List of National Historic Sites of Canada in Hamilton
This list includes all buildings, objects and sites in the Canadian city of Hamilton that have the status of a National Historic Site of Canada (French lieu historique national du Canada ). The Canadian Federal Ministry for the Environment added various sites to this list. One of these is administered by Parks Canada .
National Historic Sites in the rest of the Province of Ontario are on the List of National Historic Sites of Canada in Ontario .
National Historic Sites
Historic site | date | ISIN drawing |
Location | description | photo |
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Old customs house | around 1850 | 1992 | 43 ° 14 ′ 47 " N , 79 ° 50 ′ 50" W. | A former customs house that is now used as a cultural center; famous example of the Italianate style popular in Canada in the mid-19th century. | |
Bank of Montreal (Hamilton) | 1928 | 1987 | 43 ° 13 ′ 35 " N , 79 ° 50 ′ 25" W. | The Bank of Montreal is located on the busiest commercial street in Hamilton. It was designed in 1928 by the architect Kenneth G. Reaheres and has a large hall inside the building. | |
Building No.2 | 1860 (end of construction) | 1990 | 43 ° 15 ′ 59 ″ N , 79 ° 52 ′ 2 ″ W. | Building No.2 is located in Eastwood Park overlooking Hamilton Harbor. It consists of two independent buildings, a machine hall with a mansard roof and a single-storey administration building. | |
Burlington Heights | 1813-1814 | 1929 | 43 ° 16 ′ 14 " N , 79 ° 53 ′ 10" W. | Troop assembly area and supply depot for the defense of the Niagara Peninsula and naval support on Lake Ontario during the British-American War . | |
Church of the Ascension (Hamilton) | 1850-1851 | 1993 | 43 ° 15 ′ 14 " N , 79 ° 52 ′ 13" W. | The cultural monument consists of the church which was built in the middle of the 19th century and two "Sunday school" buildings from the beginning of the 20th century, which are directly adjacent to the church. | |
St. Paul's Presbyterian Church (Hamilton) | 1854-1857 | 1990 | 43 ° 15 ′ 17 ″ N , 79 ° 52 ′ 13 ″ W. | The cultural monument of the church, which used to be called St. Andrew's Church, was built in the mid-19th century and is related to William Thomas (1799-1860). | |
Dundurn Castle | 1835 (end of construction) | 1984 | 43 ° 16 ′ 10 ″ N , 79 ° 53 ′ 5 ″ W. | Stately villa of the politician Allan MacNab in Picturesque style. | |
Former Canadian National Railway station | 1931 (end of construction) | 2000 | 43 ° 15 ′ 59 ″ N , 79 ° 52 ′ 2 ″ W. | This former Canadian National Railway station is a rare surviving example of a station from the interwar period that adheres to the principles of the City Beautiful movement. | |
Erland Lee Museum | 1808 (end of construction) | 2002 | 43 ° 12 ′ 24 ″ N , 79 ° 43 ′ 18 ″ W. | Farmhouse in the "carpenter's Gothic" style; Founding place of the Canadian branch of the women's organization Women's Institute . | |
Griffin House | 1827 (end of construction) | 2008 | 43 ° 14 ′ 9 ″ N , 80 ° 0 ′ 10 ″ W. | For Upper Canada typical four-bedroom house in the early 19th century; Stopover on the Underground Railroad , on which escaped slaves came to Canada. | |
Hamilton Waterworks | 1859 (end of construction) | 1977 | 43 ° 15 ′ 22 ″ N , 79 ° 46 ′ 15 ″ W. | This waterworks is a rare surviving example of a Victorian industrial complex that is architecturally and functionally largely intact. | |
HMCS Haida | 1942 (end of construction) | 1984 | 43 ° 16 ′ 31 ″ N , 79 ° 51 ′ 19 ″ W. | Last surviving Tribal class destroyer of the Royal Canadian Navy ; now a museum ship in the port of Hamilton. | |
John Weir Foote Armory | 1888 (end of construction) | 1989 | 43 ° 15 ′ 43 " N , 79 ° 51 ′ 58" W. | The north wing of the building, named after the military chaplain John Weir Foote , represents the second phase of development in the construction of armories in Canada (1870s to 1890s). | |
McQuesten House / Whitehern | 1848 (end of construction) | 1962 | 43 ° 15 ′ 17 " N , 79 ° 52 ′ 20" W. | Two-story neoclassical house of the politician Thomas McQuesten , now a museum; outstanding and intact example of Ontario residential architecture in the mid-19th century. | |
Royal Botanical Gardens | 1920s (foundation) | 1993 | 43 ° 17 ′ 28 " N , 79 ° 52 ′ 31" W. | One of Canada's premier botanical gardens , covering over 1,100 acres on Burlington Bay; International Registration Authority for lilacs - cultivars . | |
Sandyford Place | 1856 (end of construction) | 1975 | 43 ° 15 ′ 7 ″ N , 79 ° 52 ′ 24 ″ W. | Stone townhouses ; typical of the Hamilton architecture in the mid-19th century, when Scottish immigrants took inspiration from their homeland. | |
Battle of Stoney Creek | 1813 (battle) | 1960 | 43 ° 13 ′ 2 " N , 79 ° 45 ′ 58" W. | Site of a British victory that marked a turning point in the British-American War ; furthest advance by American troops during the Niagara campaign. | |
Victoria Hall | 1888 (end of construction) | 1995 | 43 ° 15 ′ 20 " N , 79 ° 52 ′ 2" W. | Commercial building with front facade made of hand-made galvanized sheet metal ; one of the most architecturally perfect applications of its kind in Canada. | |
59-63 King Street West, Dundas | 1875 | 1979 | 43 ° 15 ′ 23 " N , 79 ° 51 ′ 26" W. | The house on the main shopping street King Street West at numbers 59-63 in the former town of Dundas (now Hamilton) is a two-story brick building, with the front of the building being protected as a cultural monument. |
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- ^ National Historic Sites of Canada - administered by Parks Canada: Hamilton. Parks Canada, accessed June 15, 2012 .
- ^ Former Hamilton Customs House National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 15, 2012 .
- ^ Bank of Montreal (Hamilton) National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed December 9, 2017 .
- ^ Building No.2 National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed December 9, 2017 .
- ^ Burlington Heights National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 15, 2012 .
- ^ Church of the Ascension National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed December 9, 2017 .
- ↑ St. Paul's Presbyterian Church National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed December 9, 2017 .
- ^ Dundurn Castle National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 15, 2012 .
- ^ Former Hamilton Railway Station (Canadian National) National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 15, 2012 .
- ↑ Erland Lee (Museum) Home National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 15, 2012 .
- ^ Griffin House National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 15, 2012 .
- ↑ Hamilton Waterworks National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 15, 2012 .
- ^ HMCS Haida National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 15, 2012 .
- ^ A b John Weir Foote Armory National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 15, 2012 .
- ^ Royal Botanical Gardens National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 15, 2012 .
- ^ Sandyford Place National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 15, 2012 .
- ^ Battle of Stoney Creek National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 15, 2012 .
- ^ Victoria Hall National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 15, 2012 .
- ^ 59-63 King Street West National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed December 9, 2017 .
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