List of historic places on the Avalon Peninsula

This is a list of historic places on the Avalon Peninsula in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. This list contains entries on the Canadian Register of Historic Places, whether they are federal, provincial, or municipal, and excludes the more than 150 listings from the city of St. John's, which are listed separately.

Avalon Peninsula

Location of Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland

List of historic places

Name	Address	Coordinates	IDF	IDP	IDM		Image
Admiralty House Museum and Archives	, Mount Pearl, NL	47°30′19″N 52°47′46″W			2019
Alderdice Property Municipal Heritage Building	, Conception Bay South, NL	47°32′25″N 52°55′48″W			2062
All Saints Anglican Cemetery #1 Municipal Heritage Site	, Conception Bay South, NL	47°30′51″N 52°59′01″W			2292
Anderson's Shed Municipal Heritage Site	, New Perlican, NL	47°30′51″N 52°59′01″W			19550
Anglo American Telegraph Company Cable Office Registered Heritage Structure	, Placentia, NL	47°14′51″N 53°57′40″W		3845	6249
Argentia 282 Coastal Defence Battery Registered Heritage Structure	, Placentia, NL	47°16′24″N 53°59′23″W		3843	6122
Avondale Railway Station	, Avondale, NL	47°24′27″N 53°12′17″W		2102
Bartlett/Burke House	, Brigus, NL	47°31′58″N 53°12′31″W		2050
Joseph Bartlett House	, Brigus, NL	47°31′59″N 53°12′36″W		2226
Bay Bulls Harbour Provincial Historic Site	Shipwreck in the harbour, Bay Bulls, NL	47°18′45″N 52°48′28″W		3481
Bay Roberts Railway Station Municipal Heritage Site	, Bay Roberts, NL	47°35′41″N 53°16′29″W		8003	13238
Beckett Property	, Old Perlican, NL	48°04′59″N 53°00′23″W		1928
Bell Island No. 2 Mine Registered Heritage Structure	, Wabana, NL	47°38′47″N 52°56′50″W		6245
Bell Rock Municipal Heritage Site	, Fermeuse, NL	46°58′36″N 52°57′32″W			5313
Blessing of the Fleet and Homily Site	, Flatrock, NL	47°42′18″N 52°42′37″W			4438
Blundon House	, Bay de Verde, NL	48°05′11″N 52°53′55″W		2096
Mary Boland House Registered Heritage Structure	, Calvert, NL	47°03′33″N 52°54′41″W		2230
Branch Cove Fossiliferous Rocks Municipal Heritage Site	, Branch, NL	46°52′09″N 53°57′13″W			12902
Brigus Historical Zone	, Brigus, NL	47°31′58″N 53°12′31″W			5455
Bulger, A Name Rock Municipal Heritage Site	, Cupids, NL	47°32′51″N 53°13′26″W			10851
Burgess Fishing Property Municipal Heritage Building	, Whiteway, NL	47°40′51″N 53°29′12″W			5467
Burnt Head Arch Municipal Heritage Site	, Cupids, NL	47°34′09″N 53°12′03″W			10855
Burrage's Stage Municipal Heritage Site	, New Perlican, NL	47°54′37″N 53°21′32″W			15372
Butler Property	, Cupids, NL	47°33′40″N 53°12′38″W		2043
Butler's Store Municipal Heritage Building	, Conception Bay South, NL	47°30′33″N 52°59′15″W			2058
Cable Avenue Municipal Heritage District	Cable Avenue, Bay Roberts, NL	47°35′48″N 53°15′14″W		19611	18903
Cable Building National Historic Site of Canada	Water Street, Bay Roberts, NL	47°35′48″N 53°15′14″W	11970	2040	13239
Cable Staff House #1	, Heart's Content, NL	47°52′25″N 53°22′03″W		2225
Cable Staff House #2	, Heart's Content, NL	47°52′25″N 53°22′03″W		2224
Calpin/Myers Property Municipal Heritage Site	, Bay Roberts, NL	47°35′38″N 53°15′46″W			15370
Cape Pine Lighthouse National Historic Site of Canada	, Cape Pine, NL	46°37′02″N 53°31′57″W	10586
Cape Pine Lighthouse Recognized Federal Heritage Building	, Cape Pine, NL	46°37′02″N 53°31′57″W	3634
Cape Race Lighthouse	, Cape Race, NL	46°39′46″N 53°04′38″W	3627 21138
Cape Race Lighthouse National Historic Site of Canada	, Cape Race, NL	46°39′31″N 53°04′25″W	10652
Cape St. Mary's Light Tower	, St. Bride's, NL	46°49′23″N 54°11′46″W	13042 20779
Castle Hill National Historic Site of Canada	Route 100, Placentia, NL	47°15′05″N 53°58′20″W	7565
Cathedral of Immaculate Conception	, Harbour Grace, NL	47°41′44″N 53°12′41″W		2326
Chapel Cemetery Municipal Heritage Site	, Holyrood, NL	47°39′18″N 52°43′33″W			10190
Chief Operator's House Municipal Heritage Building	, Conception Bay South, NL	47°27′22″N 53°04′03″W			5935
Chisholm House Municipal Heritage Site	, Conception Bay South, NL	47°31′15″N 52°57′06″W			12927
Codner House and Shed	, Torbay, NL	47°39′36″N 52°43′57″W			4492
Colony of Avalon Special Preservation Area Municipal Heritage District	, Ferryland, NL	47°01′22″N 52°52′48″W	19508		14542
Aubrey and Elizabeth Crowley Property	, Ochre Pit Cove, NL	47°54′33″N 53°04′00″W		1901
Custard Head Fishing Premises	, Hant's Harbour, NL	48°00′56″N 53°15′33″W		2199
Davis House	, Freshwater, NL	47°45′24″N 53°11′04″W		1886
Dawe Property World War Two Site Municipal Heritage Site	Flats Road, Manuels, Conception Bay South, NL	47°45′24″N 53°11′04″W			18963
Devil's Rock	, Renews-Cappahayden, NL	46°55′58″N 52°56′42″W			4435
The Downs Historic Conservation Area	, Ferryland, NL	47°01′08″N 52°51′41″W			6119
Drake House Registered Heritage Structure	, Arnold's Cove, NL	47°45′58″N 53°59′12″W		1781
Drogheda (Valley of Hope)	, Clarke's Beach, NL	47°30′27″N 53°18′30″W		1897
Ferryland Head Lighthouse Keeper's Dwelling Municipal Heritage Site	, Ferryland, NL	47°01′00″N 52°51′28″W			5534
First Anglican Cemetery and War Memorial Site Municipal Heritage Site	, Arnold's Cove, NL	47°45′27″N 53°59′24″W			11941
Fjordheim Property Municipal Heritage Site	, Holyrood, NL	47°23′43″N 53°07′12″W			10192
Former Carbonear Railway Station (Newfoundland Railway) National Historic Site of Canada	, Carbonear, NL	47°44′15″N 53°13′46″W	14129	1975	12906
Fort Frederick	, Placentia, NL	47°14′57″N 53°57′42″W			4067
Fowler House	, Brigus, NL	47°32′16″N 53°12′36″W		1888
Geehan Building Municipal Heritage Building	, Conception Bay South, NL	47°32′23″N 52°55′20″W			7468
Goodland House	, Harbour Grace, NL	47°41′28″N 53°13′24″W		1996
Mark Gosse Residence	, Spaniard's Bay, NL	47°36′30″N 53°17′09″W		2039
John Guy Flag Site Municipal Heritage Structure	, Cupids, NL	47°32′52″N 53°13′42″W			10603
Harbour Grace Court House National Historic Site of Canada	2 Harvey Street, Harbour Grace, NL	47°41′00″N 53°15′45″W	7537
Harbour Grace Fire Bell	, Harbour Grace, NL	47°41′25″N 53°13′15″W			4185
Harbour Grace Registered Heritage District	, Harbour Grace, NL	47°41′35″N 53°12′44″W		2381
Harry's Brook Municipal Heritage Site	Harry's Brook, running between Tory Road and Harbour Road, New Perlican, NL	47°54′32″N 53°21′33″W			19549
Hawthorne Cottage National Historic Site of Canada	north side of Irishtown Road, Brigus, NL	47°32′07″N 53°12′31″W	16784 2634
Hearn House	, Brigus, NL	47°32′06″N 53°12′41″W		2229
The Hearth Municipal Heritage Site	, Branch, NL	46°52′48″N 53°57′13″W			12903
Heart's Content Cable Station	, Heart's Content, NL	47°52′22″N 53°22′11″W		3057
Heart's Content Lighthouse	North Point Road, north side of harbour mouth, Heart's Content, NL	47°52′56″N 53°23′07″W	20749 3975
Heart's Content Registered Historic District	Central village of Heart's Content, Heart's Content, NL	47°52′56″N 53°23′07″W		19612
The Herder Property Municipal Heritage Site	, Conception Bay South, NL	47°31′47″N 52°57′28″W			13257
The Hermitage Registered Heritage Structure	, Conception Bay South, NL	47°32′14″N 52°56′14″W		5934	14002
Heyfield Memorial United Church and Cemetery Municipal Heritage Site	Water side of Route 80, Heart's Content, NL	47°53′44″N 53°22′05″W		19411	7307
Historic Ferryland Museum Municipal Heritage Site	, Ferryland, NL	47°01′35″N 52°53′04″W			5533
Holy Apostles Church	, Renews-Cappahayden, NL	46°55′42″N 52°54′41″W		2110
Holy Trinity Convent and Chapel Registered Heritage Structure	, Witless Bay, NL	47°16′52″N 52°49′53″W		3761
Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church Registered Heritage Structure	, Ferryland, NL	47°01′31″N 52°53′04″W		1939
Immaculate Conception Cemetery Municipal Heritage Site	, Cape Broyle, NL	47°05′55″N 52°56′29″W			5764
Immaculate Conception Church and Grounds Municipal Heritage Site	, Cape Broyle, NL	47°05′47″N 52°56′41″W			5865
Bernard Kavanagh Premises Municipal Heritage Site	, Ferryland, NL	47°01′25″N 52°53′02″W			5456
Keneally House	, Carbonear, NL	47°44′20″N 53°13′50″W		2103
Mother M. Bernard Kirwan Memorial Municipal Heritage Site	, Port Kirwan, NL	46°58′10″N 52°54′34″W			7278
Lakeview Registered Heritage Structure	, Brigus, NL	47°32′01″N 53°12′30″W		8005
Landfall (Kent Cottage) Registered Heritage Structure	, Brigus, NL	47°32′32″N 53°12′12″W		2273
The Liberal Rock Municipal Heritage Site	Peddle's Lane, New Perlican, NL	47°54′38″N 53°21′23″W			19530
Lighttower	Bull Head, Bay Bulls, NL	47°18′39″N 52°44′50″W	9729
Lighttower	, Brigus, NL	47°32′54″N 53°10′56″W	3992
Lloyd George House	, Dildo, NL	47°34′05″N 53°33′19″W		1929
Loyal Orange Lodge LOL #9	, Green's Harbour, NL	47°37′59″N 53°30′36″W		2198
Lulah-Oh! / Carroll Property Municipal Heritage Site	, Holyrood, NL	47°23′19″N 53°08′11″W			8371
Manuels River Linear Park Municipal Heritage Site	, Conception Bay South, NL	47°31′15″N 52°56′46″W			10638
The Maples	, Harbour Grace, NL	47°41′34″N 53°12′55″W			4192
Markland Cottage Hospital Registered Heritage Structure	, Markland, NL	47°24′10″N 53°32′41″W		7784
Masonic Lodge Harbour Grace #476 A.F. and A.M., S.C	, Harbour Grace, NL	47°41′29″N 53°13′21″W			4189
Metcalfe Slaughter House and Barn, Upper Barn, Office and Shed Municipal Heritage Site	, Conception Bay South, NL	47°31′32″N 52°56′41″W			14622
Midnight Hill and Grotto de Lourdes on Mass Rock Municipal Heritage Site	, Renews-Cappahayden, NL	46°55′43″N 52°55′58″W			4683
Miller House Municipal Heritage Site	, Conception Bay South, NL	47°32′24″N 52°55′41″W			16263
Paddy Miller House Municipal Heritage Building	, Southern Harbour, NL	47°42′32″N 53°58′12″W			8146
Morgan House	, Conception Bay South, NL	47°27′23″N 53°05′20″W		2174	14001
Mosquito School House	, Bristol's Hope, NL	47°43′06″N 53°11′31″W		2052
North Side Burial Ground Municipal Heritage Site	, Ferryland, NL	47°01′53″N 52°53′00″W			12907
R.J. O'Brien's General Store	, Cape Broyle, NL	47°05′45″N 52°56′55″W		3844
The Old Bark Pot Municipal Heritage Site	Along Beach Road in The Pool, Ferryland, NL	47°44′20″N 53°13′29″W			18944
Old Carbonear Post Office	, Carbonear, NL	47°44′20″N 53°13′29″W		1851
Old Cemetery	, Renews-Cappahayden, NL	46°55′25″N 52°55′52″W			4437
Old Cemetery Municipal Heritage Site	, Port Kirwan, NL	46°58′15″N 52°54′35″W			5050
The Old Graveyard Municipal Heritage Site	, Branch, NL	46°52′52″N 53°57′06″W			12904
Old Holy Trinity Parish Cemetery Municipal Heritage Site	, Torbay, NL	47°39′17″N 52°43′33″W			8243
Old Lighthouse Site Municipal Heritage Site	, Cupids, NL	47°33′18″N 53°13′36″W			10853
Old St. Nicholas Anglican Cemetery Municipal Heritage Site	, Torbay, NL	47°39′36″N 52°43′53″W			8147
Old Witless Bay Cemetery	, Witless Bay, NL	47°16′47″N 52°49′19″W			5052
O'Reilly House Registered Heritage Structure	48 Orcan Drive, Placentia, NL	47°14′46″N 53°57′36″W		2233	6120
Otterbury School House	, Harbour Grace, NL	47°40′35″N 53°15′01″W			4191
Our Lady of Angels / Presentation Convent Registered Heritage Structure	, Placentia, NL	47°14′39″N 53°57′41″W		2234	6248
Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto	, Flatrock, NL	47°42′18″N 52°42′48″W			4502
John Parot's Grave Municipal Heritage Site	, Old Perlican, NL	48°05′07″N 53°00′12″W			5668
Payne House	, Harbour Grace, NL	47°41′23″N 53°13′31″W		1997
Peter's Finger Municipal Heritage Site	A large outcrop of rock located in the southwestern corner of New Perlican, west of Route 80 and south of Vitter's Cove Road., New Perlican, NL	47°54′29″N 53°22′15″W			18907
Petty Harbour Hydro-Electric Generating Station	, Petty Harbour, NL	47°27′55″N 52°42′43″W		4326
Gordon G. Pike Railway Heritage Museum and Park	, Harbour Grace, NL	47°41′45″N 53°13′06″W			4184
Pinehurst	, Carbonear, NL	47°44′20″N 53°13′18″W		2073
The Plot Municipal Heritage Site	, Branch, NL	46°52′53″N 53°57′06″W			12911
Porter House	, Port de Grave, NL	47°36′02″N 53°11′06″W		2042
Powell House	, Carbonear, NL	47°44′27″N 53°12′35″W		2053
Presentation Cemetery Municipal Heritage Site	, Renews-Cappahayden, NL	46°55′43″N 52°56′01″W			5051
Presentation Convent Grounds Municipal Heritage Site	, Renews-Cappahayden, NL	46°55′43″N 52°55′59″W			5385
Prince of Orange Loyal Orange Lodge LOL#23 Municipal Heritage Building	, Conception Bay South, NL	47°30′18″N 53°00′20″W			2059
Reid's General Store	, Heart's Delight-Islington, NL	47°46′16″N 53°27′54″W		2227
Abram Richards Property	, Bareneed, NL	47°34′09″N 53°15′34″W		1785
Ridley Hall Ruins Registered Heritage Structure	, Harbour Grace, NL	47°41′34″N 53°12′55″W		8582
Ridley Office	, Harbour Grace, NL	47°41′29″N 53°13′00″W		2317
The Road House Municipal Heritage Site	, Conception Bay South, NL	47°32′20″N 52°56′11″W			16264
Rock with 17th and 18th Century Graffiti Municipal Heritage Site	, Fermeuse, NL	46°57′44″N 52°56′11″W			5962
Rock with 19th Century Graffiti Carvings Municipal Heritage Site	, Fermeuse, NL	46°57′40″N 52°54′40″W			5967
Roman Catholic Parish Cemetery	, Harbour Grace, NL	47°41′33″N 53°13′04″W			4190
Rorke's Stone Jug	, Carbonear, NL	47°44′18″N 53°13′47″W		2143
Rorke Store	, Carbonear, NL	47°44′18″N 53°13′32″W		1881
Rothesay House, Munn/Godden Residence	, Harbour Grace, NL	47°41′37″N 53°12′46″W		3305
Rural Retreat (Peach's Farm)	, Carbonear, NL	47°44′51″N 53°13′15″W		2142
St. Charles Borromeo Church and Grounds Municipal Heritage Site	, Fermeuse, NL	46°58′39″N 52°57′31″W			5532
St. George's Anglican Church	, Brigus, NL	47°32′11″N 53°12′27″W		2076
St. James Anglican Church Registered Heritage Structure	, Carbonear, NL	47°44′30″N 53°13′27″W		2041
St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church Municipal Heritage Site	, Conception Bay South, NL	47°32′14″N 52°56′14″W		2179	13716
St. John the Evangelist Cemetery Municipal Heritage Site	, Conception Bay South, NL	47°32′14″N 52°56′14″W			7466
St. Luke's Anglican Church	, Placentia, NL	47°14′46″N 53°57′42″W		2327	6247
St. Matthew's United Church Southside Cemetery Municipal Heritage Site	, New Perlican, NL	47°54′40″N 53°21′24″W			14004
St. Paul's Anglican Church	, Harbour Grace, NL	47°41′44″N 53°13′02″W		2144
St. Peter's Anglican Church and Cemetery Municipal Heritage Site	, Conception Bay South, NL	47°28′43″N 53°03′14″W			2063
St. Thomas of Villa Nova Cemetery Municipal Heritage Site	, Conception Bay South, NL	47°31′25″N 52°56′51″W			7467
Salvation Army Cemetery Municipal Heritage Site	, Arnold's Cove, NL	47°45′21″N 53°59′37″W			11940
Second Anglican Cemetery Municipal Heritage Site	, Arnold's Cove, NL	47°45′19″N 53°59′24″W			11942
Shano/Le Shane Property Registered Heritage Structure	, Lower Island Cove, NL	48°00′31″N 52°58′31″W		6246
Sittin' Rock Municipal Heritage Site	, New Perlican, NL	47°54′15″N 53°21′25″W			14003
Society of United Fishermen Lodge SUF #1	, Heart's Content, NL	47°52′30″N 53°22′11″W		2202
Somerton Property	, Wabana, NL	47°38′47″N 52°56′47″W		1866
South Side Burial Ground Municipal Heritage Site	, Ferryland, NL	47°01′25″N 52°53′08″W			12908
Spaniard's Bay United Church Registered Heritage Structure	, Spaniard's Bay, NL	47°37′15″N 53°16′35″W		7783	6192
Stone Barn	, Brigus, NL	47°32′08″N 53°12′35″W		1671
Topsail United Church Cemetery Municipal Heritage Site	, Conception Bay South, NL	47°32′21″N 52°56′14″W			2291
Tower	, Ferryland, NL	47°54′29″N 53°21′29″W	4728
Town of New Perlican Heritage Conservation Zone Municipal Heritage District	, New Perlican, NL	47°54′29″N 53°21′29″W			8148
Trahey Property	, Conception Harbour, NL	47°26′27″N 53°12′27″W		2182
Upper Gullies United Church Cemetery Municipal Heritage Site	, Conception Bay South, NL	47°29′05″N 53°02′37″W			14683
Veitch Property Municipal Heritage Site	, Holyrood, NL	47°23′14″N 53°08′10″W			10193
Victoria Hydro-Electric Generating Station	, Victoria, NL	47°46′31″N 53°12′55″W		4327
Victoria Manor	, Harbour Grace, NL	47°41′32″N 53°13′26″W		2044
Wakeham Sawmill Registered Heritage Structure	, Placentia, NL	47°14′44″N 53°57′31″W		4041	6123
Walled Landscape of Grates Cove National Historic Site of Canada	, Grates Cove, NL	48°10′00″N 52°56′00″W	12745
War Memorial Municipal Heritage Site	, Branch, NL	46°52′54″N 53°57′24″W			12905
Waterloo Loyal Orange Lodge No. 18 Municipal Heritage Site	, New Perlican, NL	47°54′30″N 53°21′29″W			14413
62 Water Street	62 Water Street, Carbonear, NL	47°44′27″N 53°12′30″W		1993
West End Mercantile Establishment	, Harbour Grace, NL	47°41′23″N 53°13′31″W		3081
Western Bay Railway Station	, Western Bay, NL	47°52′49″N 53°05′13″W		2067
West Point Cemetery Municipal Heritage Site	, Portugal Cove-St. Philip's, NL	47°37′24″N 52°51′58″W			12064
White House	, Portugal Cove, NL	47°37′21″N 52°51′38″W		3842
Winter Home	, Clarke's Beach, NL	47°32′29″N 53°16′29″W		2055
Women's Patriotic Association War Memorial Municipal Heritage Site	, Sunnyside, NL	47°51′30″N 53°55′20″W			7465

See also

• List of historic places in Newfoundland and Labrador
• List of National Historic Sites of Canada in Newfoundland and Labrador