In 1822, Sam Jarvis addressed a petition to the governor in council, Sir Peregrine Maitland, for "old wrongs visited upon his father" and was awarded a substantial financial compensation. It is reasonable to assume that Sam used the funds to build a new house on a 100-acre park lot that he received as gift from his father.

Construction of Hazelburn was begun mid-summer of 1824 at the centre of today's Jarvis Street slightly south of today's Shuter Street. The 2-story house brick house had a spacious verandah which extended across the front (south) elevation and was distinguished for its interior woodwork of solid black walnut. The original Hazelburn was demolished by Jarvis in 1847 to permit completion of the new Jarvis Street.

The main crop of the Hazelburn farm was, of course, hazelnuts.