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 House | 1812 | Waterloo | |
| Joseph Schneider Haus | 1816 | Kitchener |
1830s
| Building | Year Completed | Builder | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woolner Farmstead | 1830[1] | Kitchener | |
| Betzner Homestead | c.1830[2] | Kitchener | |
| Schoerg Homestead | c.1830[3] | Kitchener | |
| Homer Watson House | 1830s | Doon (Kitchener) |
1840s
| Building | Year Completed | Builder | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 39 Doon Valley Drive | c. 1840[4] | Doon (Kitchener) | |
| Bristow's Inn[5] | 1840s | Elmira | |
| Rummelhardt School | 1843 | Waterloo | |
| Good Shantz Bosch House | 1846 | Waterloo | |
| Ruby-Snyder House | 1847 | Waterloo | |
| Burkholder - Burkhardt House | 1849 | Waterloo | |
| Voelker House | 1849 | Waterloo |
1850s
| Building | Year Completed | Builder | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brubacher House | 1850[6] or 1851[7] | Waterloo | |
| Waterloo County Jail | 1852[8] | Kitchener | |
| 1221 Doon Village Road | c.1853 | Doon (Kitchener) | |
| Huether Hotel | 1855 | Waterloo | |
| Kitchener–Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School (KCI) | 1855 | Kitchener | |
| Elam Martin Farmstead | 1856 | Waterloo | |
| Snyder–Hahn Building | 1857[9] | Jacob Bricker | Waterloo |
| Nixon House | 1859 | Waterloo | |
| Richber House | 1859 | Waterloo |
1860s
| Building | Year Completed | Builder | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| House of Industry & Refuge Poor House Hospital | c. 1860[8] | Kitchener | |
| Canadian Block (72-78 King Street West) | 1865[10] | Kitchener | |
| MacLauglin House | 1867 | Waterloo | |
| Market Hotel | 1860s | Waterloo |
1870s
| Building | Year Completed | Builder | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodside National Historic Site | 1870s | Kitchener | |
| Elam Martin Farmstead | 1870 | Waterloo | |
| Sonneck House | 1874[11] | Louis Breithaupt | Kitchener |
| Castle Kilbride | 1877 | Wilmot Township | |
| Waterloo County Governor's House | 1878[8] | David W. Gingrick (architect)[8] | Kitchener |
| 307 Queen Street South | 1879[12] | Kitchener |
1880s
| Building | Year Completed | Builder | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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[13] | Jakob Fellman | Kitchener |
| King Edward Public School | 1885 | Kitchener | |
| Button Factory | 1886 | Waterloo | |
| D. Hibner Furniture Co. Ltd | 1887 | Daniel Hibner, Mayor | Kitchener |
| Electrohome building (152 Shanley St) | 1887[14] | Kitchener |
1890s
| Building | Year Completed | Builder | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimmerman House, which changed to the Waterloo Hotel | 1890 | Waterloo | |
| The Walper Hotel | 1893 | Kitchener | |
| 1115 Doon Village Road | 1894[15] | David Cole | Doon (Kitchener) |
| Simpson Block | 1895[16] | Kitchener | |
| Kitchener railway station | 1897 | Kitchener | |
| 152 Shanley Street | 1898[17] | Kitchener | |
| Schiel Patterson House | 1898 | Waterloo | |
| William Street Pumping Station | 1899[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 House | 1903[19] | Waterloo | |
| Synder 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
| Building | Year Completed | Builder | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 150 Water Street South | 1910[20] | Kitchener | |
| Waterloo railway station | 1910 | Waterloo | |
| Weber Block | c.1910[21] | I. S. K. Weber | Kitchener |
| 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 2 | 1912 | Kitchener | |
| Mutual Life Insurance Company of Canada | 1912 | Frank Darling | |
| Waterloo Post Office | 1911–1913[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 North | 1913[22] | Waterloo | |
| Rumpel Felt Company | 1913[23] | Kitchener | |
| Molson's Bank | 1914 | Langley and Howard | Waterloo |
| Doon Heritage Village | 1914 | Doon (Kitchener) | |
| Waterloo Isolation Hospital (172 Lincoln Road) | c. 1917[8] | Architect unknown[8] | Waterloo |
| Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church | 1918 | Kitchener |
1920s
| Building | Year Completed | Builder | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duke Street Hydro‐Electric Sub Station (296 Duke Street) | c.1920[8] | Kitchener | |
| Grand River Hospital Nurses' Residence | 1921[8] | Kitchener | |
| Strange Street Pumping Station | 1922–23[8] | Kitchener | |
| Waterloo Pioneer Memorial Tower | 1923 | Kitchener | |
| Bahnsen-Bierstick-Marsland House | 1923 | Waterloo | |
| old City Hall's clock tower | 1924 | Kitchener | |
| St. Mary's Hospital | 1924[8] | Kitchener | |
| Reitzel-Grierson House | 1925 | Waterloo | |
| Schmaltz Apartments (96 Young Street) | c.1925[24] | Kitchener | |
| Freeport Bridge | 1926[25] | Kitchener | |
| Freeport Sanatorium Nurses' Residence | 1926–27[8] | Arthur C. Torry (architect)[8] | Kitchener |
| Kaufman Shoe Factory | 1927 | Kitchener | |
| Greenbrook Pumping Station Pump House, K1 and K2 Well Houses | 1929 | Kitchener |
1930s
| Building | Year Completed | Builder | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freeport Sanatorium Main Treatment Building | 1929–30[8] | B. A. Jones (architect) and Dunker Company (contractors)[8] | Kitchener |
| Elizabeth Ziegler Public School | 1930 | Waterloo | |
| Woodside Municipal Pool | 1931[8] | Kitchener | |
| Kitchener Public Utilities Commission Building | 1931–32[26] | Kitchener | |
| Freeport Sanatorium Pump House, Power House and Shed | 1932[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 Clubhouse | 1935[8] | Stanley Thompson (architect)[8] | Kitchener |
| Freeport Sanatorium Men's Residence | 1935–36[8] | Kitchener | |
| Greenbrook Pumping Station Reservoir 3 | 1936 | Dunker Construction Company[8] | Kitchener |
| Federal Building (Duke St) | 1938[27] | C. D. Sutherland (architect)[8] | Kitchener |
| Freeport Sanatorium Medical Superintendent's Residence | 1938–39[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 Auditorium | 1950–52[8] | Jenkins & Wright (architects)[8] | Kitchener |
| Grand River Hospital main building | 1952[8] | Kitchener | |
| Eastwood Collegiate Institute | 1956 | Kitchener | |
| Government of Canada Building | 1956–57[29] | Jenkins and Wright (architectural firm)[8] | Kitchener |
Dates unknown
| Building | Year Completed | Builder | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church | 1889 | Kitchener |
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