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

Joseph Schneider Haus, one of the oldest extant buildings in the area, has been designated as a National Historic Site.
Building | Year Completed | Builder | Location |
---|---|---|---|
Erb-Kumpf House | 1812 | Waterloo | |
Joseph Schneider Haus | 1816 | Kitchener |
1830s
Building | Year Completed | Builder | Location |
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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) | |
Shoemaker House | 1840[5] | Bridgeport (Kitchener) | |
Lancaster Hotel | 1840[6] | Gottlieb Bitzer[7] | Bridgeport (Kitchener) |
Bristow's Inn[8] | 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

The John E. Brubacher House in Waterloo has been preserved as a historic house museum.
Building | Year Completed | Builder | Location |
---|---|---|---|
Brubacher House | 1850[9] or 1851[10] | Waterloo | |
Waterloo County Jail | 1852[11] | Kitchener | |
1221 Doon Village Road | c.1853 | Doon (Kitchener) | |
138 Church Street | 1855[12] | Kitchener | |
142 Church Street | 1855–60[12] | Kitchener | |
Huether Hotel | 1855 | Waterloo | |
Kitchener–Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School (KCI) | 1855 | Kitchener | |
Elam Martin Farmstead | 1856 | Waterloo | |
Snyder–Hahn Building | 1857[13] | Jacob Bricker | Waterloo |
Galt Town Hall | 1858[14] | H. B. Sinclair[14] | Galt (Cambridge) |
St. Clement's Roman Catholic Church | 1858[15] | St. Clements | |
Nixon House | 1859 | Waterloo | |
Richber House | 1859 | Waterloo |
1860s
Building | Year Completed | Builder | Location |
---|---|---|---|
House of Industry & Refuge Poor House Hospital | c. 1860[11] | Kitchener | |
Canadian Block (72-78 King Street West) | 1865[16] | Kitchener | |
MacLauglin House | 1867 | Waterloo | |
Market Hotel | 1860s | Waterloo |
1870s

Woodside House as seen in 2006 after its restoration to an 1890s Victorian style.

132 Queen St. N. in Kitchener, formerly the home of newspaper editor John Adam Rittinger.[17]
Building | Year Completed | Builder | Location |
---|---|---|---|
Woodside National Historic Site | 1870s | Kitchener | |
Elam Martin Farmstead | 1870 | Waterloo | |
Sonneck House | 1874[18] | Louis Breithaupt | Kitchener |
132 Queen Street North | 1877[19] | Kitchener | |
Castle Kilbride | 1877 | Baden (Wilmot Township) | |
Waterloo County Governor's House | 1878[11] | David W. Gingrick (architect)[11] | Kitchener |
307 Queen Street South | 1879[20] | Kitchener |
1880s

The former Galt post office, which was completed in 1887, has been designated as a National Historic Site as an example of a small urban post office.
Building | Year Completed | Builder/architect | 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[21] | 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[22] | Thomas Fuller[22] | Galt (Cambridge) |
Electrohome building (152 Shanley St) | 1887[23] | Kitchener |
1890s
Building | Year Completed | Builder | Location |
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Zimmerman House, which changed to the Waterloo Hotel | 1890 | Waterloo | |
The Walper Hotel | 1893 | Kitchener | |
1115 Doon Village Road | 1894[24] | David Cole | Doon (Kitchener) |
Simpson Block | 1895[25] | Kitchener | |
Kitchener railway station | 1897 | Kitchener | |
152 Shanley Street | 1898[26] | Kitchener | |
Schiel Patterson House | 1898 | Waterloo | |
Galt Canadian Pacific Railway Station | 1898–99[27] | Edward Maxwell[27] | Galt (Cambridge) |
William Street Pumping Station | 1899[28] | Waterloo |
1900s
Building | Year Completed | Builder | Location |
---|---|---|---|
Berlin and Waterloo Street Railway Car Barn & Power House (25 Madison Avenue North) | 1902[11] | Kitchener | |
Haas–Pemberton House | 1903[29] | 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
Building | Year Completed | Builder | Location |
---|---|---|---|
150 Water Street South | 1910[30] | Kitchener | |
Waterloo railway station | 1910 | Waterloo | |
Weber Block | c.1910[31] | I. S. K. Weber | Kitchener |
Victoria Public School | 1911[32] | Kitchener | |
Berlin Isolation Hospital (69 Highland Road East) | 1911–12[11] | Charles Edward Cowan (architect)[11] | Kitchener |
Berlin Isolation Hospital Smallpox Pavilion (77 Highland Road East) | 1911–12[11] | Charles Edward Cowan (architect)[11] | Kitchener |
Greenbrook Pumping Station Reservoirs 1 and 2 | 1912 | Kitchener | |
Mutual Life Insurance Company of Canada | 1912 | Frank Darling | |
Waterloo Post Office | 1911–1913[11] | D. Eward (Chief Architect for Canada), L. B. Lachance of Ottawa (contractor)[11] | Waterloo |
Berlin Isolation Hospital Caretaker's Residence (79 Highland Road East) | 1913[11] | Unknown architect[11] | Kitchener |
19 Regina Street North | 1913[33] | Waterloo | |
Rumpel Felt Company | 1913[34] | Kitchener | |
Molson's Bank | 1914 | Langley and Howard | Waterloo |
Doon Heritage Village | 1914 | Doon (Kitchener) | |
Waterloo Isolation Hospital (172 Lincoln Road) | c. 1917[11] | Architect unknown[11] | Waterloo |
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church | 1918 | Kitchener |
1920s

The Pioneer Memorial Tower is recognized as a historic cultural site which represents the area's German pioneer heritage.
Building | Year Completed | Builder/architect | Location |
---|---|---|---|
Duke Street Hydro‐Electric Sub Station (296 Duke Street) | c.1920[11] | Kitchener | |
Grand River Hospital Nurses' Residence | 1921[11] | Kitchener | |
Galt Public Utilities Commission Building | 1922[35] | F. C. Bodley[35] | Galt (Cambridge) |
Strange Street Pumping Station | 1922–23[11] | 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[11] | Kitchener | |
Reitzel-Grierson House | 1925 | Waterloo | |
Schmaltz Apartments (96 Young Street) | c.1925[36] | Kitchener | |
Freeport Bridge | 1926[37] | Freeport (Kitchener) | |
Freeport Sanatorium Nurses' Residence | 1926–27[11] | Arthur C. Torry (architect)[11] | Freeport (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[11] | B. A. Jones (architect) and Dunker Company (contractors)[11] | Kitchener |
Elizabeth Ziegler Public School | 1930 | Waterloo | |
Woodside Municipal Pool | 1931[11] | Kitchener | |
Kitchener Public Utilities Commission Building | 1931–32[38] | Kitchener | |
Freeport Sanatorium Pump House, Power House and Shed | 1932[11] | Kitchener | |
Hydro Electric Power Commission (HEPC) Building (325 Breithaupt Street) | 1933[11] | Bernal Ambrose Jones (architect), Dunker Construction (contractor)[11] | Kitchener |
Rockway Golf Course Clubhouse | 1935[11] | Stanley Thompson (architect)[11] | Kitchener |
Freeport Sanatorium Men's Residence | 1935–36[11] | Kitchener | |
Greenbrook Pumping Station Reservoir 3 | 1936 | Dunker Construction Company[11] | Kitchener |
Federal Building (Duke St) | 1938[39] | C. D. Sutherland (architect)[11] | Kitchener |
Freeport Sanatorium Medical Superintendent's Residence | 1938–39[11] | B. A. Jones (architect) and Dunker Company (contractors)[11] | Kitchener |
Waterloo County Registry Office (Registry Theatre) | 1939[40] | Ray Hall (architect), Dunker Construction (contractor)[11] | Kitchener |
1950s
Building | Year Completed | Builder | Location |
---|---|---|---|
Kitchener Trolley Bus Transit Terminal (Rockway Centre) | 1950[11] | Kitchener | |
Kitchener Memorial Auditorium | 1950–52[11] | Jenkins & Wright (architects)[11] | Kitchener |
Grand River Hospital main building | 1952[11] | Kitchener | |
Eastwood Collegiate Institute | 1956 | Kitchener | |
Government of Canada Building | 1956–57[41] | Jenkins and Wright (architectural firm)[11] | Kitchener |
Dates unknown
Building | Year Completed | Builder | Location |
---|---|---|---|
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church | 1889 | Kitchener |
See also
References
- ↑ Woolner Farmstead. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ↑ Betzner Farmstead. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ↑ Schoerg Homestead. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ↑ 39 Doon Valley Drive. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ↑ Shoemaker House. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ↑ Eichler, Idessa (1950). Thirty-Eighth Annual Report of the Waterloo Historical Society (PDF). Waterloo Historical Society. "Bridgeport, a History".
- ↑ Eichler, Idessa (1950). Thirty-Eighth Annual Report of the Waterloo Historical Society (PDF). Waterloo Historical Society. "Bridgeport, a History".
- ↑ Bristow's Inn. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ↑ "Brubacher House". Conrad Grebel University College. 13 February 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- ↑ "Brubacher House". Mennonite Historical Society of Ontario. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 "Public Building Inventory Part 1" (PDF). City of Waterloo.
- 1 2 "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".
- ↑ Snyder-Hahn Building. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- 1 2 Galt Town Hall. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- ↑ Spetz, Theobald (1916). The Catholic Church in Waterloo County: Book I. The Catholic Register and Extension. p. 80.
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-11-07. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ Middleton, Jesse; Landon, Fred (1927). "John Adam Rittinger". The Province of Ontario: A History, 1615–1927. Vol. IV. Toronto: Dominion Publishing Company. pp. 438–439. OCLC 1151067550.
- ↑ Sonneck House. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ↑ Pender, Terry (3 September 2021). "Downtown Kitchener house sets record at $1.45 million". Waterloo Region Record. Archived from the original on 3 September 2021.
- ↑ 307 Queen Street South. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ↑ Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) Building. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- 1 2 "Former Galt Post Office National Historic Site of Canada". Parks Canada. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ↑ "Tax sale of contaminated Electrohome site in Kitchener gives property owner $800,000 tax break". Waterloo Region Record. 28 February 2019.
- ↑ "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".
- ↑ Simpson Block. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ↑ mills, rych (1 July 2019). "Flash From the Past: 100 years of manufacturing on Shanley Street". Waterloo Region Record. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- 1 2 Canadian Pacific Railway Station. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ↑ The Pumping Station. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ↑ Haas-Pemberton House. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ↑ 150 Water Street South. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ↑ Weber Block. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ↑ Victoria Public School. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ↑ Jackson, James (18 November 2015). "New plan for Waterloo's old legion hall". Waterloo Chronicle. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ↑ "Kitchener heritage group moves to protect Rumpel Felt building". Waterloo Region Record. 4 October 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- 1 2 Galt Public Utilities Commission Building. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ↑ 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 ed.). Hamilton, ON: Henry Vernon & Son Directory Publishers.
- ↑ Freeport Bridge. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
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