In a request for compensation from the British government following the War of 1812, this Queenston Road home was identified as the place where Maj.-Gen. Sir Isaac Brock’s body was concealed after he fell at the Battle of Queenston Heights. The home, occupied by Peter McCabe at the time, was also the temporary hospital of Dr. Muirhead during the war. Brock’s body was later taken back to the Town of Niagara where he lay in state at the Government House on Queen Street. On Oct. 16, 1812, Brock was honoured with a prominent funeral procession and was buried in one of the bastions at Fort George. The Americans at Fort Niagara fired a cannon salute and blank charges to honour Brock and his aide-de-camp, John Macdonell. The anniversary of the Battle of Queenston Heights in Oct. 13.