Caister's Tavern

Caister's Tavern c. 1845-1854 Caleb Caister Sr. came from England to Oxford County in 1833. In 1836 he settled on this site, cleared farmland and built a one-storey log building. This building was his family home but it also served as an inn and tavern. Until 1848, when what is now Tavistock was established, Caister's home was the only public accomodation in north-central Oxford County for pioneers moving along the Huron Road and thence southerly into the Zorra settlement. By the 1840's Caister held an official inn licence and a survey map of the time shows that his log dwelling was known in this locality as Caister's Tavern. Erected by the Tavistock Men's Club & Board of Trade in association with the Ontario Ministry of Culture and Recreation 1979 Submitted by: Alison Mitchell-Reid