Gothic Revival cottage

A modest one-and-a-half-storey house with a steep centre gable over the front door, often called an Ontario cottage.

Historic places
30Historic places
Built
1808–1900Built
Provinces and territories
7Provinces and territories

Recognized by

  • National 1
  • Provincial 3
  • Municipal 26
Photographs from the register, credited on each place’s page.

Where they are

  • Ontario18
  • New Brunswick4
  • Manitoba3
  • Prince Edward Island2
  • Alberta1
  • British Columbia1
  • Newfoundland and Labrador1

Towns with the most

Built over time

The most were built in the 1870s: 4 of the 16 with a known date.

The oldest

  1. 1808Erland Lee (Museum) Home National Historic Site of CanadaHamilton, Ontario
  2. 1846Crozier FarmhouseCity of Mississauga, Ontario
  3. 1846Sunnyside House Registered Heritage StructureSt. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

The register gives no construction date for 14 of these places.

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