Todmorden was once a small industrial community that provided lumber, flour, beer and bricks for the city of Toronto. By the mid-20th century, only four buildings (two historic houses, a paper mill and former brewery building) remained of this once active community.

The two historic houses, built in the 19th century, were restored to an 1837 and 1967 interior respectively, and opened to the public in 1967 in celebration of Canada's centennial.

Ulana Baluk, Museum Administrator, and Philip Cheong, Museum Coordinator, review the process of restoring the houses and share before and after images of the renovated spaces.