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 |
| Homer Watson House | 1830s | | Doon (Kitchener) |
1840s
| Building |
Year Completed |
Builder |
Location |
| Bristow's Inn[1] | 1840s | | Elmira |
| Rummelhardt School | 1843 | | Waterloo |
| Good Shantz Bosch House | 1846 | | Waterloo |
| Ruby-Snyder House | 1847 | | Waterloo |
| Burkhardt House | 1849 | | Waterloo |
| Voelker House | 1849 | | Waterloo |
1850s
| Building |
Year Completed |
Builder |
Location |
| Brubacher House | 1850 | | Waterloo |
| Waterloo County Jail | 1852 | | Kitchener |
| Huether Hotel | 1855 | | Waterloo |
| Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School (KCI) | 1855 | | Kitchener |
| Elam Martin Farmstead | 1856 | | Waterloo |
| Snyder –Hahns | 1857 | | Waterloo |
| Nixon House | 1859 | | Waterloo |
| Richber House | 1859 | | Waterloo |
1860s
| Building |
Year Completed |
Builder |
Location |
| MacLauglin House | 1867 | | Waterloo |
| Market Hotel | 1860s | | Waterloo |
1870s
1880
| 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 |
| Button Factory | 1886 | | Waterloo |
| D. Hibner Furniture Co. Ltd | 1887 | Daniel Hibner, Mayor | Kitchener |
1890s
| Building |
Year Completed |
Builder |
Location |
| Zimmerman House, which changed to the Waterloo Hotel | 1890 | | Waterloo |
| Walper Terrace Hotel | 1893 | | Kitchener |
| Kitchener railway station | 1897 | | Kitchener |
| Schiel Patterson House | 1898 | | Waterloo |
| Pumphouse | 1899 | | Waterloo |
1900s
| Building |
Year Completed |
Builder |
Location |
| 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 |
| Waterloo Train Station | 1910 | | Waterloo |
| Mutual Life Insurance Company of Canada | 1912 | Frank Darling | |
| Waterloo PO | 1911–1913 | | Waterloo |
| Molson's Bank | 1914 | Langley and Howard | Waterloo |
| Doon Heritage Village | 1914 | | Doon (Kitchener) |
| Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church | 1918 | | Kitchener |
1920s
| Building |
Year Completed |
Builder |
Location |
| Waterloo Pioneer Memorial Tower | 1923 | | Kitchener |
| Bahnsen-Bierstick-Marsland House | 1923 | | Waterloo |
| old City Hall's clock tower | 1924 | | Kitchener |
| Reitzel-Grierson House | 1925 | | Waterloo |
| Kaufman Shoe Factory | 1927 | | Kitchener |
1930s
| Building |
Year Completed |
Builder |
Location |
| Elizabeth Ziegler PS | 1930 | | Waterloo |
Dates unknown
| Building |
Year Completed |
Builder |
Location |
| Kitchener Public Utilities Building | | | Kitchener |
| St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church | 1889 | | Kitchener |
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