Renaissance Revival

Palazzo-like facades with horizontal storeys, rusticated ground floors and classical window surrounds.

Historic places
59Historic places
Built
1856–1932Built
Provinces and territories
10Provinces and territories

Recognized by

  • National 9
  • Provincial 18
  • Municipal 32
Photographs from the register, credited on each place’s page.

Where they are

  • Ontario15
  • Quebec13
  • Manitoba12
  • British Columbia6
  • Alberta4
  • New Brunswick4
  • Newfoundland and Labrador2
  • Nova Scotia1
  • Prince Edward Island1
  • Yukon1

Towns with the most

Built over time

The most were built in the 1900s: 13 of the 57 with a known date.

The oldest

  1. 1856Guelph City HallCity of Guelph, Ontario
  2. 1856Guelph City Hall National Historic Site of CanadaGuelph, Ontario
  3. 1856Kingston Customs House National Historic Site of CanadaKingston, Ontario

The register gives no construction date for 2 of these places.

Who designed them

The register names an architect or designer for 44 of these 59 places. These names come up most often.

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

  1. John D. Atchison (biography, opens in a new tab)5 places
  2. William Thomas (biography, opens in a new tab)2 places
  3. David Ewart (biography, opens in a new tab)2 places
  4. William Tutin Thomas (biography, opens in a new tab)2 places
  5. Edward Underwood (biography, opens in a new tab)2 places
  6. Darling and Pearson2 places

All 59 places

Often found together

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