100 Years of the Murney Tower Museum
February 16, 2025
February 16, 2025
January 25, 2025
May 3 – 5, 2024
Join us 6:30pm Thursday, November 25, at the Upper Hall of the Spire located at 82 Sydenham Street, for a talk by Jennifer McKendry on her new book, “Kingston, The Limestone City : Stone Buildings in the Kingston Region.
We are pleased to announce the release of Jennifer McKendry’s new book, “Kingston, The Limestone City : Stone Buildings in the Kingston Region”. This new volume is available for purchase at Novel Idea, Princess and Bagot, Kingston. You can contact the store at novid@kingston.net or 613-546-9799. See the announcement for details.
At 7pm on Monday, March 15, 2021, join us by Zoom for a talk by John Grenville where he will discus Downtown Kingston as portrayed in postcards since the early 1900’s. https://frontenacheritage.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=86941cf5d91f3650b5627ded5&id=3e9db76e33&e=1c999d34bd
On Tuesday March 24th, 2020 at 7pm, join Jennifer McKendry at the Kingston Public Library at the Central Branch, Meeting Room 1 (130 Johnson St) for examine the careers of architects working in the Kingston region in the 19th century. These include George Browne, William Coverdale, Henry Horsey, William Newlands and Power and Son, as…
(is there cause for celebration?) At 6:30 pm on Thursday, February 13, 2020 Carl Bray and Marcus Latourneau, Heritage Professionals, will talk on updates in the heritage world. Talk starts at 7pm in the Central Kingston Library Meeting Room 1 at 130 Johnson Street.
On Thursday July 26th Join us on the 3rd floor of the RCHA building from 4pm to 6pm for the launch of Dorothy Farr’s new book ‘House Beautiful’. Since Dorothy moved to Kingston in the 1970’s, she fell in love with the livable and walk able scale of the city and with the heritage buildings…
On Saturday March 10, 2018, at 2pm Peter Gower will be providing a tour of St. George’s Cathedral in Kingston. The first Anglican Diocese in Ontario, This tour will provide unique access to this historic building.
On November 7, 2017, Peter Gower’s new book ‘Kingston in 150 Pictures’ was launched. Supported by the Kingston Heritage Fund and the Frontenac Heritage Foundation, this book will make an EXCELLENT gift for holiday giving!
January 5, 2017
November 3, 2016
In July 2016, the Frontenac Heritage Foundation hosted a talk on architectural terra cotta decoration in Kingston on the 2nd floor of the RCHA Building. For a period of about fifteen years, approximately from 1885 to 1900, decorative terra cotta occasionally was incorporated into the brickwork of Kingston buildings. It was an attractive expression of…
March 29, 2016