List of oldest buildings and structures in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo


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

BuildingYear CompletedBuilderLocation
Erb-Kumpf House1812Waterloo
Joseph Schneider Haus1816Kitchener

1850s

BuildingYear CompletedBuilderLocation
Brubacher House1850 or 1851Waterloo
Waterloo County Jail1852Kitchener
1221 Doon Village Road1853Doon
138 Church Street1855Kitchener
142 Church Street1855–60Kitchener
Huether Hotel1855Waterloo
Kitchener–Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School 1855Kitchener
Elam Martin Farmstead1856Waterloo
Snyder–Hahn Building1857Jacob BrickerWaterloo
Galt Town Hall1858H. B. SinclairGalt
St. Clement's Roman Catholic Church1858St. Clements
Nixon House1859Waterloo
Richber House1859Waterloo

1860s

BuildingYear CompletedBuilderLocation
House of Industry & Refuge Poor House Hospital 1860Kitchener
Canadian Block 1865Kitchener
MacLauglin House1867Waterloo
Market Hotel1860sWaterloo

1870s

BuildingYear CompletedBuilderLocation
Woodside National Historic Site1870sKitchener
Elam Martin Farmstead1870Waterloo
Sonneck House1874Louis BreithauptKitchener
132 Queen Street North1877Kitchener
Castle Kilbride1877Baden
Waterloo County Governor's House1878David W. Gingrick Kitchener
307 Queen Street South1879Kitchener

1880s

BuildingYear CompletedBuilder/architectLocation
Hillard House1880Waterloo
Kuntz Eckert House1880Waterloo
Seagram-Remax Admin Building1881Waterloo
Central Block1881William Snider and Aaron KraftUptown Waterloo
Bean-Wright House1882Waterloo
Bank of Hamilton–CIBC Building 1885Jakob FellmanKitchener
King Edward Public School1885Kitchener
Button Factory1886Waterloo
D. Hibner Furniture Co. Ltd1887Daniel Hibner, MayorKitchener
Former Galt Post Office1887Thomas FullerGalt
Electrohome building 1887Kitchener

1890s

BuildingYear CompletedBuilderLocation
Zimmerman House, which changed to the Waterloo Hotel1890Waterloo
The Walper Hotel1893Kitchener
1115 Doon Village Road1894David ColeDoon
Simpson Block1895Kitchener
Kitchener railway station1897Kitchener
152 Shanley Street1898Kitchener
Schiel Patterson House1898Waterloo
Galt Canadian Pacific Railway Station189899Edward MaxwellGalt
William Street Pumping Station1899Waterloo

1900s

BuildingYear CompletedBuilderLocation
Berlin and Waterloo Street Railway Car Barn & Power House 1902Kitchener
Haas–Pemberton House1903Waterloo
Snyder 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

BuildingYear CompletedBuilderLocation
150 Water Street South1910Kitchener
Waterloo railway station1910Waterloo
Weber Block1910I. S. K. WeberKitchener
Victoria Public School1911Kitchener
Berlin Isolation Hospital 1911–12Charles Edward Cowan Kitchener
Berlin Isolation Hospital Smallpox Pavilion 1911–12Charles Edward Cowan Kitchener
Greenbrook Pumping Station Reservoirs 1 and 21912Kitchener
Mutual Life Insurance Company of Canada1912Frank Darling
Waterloo Post Office1911–1913D. Eward, L. B. Lachance of Ottawa Waterloo
Berlin Isolation Hospital Caretaker's Residence 1913Unknown architectKitchener
19 Regina Street North1913Waterloo
Rumpel Felt Company1913Kitchener
Molson's Bank1914Langley and HowardWaterloo
Doon Heritage Village1914Doon
Waterloo Isolation Hospital 1917Architect unknownWaterloo
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church1918Kitchener

1920s

BuildingYear CompletedBuilder/architectLocation
Duke Street Hydro‐Electric Sub Station 1920Kitchener
Grand River Hospital Nurses' Residence1921Kitchener
Galt Public Utilities Commission Building1922F. C. BodleyGalt
Strange Street Pumping Station1922–23Kitchener
Waterloo Pioneer Memorial Tower1923Kitchener
Bahnsen-Bierstick-Marsland House1923Waterloo
old City Hall's clock tower1924Kitchener
St. Mary's Hospital1924Kitchener
Reitzel-Grierson House1925Waterloo
Schmaltz Apartments 1925Kitchener
Freeport Bridge1926Freeport
Freeport Sanatorium Nurses' Residence1926–27Arthur C. Torry Freeport
Kaufman Shoe Factory1927Kitchener
Greenbrook Pumping Station Pump House, K1 and K2 Well Houses1929Kitchener

1930s

BuildingYear CompletedBuilderLocation
Freeport Sanatorium Main Treatment Building1929–30B. A. Jones and Dunker Company Kitchener
Elizabeth Ziegler Public School1930Waterloo
Woodside Municipal Pool1931Kitchener
Kitchener Public Utilities Commission Building1931–32Kitchener
Freeport Sanatorium Pump House, Power House and Shed1932Kitchener
Hydro Electric Power Commission Building 1933Bernal Ambrose Jones, Dunker Construction Kitchener
Rockway Golf Course Clubhouse1935Stanley Thompson Kitchener
Freeport Sanatorium Men's Residence1935–36Kitchener
Greenbrook Pumping Station Reservoir 31936Dunker Construction CompanyKitchener
Federal Building 1938C. D. Sutherland Kitchener
Freeport Sanatorium Medical Superintendent's Residence1938–39B. A. Jones and Dunker Company Kitchener
Waterloo County Registry Office 1939Ray Hall, Dunker Construction Kitchener

1950s

BuildingYear CompletedBuilderLocation
Kitchener Trolley Bus Transit Terminal 1950Kitchener
Kitchener Memorial Auditorium1950–52Jenkins & Wright Kitchener
Grand River Hospital main building1952Kitchener
Eastwood Collegiate Institute1956Kitchener
Government of Canada Building1956–57Jenkins and Wright Kitchener

Dates unknown

BuildingYear CompletedBuilderLocation
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church1889Kitchener