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…
252 Princess Street The three-storey portion of 252 Princess Street was built in 1908 as the Orpheum Theatre (with 700 seats). This tall, three-storey, four bay, concrete and steel building, built as a theatre, has taller first storey. The upper two storeys have five fluted pilasters rising from plain bases to Ionic capitals which support…
The Schroeder House Situated on a 950 square metre residential lot on the north side of the street, in Portsmouth Village, the property includes a representative example of an early19th century one-and-a-half storey wood frame Georgian cottage. Typical of the Georgian style is the side gable roof with twin brick chimneys and a central neoclassical…
7 George Street, Barriefield 7 George Street has heritage building status and is situated in the Barriefield Village Heritage Conservation District, the oldest heritage district in the Province of Ontario. The 1 and ½ storey, frame building described as a vernacular style which is common in the Village, with a front gable and two bays….
The Pugh House One of 29 properties designated under a single City of Kingston By-law (80-63): “Built about 1845 for merchant Samuel W. Brady and owned and occupied for many years by shoemaker John Pugh and his family, this well-proportioned frame dwelling is a good example of the larger wooden dwellings in the village. The…
Ham House If houses could only talk! To tell the history of Ham House is to tell the fascinating tale of Upper Canada after the War of 1812, at the beginning of the industrial revolution. An urban building located in Bath, it is said to have been built by the Farmers Store in 1816 and completed…
62-66 Brock Street 62-66 Brock Street is the last remaining modest tradesman’s shop in the downtown. Consequently, the street façade has been restored to the way it would have looked during the late 19th century. The exact year 62-66 Brock Street was built is uncertain but there is evidence that the land was developed as early as…