Nine Gables is located in the traditional territory of the Anishinabek and Haudenosaunee Confederacy. We acknowledge and respect the histories, languages, and diverse cultures of the First Nations, Métis, and all First Peoples that have taken care of this land. We are grateful for their contributions that continue to enrich our communities.
The land where Nine Gables sits was originally the south half of a 100-acre farm owned by the Reverend William Macaulay. The Reverend Macaulay transferred one acre of this property in 1836 to the Roman Catholic Church in Picton for “five shillings of the lawful money of Upper Canada.”
After Macaulay’s death in 1874, his estate transferred more of the original farmland to the Catholic Church. The lot that’s now home to Nine Gables was sold by the Catholic Church to Francis McManus in 1882 for $500. According to an 1880 assessment, McManus was a bar tender and later a divisional court clerk who lived in a dwelling on this property along with seven to 10 people.
The original house which is now Nine Gables was built in roughly 1880. It expanded over the years with several additions to the west and south walls in the 1970s and 2000s. In 2008, we purchased the house and renovated the existing space to make it into a bed and breakfast.
Our bed and breakfast, Nine Gables, opened in 2010. We ended the full-service bed and breakfast in 2017 and have since opened up the upper back part of the house as a self-catered vacation rental called The Loft at Nine Gables.
