City of Kingston, Heritage designated 78-86 Princess Streets

78-86 Princess Street

78-86 Princess Street, Kingston Located on the South side of Princess St., between King St. East and Wellington St., the property contains three distinct buildings of heritage value. The largest of the buildings is the 3 storey Orange Hall building, designed by Power and Son for the Grand Orange Lodge in 1866. The Orange Hall,…

The Anchor Building, King St. E and Brock Shared by Shirley Bailey

The Anchor Building

Anchor Building, Kingston The building known as the Anchor Building, was completed in 1856-1857 and designed in the brick Italianate style, featuring flat-faced facades, regular rows of arched windows with decorative window heads of different styles on each level, and a heavy roof cornice on the roof parapet. The building has historical or associative value…

Image of the front of City Hall in Kingston, Ontario. An icon in the top right corner indicates it is a Frontenac Heritage Foundation award winner.

Kingston City Hall

Kingston City Hall The Kingston City Hall is considered by many to be a masterpiece of 19th century architecture in Canada. The building was originally designed by George Browne, and at the time of its construction (1843-4), Kingston was for a brief time the capital of the country. The building is a National Historic Site (1961),…