Kingston Hall, Queen’s University This handsome building, completed in 1903, was designed in the Victorian Romanesque style by Symons and Rae, and was originally called the ‘New Arts Building.’ The funding to construct this building was entirely made possible by the City of Kingston, hence the name ‘Kingston Hall.’ It has served various roles including…
John Deutsch University Centre Gymnasium (Jackson Hall) is a 3 storey rusticated limestone building with a flat roof. The main facade is divided into three sections by pilasters which rise from the edges of the wide stone stairway to the string course above the second storey. The main entranceway has double doors with a fanlight…
Ban Righ Hall Ban Righ Hall is a 2 to 4 storey limestone clad steel building with a side gable slate roof. It was built in 1923 to designs of Shepard & Calvin, architects. The original building has had several additions and the overall composition is comprised of several different building masses, each with Collegiate…
102 Gore Street Formerly 42 Wellington Street, the building located near the south-west intersection of Wellington and Gore Streets, has had its address changed under city by-laws to 102 Gore Street. Believed to have been standing in 1829, the present structure’s simple, one-storey clapboard construction and un-coursed stone foundation are consistent with such an early…
73 Baiden Street, Portsmouth Village 73 Baiden Street is a two-storey limestone residence built in 1869. It is located at the northeast corner of Baiden Street and McDonald Avenue in the Portsmouth Village Heritage Character Area. This dwelling is located close to the side and front property lines and presents an impressive front and side…
Willowmere, Barriefield Willowmere, 239 Main Street, is located on the west side of Main Street in the Village of Barriefield. It was designed by architect John Hendry and built in 1818-1819 as a one-and-a-half storey house. Raised to two full storeys later in the 19th century, this handsome limestone house, with a full-width, one-storey verandah,…
The Wellington Street School The building at 47 Wellington was originally the Wellington Street School. Designed by John Power in 1873 at a cost of $7,200, it was then the most modern school in the city. After the school’s closure in 1927, uses varied until 1974 when Queen’s University sold the property to Marion and…
Fairfield-Gutzeit House The Fairfield-Gutzeit House is situated along the Loyalist Parkway waterfront, on a beautiful property that overlooks Lake Ontario, in the village of Bath. The House dates back to 1796 when it was built by two brothers, William Jr. and Benjamin Fairfield whose father had come to Upper Canada as part of the Loyalist…