List of oldest buildings and structures in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo explained
The Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada has a mixed style of buildings originally located in small towns and farming communities starting from the 19th century. After 1900, commercial and industrial buildings also appeared.
1810s
| width=28% | Building | width=8% | Year Completed | width=20% | Builder | width=32% | Location |
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| 1812 | | Waterloo |
| 1816 | | Kitchener | |
1830s
| width=28% | Building | width=8% | Year Completed | width=20% | Builder | width=32% | Location |
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| Woolner Farmstead | 1830 | | Kitchener |
| Betzner Homestead | 1830 | | Kitchener |
| Schoerg Homestead | 1830 | | Kitchener |
| Homer Watson House | 1830s | | Doon (Kitchener) | |
1840s
| width=28% | Building | width=8% | Year Completed | width=20% | Builder | width=32% | Location |
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| 39 Doon Valley Drive | c. 1840 | | Doon (Kitchener) |
| Shoemaker House | 1840 | | Bridgeport (Kitchener) |
| Lancaster Hotel | 1840[1] | Gottlieb Bitzer[2] | Bridgeport (Kitchener) |
| Bristow's Inn | 1840s | | Elmira |
| Rummelhardt School | 1843 | | Rummelhardt (Waterloo) |
| Good Shantz Bosch House | 1846 | | Waterloo |
| Ruby-Snyder House | 1847 | | Waterloo |
| Burkholder - Burkhardt House | 1849 | | Waterloo |
| Voelker House | 1849 | | Waterloo | |
1850s
| width=28% | Building | width=8% | Year Completed | width=20% | Builder | width=32% | Location |
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| 1850[3] or 1851[4] | | Waterloo |
| 1852 | | Kitchener |
| 1221 Doon Village Road | 1853 | | Doon (Kitchener) |
| 138 Church Street | 1855[5] | | Kitchener |
| 142 Church Street | 1855–60 | | Kitchener |
| 1855 | | Waterloo |
| Kitchener–Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School (KCI) | 1855 | | Kitchener |
| Elam Martin Farmstead | 1856 | | Waterloo |
| Snyder–Hahn Building | 1857 | Jacob Bricker | Waterloo |
| Galt Town Hall | 1858 | H. B. Sinclair | Galt (Cambridge) |
| St. Clement's Roman Catholic Church | 1858[6] | | St. Clements |
| Nixon House | 1859 | | Waterloo |
| Richber House | 1859 | | Waterloo | |
1860s
| width=28% | Building | width=8% | Year Completed | width=20% | Builder | width=32% | Location |
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| House of Industry & Refuge Poor House Hospital | 1860 | | Kitchener |
| Canadian Block (72-78 King Street West) | 1865[7] | | Kitchener |
| MacLauglin House | 1867 | | Waterloo |
| Market Hotel | 1860s | | Waterloo | |
1870s
| width=28% | Building | width=8% | Year Completed | width=20% | Builder | width=32% | Location |
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| 1870s | | Kitchener |
| Elam Martin Farmstead | 1870 | | Waterloo |
| Sonneck House | 1874 | | Kitchener |
| 132 Queen Street North | 1877[8] | | Kitchener |
| 1877 | | Baden (Wilmot Township) |
| 1878 | David W. Gingrick (architect) | Kitchener |
| 307 Queen Street South | 1879 | | Kitchener | |
1880s
| width=28% | Building | width=8% | Year Completed | width=20% | Builder/architect | width=32% | Location |
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| Hillard House | 1880 | | Waterloo |
| Kuntz Eckert House | 1880 | | Waterloo |
| Seagram-Remax Admin Building | 1881 | | Waterloo |
| Central Block | 1881 | William Snider and Aaron Kraft | Uptown Waterloo |
| Bean-Wright House | 1882 | | Waterloo |
| Bank of Hamilton–CIBC Building (part of former Germania Block) | 1885 | Jakob Fellman | Kitchener |
| King Edward Public School | 1885 | | Kitchener |
| Button Factory | 1886 | | Waterloo |
| D. Hibner Furniture Co. Ltd | 1887 | Daniel Hibner, Mayor | Kitchener |
| Former Galt Post Office | 1887[9] | | Galt (Cambridge) |
| Electrohome building (152 Shanley St) | 1887[10] | | Kitchener | |
1890s
| width=28% | Building | width=8% | Year Completed | width=20% | Builder | width=32% | Location |
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| Zimmerman House, which changed to the Waterloo Hotel | 1890 | | Waterloo |
| 1893 | | Kitchener |
| 1115 Doon Village Road | 1894[11] | David Cole | Doon (Kitchener) |
| Simpson Block | 1895 | | Kitchener |
| 1897 | | Kitchener |
| 152 Shanley Street | 1898[12] | | Kitchener |
| Schiel Patterson House | 1898 | | Waterloo |
| Galt Canadian Pacific Railway Station | 189899 | Edward Maxwell | Galt (Cambridge) |
| William Street Pumping Station | 1899 | | Waterloo | |
1900s
| width=28% | Building | width=8% | Year Completed | width=20% | Builder | width=32% | Location |
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| Berlin and Waterloo Street Railway Car Barn & Power House (25 Madison Avenue North) | 1902 | | Kitchener |
| Haas–Pemberton House | 1903 | | Waterloo |
| Snyder Seagram House | 1903 | | Waterloo |
| St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church | 1903 | A. W. Holmes of Toronto - architect, Caspar Braun - masonry, William Forwell - carpentry | Kitchener |
| Waterloo Carnegie Library | 1903–1905 | | Waterloo |
| Kaufman Shoe Factory | 1908 | | Kitchener | |
1910s
| width=28% | Building | width=8% | Year Completed | width=20% | Builder | width=32% | Location |
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| 150 Water Street South | 1910 | | Kitchener |
| 1910 | | Waterloo |
| Weber Block | 1910 | I. S. K. Weber | Kitchener |
| Victoria Public School | 1911 | | Kitchener |
| Berlin Isolation Hospital (69 Highland Road East) | 1911–12 | Charles Edward Cowan (architect) | Kitchener |
| Berlin Isolation Hospital Smallpox Pavilion (77 Highland Road East) | 1911–12 | Charles Edward Cowan (architect) | Kitchener |
| Greenbrook Pumping Station Reservoirs 1 and 2 | 1912 | | Kitchener |
| Mutual Life Insurance Company of Canada | 1912 | Frank Darling | |
| Waterloo Post Office | 1911–1913 | D. Eward (Chief Architect for Canada), L. B. Lachance of Ottawa (contractor) | Waterloo |
| Berlin Isolation Hospital Caretaker's Residence (79 Highland Road East) | 1913 | Unknown architect | Kitchener |
| 19 Regina Street North | 1913[13] | | Waterloo |
| 1913[14] | | Kitchener |
| Molson's Bank | 1914 | Langley and Howard | Waterloo |
| Doon Heritage Village | 1914 | | Doon (Kitchener) |
| Waterloo Isolation Hospital (172 Lincoln Road) | 1917 | Architect unknown | Waterloo |
| Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church | 1918 | | Kitchener | |
1920s
| width=28% | Building | width=8% | Year Completed | width=20% | Builder/architect | width=32% | Location |
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| Duke Street Hydro‐Electric Sub Station (296 Duke Street) | 1920 | | Kitchener |
| Grand River Hospital Nurses' Residence | 1921 | | Kitchener |
| Galt Public Utilities Commission Building | 1922 | F. C. Bodley | Galt (Cambridge) |
| Strange Street Pumping Station | 1922–23 | | Kitchener |
| 1923 | | Kitchener |
| Bahnsen-Bierstick-Marsland House | 1923 | | Waterloo |
| 1924 | | Kitchener |
| St. Mary's Hospital | 1924 | | Kitchener |
| Reitzel-Grierson House | 1925 | | Waterloo |
| Schmaltz Apartments (96 Young Street) | 1925[15] | | Kitchener |
| Freeport Bridge | 1926 | | Freeport (Kitchener) |
| Freeport Sanatorium Nurses' Residence | 1926–27[16] | Arthur C. Torry (architect) | Freeport (Kitchener) |
| Kaufman Shoe Factory | 1927 | | Kitchener |
| Greenbrook Pumping Station Pump House, K1 and K2 Well Houses | 1929 | | Kitchener | |
1930s
| width=28% | Building | width=8% | Year Completed | width=20% | Builder | width=32% | Location |
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| Freeport Sanatorium Main Treatment Building | 1929–30 | B. A. Jones (architect) and Dunker Company (contractors) | Kitchener |
| 1930 | | Waterloo |
| Woodside Municipal Pool | 1931 | | Kitchener |
| Kitchener Public Utilities Commission Building | 1931–32[17] | | Kitchener |
| Freeport Sanatorium Pump House, Power House and Shed | 1932 | | Kitchener |
| Hydro Electric Power Commission (HEPC) Building (325 Breithaupt Street) | 1933 | Bernal Ambrose Jones (architect), Dunker Construction (contractor) | Kitchener |
| Rockway Golf Course Clubhouse | 1935 | Stanley Thompson (architect) | Kitchener |
| Freeport Sanatorium Men's Residence | 1935–36 | | Kitchener |
| Greenbrook Pumping Station Reservoir 3 | 1936 | Dunker Construction Company | Kitchener |
| Federal Building (Duke St) | 1938[18] | C. D. Sutherland (architect) | Kitchener |
| Freeport Sanatorium Medical Superintendent's Residence | 1938–39 | B. A. Jones (architect) and Dunker Company (contractors) | Kitchener |
| Waterloo County Registry Office (Registry Theatre) | 1939[19] | Ray Hall (architect), Dunker Construction (contractor) | Kitchener | |
1950s
| width=28% | Building | width=8% | Year Completed | width=20% | Builder | width=32% | Location |
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| Kitchener Trolley Bus Transit Terminal (Rockway Centre) | 1950 | | Kitchener |
| Kitchener Memorial Auditorium | 1950–52 | Jenkins & Wright (architects) | Kitchener |
| Grand River Hospital main building | 1952 | | Kitchener |
| 1956 | | Kitchener |
| Government of Canada Building | 1956–57[20] | Jenkins and Wright (architectural firm) | Kitchener | |
Dates unknown
| width=28% | Building | width=8% | Year Completed | width=20% | Builder | width=32% | Location |
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| St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church | 1889 | | Kitchener | |
See also
Notes and References
- Book: Eichler, Idessa . Thirty-Eighth Annual Report of the Waterloo Historical Society . Waterloo Historical Society . 1950 . "Bridgeport, a History".
- Book: Eichler, Idessa . Thirty-Eighth Annual Report of the Waterloo Historical Society . Waterloo Historical Society . 1950 . "Bridgeport, a History".
- Web site: Brubacher House . 13 February 2012 . . 20 March 2020.
- Web site: Brubacher House . . 20 March 2020.
- Web site: Mayor Jacob Yost Shantz b. 2 May 1822 near, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada d. 28 Oct 1909 Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada: Waterloo Region Generations.
- Book: Spetz, Theobald . The Catholic Church in Waterloo County: Book I . The Catholic Register and Extension . 1916 . 80.
- Web site: Archived copy . 2019-11-07 . 2019-11-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191107061446/https://www.kitchener.ca/en/resourcesGeneral/Documents/DSD_BUILD_City_Centre_Development_Heritage_Impact_Assessment.pdf . dead .
- News: Pender . Terry . Downtown Kitchener house sets record at $1.45 million . . 3 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210903224317/https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/2021/09/03/downtown-kitchener-house-sets-record-at-145-million.html . 3 September 2021 . en . live.
- Web site: Former Galt Post Office National Historic Site of Canada . . 23 June 2021.
- News: Tax sale of contaminated Electrohome site in Kitchener gives property owner $800,000 tax break . . 28 February 2019.
- Web site: Doon Village Rd. 1115 - House - buff brick - 1 1/2 storey Kitchener b. Constructed 1894 1115 Doon Village Road, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario d. Still standing 2011: Waterloo Region Generations.
- News: Flash From the Past: 100 years of manufacturing on Shanley Street . rych . mills . . 1 July 2019 . 1 February 2020.
- News: New plan for Waterloo's old legion hall . James . Jackson . 18 November 2015 . 6 November 2019 . Waterloo Chronicle.
- News: Kitchener heritage group moves to protect Rumpel Felt building. . 4 October 2012 . 6 November 2019 .
- Book: Vernon Directories . 1925 . Vernon's City of Kitchener and Town of Waterloo Street, Alphabetical, Business, and Miscellaneous Directory for the Year 1925 – 1926. . . Twenty-First . Henry Vernon & Son Directory Publishers.
- Web site: Public Building Inventory Part 1. .
- Web site: HistoricPlaces.ca - HistoricPlaces.ca.
- Web site: HistoricPlaces.ca - HistoricPlaces.ca.
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- Web site: HistoricPlaces.ca - HistoricPlaces.ca.
