Limestone

Limestone masonry.

Historic places
410Historic places
Built
1673–1965Built
Provinces and territories
9Provinces and territories

Recognized by

  • National 174
  • Provincial 74
  • Municipal 162
Photographs from the register, credited on each place’s page.

Where they are

  • Ontario257
  • Quebec71
  • Manitoba52
  • Alberta10
  • Newfoundland and Labrador8
  • New Brunswick5
  • Saskatchewan3
  • British Columbia2
  • Nova Scotia2

Towns with the most

Built over time

The most were built in the 1850s: 64 of the 369 with a known date.

The oldest

  1. 1673Fort Frontenac National Historic Site of CanadaKingston, Ontario
  2. 1674Maison Labergerue de la Mairie, Quebec
  3. 1684Site historique du Vieux-Séminaire-de-Saint-SulpiceMontréal, Quebec

The register gives no construction date for 41 of these places.

Who designed them

The register names an architect or designer for 242 of these 410 places. These names come up most often.

Names marked ↗ open their entry in the Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800–1950.

  1. Royal Engineers8 places
  2. Thomas Fuller (biography, opens in a new tab)7 places
  3. Francis Thompson (biography, opens in a new tab)5 places
  4. William Thomas (biography, opens in a new tab)5 places
  5. British Royal Engineers5 places
  6. J.H.G. Russell (biography, opens in a new tab)5 places

All 410 places

Often found together

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