List of oldest buildings and structures in Kitchener-Waterloo area

The Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada area 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

Building Year Completed Builder Location
Erb-Kumpf House1812Waterloo
Joseph Schneider Haus1816Kitchener

1830s

Building Year Completed Builder Location
Woolner Farmstead1830[1]Kitchener
Betzner Homesteadc.1830[2]Kitchener
Schoerg Homesteadc.1830[3]Kitchener
Homer Watson House1830sDoon (Kitchener)

1840s

Building Year Completed Builder Location
39 Doon Valley Drivec. 1840[4]Doon (Kitchener)
Bristow's Inn[5]1840sElmira
Rummelhardt School1843Waterloo
Good Shantz Bosch House1846Waterloo
Ruby-Snyder House1847Waterloo
Burkholder - Burkhardt House1849Waterloo
Voelker House1849Waterloo

1850s

Building Year Completed Builder Location
Brubacher House1850[6] or 1851[7]Waterloo
Waterloo County Jail1852[8]Kitchener
1221 Doon Village Roadc.1853Doon (Kitchener)
Huether Hotel1855Waterloo
Kitchener–Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School (KCI)1855Kitchener
Elam Martin Farmstead1856Waterloo
Snyder–Hahn Building1857[9]Jacob BrickerWaterloo
Nixon House1859Waterloo
Richber House1859Waterloo

1860s

Building Year Completed Builder Location
House of Industry & Refuge Poor House Hospitalc. 1860[8]Kitchener
Canadian Block (72-78 King Street West)1865[10]Kitchener
MacLauglin House1867Waterloo
Market Hotel1860sWaterloo

1870s

Building Year Completed Builder Location
Woodside National Historic Site1870sKitchener
Elam Martin Farmstead1870Waterloo
Sonneck House1874[11]Louis BreithauptKitchener
Castle Kilbride1877Wilmot Township
Waterloo County Governor's House1878[8]David W. Gingrick (architect)[8]Kitchener
307 Queen Street South1879[12]Kitchener

1880s

Building Year Completed Builder Location
Hillard House1880Waterloo
Kuntz Eckert House1880Waterloo
Seagram-Remax Admin Building1881Waterloo
Central Block1881William Snider and Aaron KraftUptown Waterloo
Bean-Wright House1882Waterloo
Bank of Hamilton–CIBC Building (part of former Germania Block)1885[13]Jakob FellmanKitchener
King Edward Public School1885Kitchener
Button Factory1886Waterloo
D. Hibner Furniture Co. Ltd1887Daniel Hibner, MayorKitchener
Electrohome building (152 Shanley St)1887[14]Kitchener

1890s

Building Year Completed Builder Location
Zimmerman House, which changed to the Waterloo Hotel1890Waterloo
The Walper Hotel1893Kitchener
1115 Doon Village Road1894[15]David ColeDoon (Kitchener)
Simpson Block1895[16]Kitchener
Kitchener railway station1897Kitchener
152 Shanley Street 1898[17]Kitchener
Schiel Patterson House1898Waterloo
William Street Pumping Station1899[18]Waterloo

1900s

Building Year Completed Builder Location
Berlin–Waterloo Street Railway Car Barn & Power House (25 Madison Avenue North)1902[8]Kitchener
Haas-Pemberton House1903[19]Waterloo
Synder Seagram House1903Waterloo
St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church1903A. W. Holmes of Toronto - architect, Caspar Braun - masonry, William Forwell - carpentryKitchener
Waterloo Carnegie Library1903–1905Waterloo
Kaufman Shoe Factory1908Kitchener

1910s

Building Year Completed Builder Location
150 Water Street South1910[20]Kitchener
Waterloo railway station1910Waterloo
Weber Blockc.1910[21]I. S. K. WeberKitchener
Berlin Isolation Hospital (69 Highland Road East)1911–12[8]Charles Edward Cowan (architect)[8]Kitchener
Berlin Isolation Hospital Smallpox Pavilion (77 Highland Road East)1911–12[8]Charles Edward Cowan (architect)[8]Kitchener
Greenbrook Pumping Station Reservoirs 1 and 21912Kitchener
Mutual Life Insurance Company of Canada1912Frank Darling
Waterloo Post Office1911–1913[8]D. Eward (Chief Architect for Canada), L. B. Lachance of Ottawa (contractor)[8]Waterloo
Berlin Isolation Hospital Caretaker's Residence (79 Highland Road East)1913[8]Unknown architect[8]Kitchener
19 Regina Street North1913[22]Waterloo
Rumpel Felt Company1913[23]Kitchener
Molson's Bank1914Langley and HowardWaterloo
Doon Heritage Village1914Doon (Kitchener)
Waterloo Isolation Hospital (172 Lincoln Road)c. 1917[8]Architect unknown[8]Waterloo
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church1918Kitchener

1920s

Building Year Completed Builder Location
Duke Street Hydro‐Electric Sub Station (296 Duke Street)c.1920[8]Kitchener
Grand River Hospital Nurses' Residence1921[8]Kitchener
Strange Street Pumping Station1922–23[8]Kitchener
Waterloo Pioneer Memorial Tower1923Kitchener
Bahnsen-Bierstick-Marsland House1923Waterloo
old City Hall's clock tower1924Kitchener
St. Mary's Hospital1924[8]Kitchener
Reitzel-Grierson House1925Waterloo
Schmaltz Apartments (96 Young Street)c.1925[24]Kitchener
Freeport Bridge1926[25]Kitchener
Freeport Sanatorium Nurses' Residence1926–27[8]Arthur C. Torry (architect)[8]Kitchener
Kaufman Shoe Factory1927Kitchener
Greenbrook Pumping Station Pump House, K1 and K2 Well Houses1929Kitchener

1930s

Building Year Completed Builder Location
Freeport Sanatorium Main Treatment Building1929–30[8]B. A. Jones (architect) and Dunker Company (contractors)[8]Kitchener
Elizabeth Ziegler Public School1930Waterloo
Woodside Municipal Pool1931[8]Kitchener
Kitchener Public Utilities Commission Building1931–32[26]Kitchener
Freeport Sanatorium Pump House, Power House and Shed1932[8]Kitchener
Hydro Electric Power Commission (HEPC) Building (325 Breithaupt Street)1933[8]Bernal Ambrose Jones (architect), Dunker Construction (contractor)[8]Kitchener
Rockway Golf Course Clubhouse1935[8]Stanley Thompson (architect)[8]Kitchener
Freeport Sanatorium Men's Residence1935–36[8]Kitchener
Greenbrook Pumping Station Reservoir 31936Dunker Construction Company[8]Kitchener
Federal Building (Duke St)1938[27]C. D. Sutherland (architect)[8]Kitchener
Freeport Sanatorium Medical Superintendent's Residence1938–39[8]B. A. Jones (architect) and Dunker Company (contractors)[8]Kitchener
Waterloo County Registry Office (Registry Theatre)1939[28]Ray Hall (architect), Dunker Construction (contractor)[8]Kitchener

1950s

Building Year Completed Builder Location
Kitchener Trolley Bus Transit Terminal (Rockway Centre)1950[8]Kitchener
Kitchener Memorial Auditorium1950–52[8]Jenkins & Wright (architects)[8]Kitchener
Grand River Hospital main building1952[8]Kitchener
Eastwood Collegiate Institute1956Kitchener
Government of Canada Building1956–57[29]Jenkins and Wright (architectural firm)[8]Kitchener

Dates unknown

Building Year Completed Builder Location
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church1889Kitchener

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