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List of oldest buildings and structures in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo

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The Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada has a mixed style of buildings originally located in small towns and farming communities starting from the 19th century. After 1900, commercial and industrial buildings also appeared.

1810s edit

 
Joseph Schneider Haus, one of the oldest extant buildings in the area, has been designated as a National Historic Site.
Building Year Completed Builder Location
Erb-Kumpf House 1812 Waterloo
Joseph Schneider Haus 1816 Kitchener

1830s edit

Building Year Completed Builder Location
Woolner Farmstead 1830[1] Kitchener
Betzner Homestead c.1830[2] Kitchener
Schoerg Homestead c.1830[3] Kitchener
Homer Watson House 1830s Doon (Kitchener)

1840s edit

Building Year Completed Builder Location
39 Doon Valley Drive c. 1840[4] Doon (Kitchener)
Shoemaker House 1840[5] Bridgeport (Kitchener)
Lancaster Hotel 1840[6] Gottlieb Bitzer[7] Bridgeport (Kitchener)
Bristow's Inn[8] 1840s Elmira
Rummelhardt School 1843 Rummelhardt (Waterloo)
Good Shantz Bosch House 1846 Waterloo
Ruby-Snyder House 1847 Waterloo
Burkholder - Burkhardt House 1849 Waterloo
Voelker House 1849 Waterloo

1850s edit

 
The John E. Brubacher House in Waterloo has been preserved as a historic house museum.
Building Year Completed Builder Location
Brubacher House 1850[9] or 1851[10] Waterloo
Waterloo County Jail 1852[11] Kitchener
1221 Doon Village Road c.1853 Doon (Kitchener)
138 Church Street 1855[12] Kitchener
142 Church Street 1855–60[12] Kitchener
Huether Hotel 1855 Waterloo
Kitchener–Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School (KCI) 1855 Kitchener
Elam Martin Farmstead 1856 Waterloo
Snyder–Hahn Building 1857[13] Jacob Bricker Waterloo
Galt Town Hall 1858[14] H. B. Sinclair[14] Galt (Cambridge)
St. Clement's Roman Catholic Church 1858[15] St. Clements
Nixon House 1859 Waterloo
Richber House 1859 Waterloo

1860s edit

Building Year Completed Builder Location
House of Industry & Refuge Poor House Hospital c. 1860[11] Kitchener
Canadian Block (72-78 King Street West) 1865[16] Kitchener
MacLauglin House 1867 Waterloo
Market Hotel 1860s Waterloo

1870s edit

 
Woodside House as seen in 2006 after its restoration to an 1890s Victorian style.
 
132 Queen St. N. in Kitchener, formerly the home of newspaper editor John Adam Rittinger.[17]
Building Year Completed Builder Location
Woodside National Historic Site 1870s Kitchener
Elam Martin Farmstead 1870 Waterloo
Sonneck House 1874[18] Louis Breithaupt Kitchener
132 Queen Street North 1877[19] Kitchener
Castle Kilbride 1877 Baden (Wilmot Township)
Waterloo County Governor's House 1878[11] David W. Gingrick (architect)[11] Kitchener
307 Queen Street South 1879[20] Kitchener

1880s edit

 
The former Galt post office, which was completed in 1887, has been designated as a National Historic Site as an example of a small urban post office.
Building Year Completed Builder/architect Location
Hillard House 1880 Waterloo
Kuntz Eckert House 1880 Waterloo
Seagram-Remax Admin Building 1881 Waterloo
Central Block 1881 William Snider and Aaron Kraft Uptown Waterloo
Bean-Wright House 1882 Waterloo
Bank of Hamilton–CIBC Building (part of former Germania Block) 1885[21] Jakob Fellman Kitchener
King Edward Public School 1885 Kitchener
Button Factory 1886 Waterloo
D. Hibner Furniture Co. Ltd 1887 Daniel Hibner, Mayor Kitchener
Former Galt Post Office 1887[22] Thomas Fuller[22] Galt (Cambridge)
Electrohome building (152 Shanley St) 1887[23] Kitchener

1890s edit

Building Year Completed Builder Location
Zimmerman House, which changed to the Waterloo Hotel 1890 Waterloo
The Walper Hotel 1893 Kitchener
1115 Doon Village Road 1894[24] David Cole Doon (Kitchener)
Simpson Block 1895[25] Kitchener
Kitchener railway station 1897 Kitchener
152 Shanley Street 1898[26] Kitchener
Schiel Patterson House 1898 Waterloo
Galt Canadian Pacific Railway Station 1898–99[27] Edward Maxwell[27] Galt (Cambridge)
William Street Pumping Station 1899[28] Waterloo

1900s edit

Building Year Completed Builder Location
Berlin and Waterloo Street Railway Car Barn & Power House (25 Madison Avenue North) 1902[11] Kitchener
Haas–Pemberton House 1903[29] Waterloo
Snyder Seagram House 1903 Waterloo
St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church 1903 A. W. Holmes of Toronto - architect, Caspar Braun - masonry, William Forwell - carpentry Kitchener
Waterloo Carnegie Library 1903–1905 Waterloo
Kaufman Shoe Factory 1908 Kitchener

1910s edit

Building Year Completed Builder Location
150 Water Street South 1910[30] Kitchener
Waterloo railway station 1910 Waterloo
Weber Block c.1910[31] I. S. K. Weber Kitchener
Victoria Public School 1911[32] Kitchener
Berlin Isolation Hospital (69 Highland Road East) 1911–12[11] Charles Edward Cowan (architect)[11] Kitchener
Berlin Isolation Hospital Smallpox Pavilion (77 Highland Road East) 1911–12[11] Charles Edward Cowan (architect)[11] Kitchener
Greenbrook Pumping Station Reservoirs 1 and 2 1912 Kitchener
Mutual Life Insurance Company of Canada 1912 Frank Darling
Waterloo Post Office 1911–1913[11] D. Eward (Chief Architect for Canada), L. B. Lachance of Ottawa (contractor)[11] Waterloo
Berlin Isolation Hospital Caretaker's Residence (79 Highland Road East) 1913[11] Unknown architect[11] Kitchener
19 Regina Street North 1913[33] Waterloo
Rumpel Felt Company 1913[34] Kitchener
Molson's Bank 1914 Langley and Howard Waterloo
Doon Heritage Village 1914 Doon (Kitchener)
Waterloo Isolation Hospital (172 Lincoln Road) c. 1917[11] Architect unknown[11] Waterloo
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church 1918 Kitchener

1920s edit

 
The Pioneer Memorial Tower is recognized as a historic cultural site which represents the area's German pioneer heritage.
Building Year Completed Builder/architect Location
Duke Street Hydro‐Electric Sub Station (296 Duke Street) c.1920[11] Kitchener
Grand River Hospital Nurses' Residence 1921[11] Kitchener
Galt Public Utilities Commission Building 1922[35] F. C. Bodley[35] Galt (Cambridge)
Strange Street Pumping Station 1922–23[11] Kitchener
Waterloo Pioneer Memorial Tower 1923 Kitchener
Bahnsen-Bierstick-Marsland House 1923 Waterloo
old City Hall's clock tower 1924 Kitchener
St. Mary's Hospital 1924[11] Kitchener
Reitzel-Grierson House 1925 Waterloo
Schmaltz Apartments (96 Young Street) c.1925[36] Kitchener
Freeport Bridge 1926[37] Freeport (Kitchener)
Freeport Sanatorium Nurses' Residence 1926–27[11] Arthur C. Torry (architect)[11] Freeport (Kitchener)
Kaufman Shoe Factory 1927 Kitchener
Greenbrook Pumping Station Pump House, K1 and K2 Well Houses 1929 Kitchener

1930s edit

Building Year Completed Builder Location
Freeport Sanatorium Main Treatment Building 1929–30[11] B. A. Jones (architect) and Dunker Company (contractors)[11] Kitchener
Elizabeth Ziegler Public School 1930 Waterloo
Woodside Municipal Pool 1931[11] Kitchener
Kitchener Public Utilities Commission Building 1931–32[38] Kitchener
Freeport Sanatorium Pump House, Power House and Shed 1932[11] Kitchener
Hydro Electric Power Commission (HEPC) Building (325 Breithaupt Street) 1933[11] Bernal Ambrose Jones (architect), Dunker Construction (contractor)[11] Kitchener
Rockway Golf Course Clubhouse 1935[11] Stanley Thompson (architect)[11] Kitchener
Freeport Sanatorium Men's Residence 1935–36[11] Kitchener
Greenbrook Pumping Station Reservoir 3 1936 Dunker Construction Company[11] Kitchener
Federal Building (Duke St) 1938[39] C. D. Sutherland (architect)[11] Kitchener
Freeport Sanatorium Medical Superintendent's Residence 1938–39[11] B. A. Jones (architect) and Dunker Company (contractors)[11] Kitchener
Waterloo County Registry Office (Registry Theatre) 1939[40] Ray Hall (architect), Dunker Construction (contractor)[11] Kitchener

1950s edit

Building Year Completed Builder Location
Kitchener Trolley Bus Transit Terminal (Rockway Centre) 1950[11] Kitchener
Kitchener Memorial Auditorium 1950–52[11] Jenkins & Wright (architects)[11] Kitchener
Grand River Hospital main building 1952[11] Kitchener
Eastwood Collegiate Institute 1956 Kitchener
Government of Canada Building 1956–57[41] Jenkins and Wright (architectural firm)[11] Kitchener

Dates unknown edit

Building Year Completed Builder Location
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church 1889 Kitchener

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Woolner Farmstead. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  2. ^ Betzner Farmstead. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  3. ^ Schoerg Homestead. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  4. ^ 39 Doon Valley Drive. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  5. ^ Shoemaker House. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  6. ^ Eichler, Idessa (1950). Thirty-Eighth Annual Report of the Waterloo Historical Society (PDF). Waterloo Historical Society. "Bridgeport, a History".
  7. ^ Eichler, Idessa (1950). Thirty-Eighth Annual Report of the Waterloo Historical Society (PDF). Waterloo Historical Society. "Bridgeport, a History".
  8. ^ Bristow's Inn. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Brubacher House". Conrad Grebel University College. 13 February 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  10. ^ "Brubacher House". Mennonite Historical Society of Ontario. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an "Public Building Inventory Part 1" (PDF). City of Waterloo.
  12. ^ a b "Mayor Jacob Yost Shantz b. 2 May 1822 near, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada d. 28 Oct 1909 Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada: Waterloo Region Generations".
  13. ^ Snyder-Hahn Building. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  14. ^ a b Galt Town Hall. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  15. ^ Spetz, Theobald (1916). The Catholic Church in Waterloo County: Book I. The Catholic Register and Extension. p. 80.
  16. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-11-07. Retrieved 2019-11-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  17. ^ Middleton, Jesse; Landon, Fred (1927). "John Adam Rittinger". The Province of Ontario: A History, 1615–1927. Vol. IV. Toronto: Dominion Publishing Company. pp. 438–439. OCLC 1151067550.
  18. ^ Sonneck House. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  19. ^ Pender, Terry (3 September 2021). "Downtown Kitchener house sets record at $1.45 million". Waterloo Region Record. Archived from the original on 3 September 2021.
  20. ^ 307 Queen Street South. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  21. ^ Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) Building. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  22. ^ a b "Former Galt Post Office National Historic Site of Canada". Parks Canada. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  23. ^ "Tax sale of contaminated Electrohome site in Kitchener gives property owner $800,000 tax break". Waterloo Region Record. 28 February 2019.
  24. ^ "Doon Village Rd. 1115 - House - buff brick - 1 1/2 storey Kitchener b. Constructed 1894 1115 Doon Village Road, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario d. Still standing 2011: Waterloo Region Generations".
  25. ^ Simpson Block. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  26. ^ mills, rych (1 July 2019). "Flash From the Past: 100 years of manufacturing on Shanley Street". Waterloo Region Record. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  27. ^ a b Canadian Pacific Railway Station. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  28. ^ The Pumping Station. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  29. ^ Haas-Pemberton House. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  30. ^ 150 Water Street South. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  31. ^ Weber Block. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  32. ^ Victoria Public School. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  33. ^ Jackson, James (18 November 2015). "New plan for Waterloo's old legion hall". Waterloo Chronicle. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  34. ^ "Kitchener heritage group moves to protect Rumpel Felt building". Waterloo Region Record. 4 October 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  35. ^ a b Galt Public Utilities Commission Building. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  36. ^ Vernon Directories (1925). Vernon's City of Kitchener and Town of Waterloo Street, Alphabetical, Business, and Miscellaneous Directory for the Year 1925 – 1926 (Twenty-First ed.). Hamilton, ON: Henry Vernon & Son Directory Publishers.
  37. ^ Freeport Bridge. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
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