Palladian

Classical symmetry derived from Andrea Palladio, often with a Palladian window or pedimented centre.

Historic places
87Historic places
Built
1688–1960Built
Provinces and territories
10Provinces and territories

Recognized by

  • National 33
  • Provincial 31
  • Municipal 23
Photographs from the register, credited on each place’s page.

Where they are

  • Quebec29
  • Ontario20
  • Nova Scotia17
  • New Brunswick7
  • British Columbia5
  • Saskatchewan3
  • Alberta2
  • Prince Edward Island2
  • Manitoba1
  • Newfoundland and Labrador1

Towns with the most

Built over time

The most were built in the 1820s: 14 of the 80 with a known date.

The oldest

  1. 1688Notre-Dame-des-Victoires Church National Historic Site of CanadaQuébec, Quebec
  2. 1750St. Paul's Anglican ChurchHalifax, Nova Scotia
  3. 1750St. Paul's Anglican Church National Historic Site of CanadaHalifax, Nova Scotia

The register gives no construction date for 7 of these places.

Who designed them

The register names an architect or designer for 46 of these 87 places. These names come up most often.

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

  1. François Baillairgé (biography, opens in a new tab)3 places
  2. John Merrick (biography, opens in a new tab)2 places
  3. William Thomas (biography, opens in a new tab)2 places
  4. Thomas Baillairgé (biography, opens in a new tab)2 places
  5. Kivas Tully (biography, opens in a new tab)2 places

All 87 places

Often found together

Collections that share the most places with this one.

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