Eldon House

Built in 1834 by Capt. John Harris, R.N., treasurer of the London District, Eldon House is London's oldest remaining house. Harris and his wife Amelia, daughter of Samuel Ryerse, came to London after the District offices were moved there from Vittoria. For many years the house was a centre of London's cultural and social life, and four generations of the Harris family lived in it for more than 125 years. In 1960 the family gave the house, with most of its furnishings and eleven acres of land, to the City of London for use as a museum and park.

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