Maison François Baby House

Maison François Baby House and its collection

The François Bâby House is a historic residence located in Windsor, Ontario , Canada which was owned by the prominent local politician François Baby . The house is a two-storey, Georgian style, red brick house once known as La Ferme locally, and was a French-Canadian ribbon farm which was a long narrow tract fronting endwise on the Detroit River . The home itself has historical ties to the War of 1812 where it was used as a headquarters by both the American and British forces. Today, the François Baby House has been designated as a National Historic Site of Canada and serves as the current home of Windsor's Community Museum , a historical museum which displays the city's rich and colourful past.