knighthood awarded a judge in
Upper Canada. Campbell built this Neo-classical brick house on Adelaide Street East at
Frederick Street around 1822. The Advocates' Society and the Sir William Campbell
Foundation moved it to this location in 1972."
