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…
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,…
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…
Rochleau Building The property at 72 Princess Street, known as the Rochleau Building, is one of the oldest in downtown Kingston – built in 1808. It is designated by the city, and the Ontario Heritage Trust holds a 1981 heritage easement agreement with the property owners, Dorothy and George (Ted) Lloyd. FHF Founder Margaret Angus…
62 College Street This large stone double house was built in 1841 to plans by Andrew Drummond and occupied by Drummond and John Mowat. This handsome double limestone house was designated under the OHA by-law 87-151. Drummond came to Kingston from Edinburgh soon after the death of his uncle Robert Drummond, one the contractors of…
Tolbert Building Situated on a 230 m2 commercial property on the southwest corner of Princess and Bagot Streets, in downtown Kingston. The property contains a representative example of an early-19th century Georgian commercial building. Its simple three-storey massing, restrained architectural detailing and the overall impression of balance and rhythm is typical of 19th century Georgian…
Riley House The Riley House is currently located on a large track of land at the terminus of Old Mill Road that is subject to a future residential subdivision and includes a representative example of an Ontario Gothic Revival Cottage from the mid-19th century. Its simple one-and-a-half-storey massing, symmetrical façade and large front gable are…
Church of Good Thief Rectory This is the rectory of the city’s second oldest Catholic church in which services began in 1894. The church and the rectory have been designated under the Ontario Heritage Act since 1978. The former Parish Hall, a former stable have been demolished. In 2019 a conversion from a single residence…
Victoria and Grey Trust Company building The building at 168 Wellington Street, at the northwest corner of Wellington and Brock Streets, was initially designated in 1975 under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act and involves a three and a half storey limestone building, known locally as the Victoria and Grey Trust Company building. The…
Murney House, Kingston 53 King Street E., called the Murney House, was protected under Pt. IV of the Ontario Heritage Act before the Old Sydenham Heritage Conservation District was approved in 2015. According to the Property Evaluation, the stone house was the first house constructed on the block. It was built in 1841 for Mrs….
222 Johnson Street 222 Johnson Street is one of many buildings which was protected under Pt. IV of the Ontario Heritage Act, as an individual building before the Old Sydenham Heritage District was approved in 2015. The large three bay, two and a half storey limestone building was built in 1860 by Dr. J. R….
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…
The Spire In the 1840’s the Methodists hired noted architect and builder William Coverdale to raise this imposing building that looks only slightly like the current Sydenham Street United Church/The Spire. The building was awarded by the Frontenac Heritage Foundation in 1996 when it was the Sydenham Street United Church and in 2018 as the…
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),…