Sandstone

Sandstone masonry.

Historic places
260Historic places
Built
1608–1958Built
Provinces and territories
11Provinces and territories

Recognized by

  • National 70
  • Provincial 76
  • Municipal 114
Photographs from the register, credited on each place’s page.

Where they are

  • Ontario69
  • New Brunswick53
  • Alberta36
  • Nova Scotia34
  • Prince Edward Island20
  • British Columbia17
  • Quebec15
  • Manitoba5
  • Newfoundland and Labrador5
  • Saskatchewan5
  • Northwest Territories1

Towns with the most

Built over time

The most were built in the 1900s: 56 of the 238 with a known date.

The oldest

  1. 1608Fortifications of Québec National Historic Site of CanadaQuébec, Quebec
  2. 1692La Petite Ferme, HouseLa Petite-Ferme, Quebec
  3. 1811Province HouseHalifax, Nova Scotia

The register gives no construction date for 22 of these places.

Who designed them

The register names an architect or designer for 154 of these 260 places. These names come up most often.

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

  1. Thomas Fuller (biography, opens in a new tab)11 places
  2. David Ewart (biography, opens in a new tab)7 places
  3. H. Russell Halton (biography, opens in a new tab)3 places
  4. James Charles Dumaresq (biography, opens in a new tab)3 places
  5. Department of Public Works3 places
  6. Chief Architect of the Department of Public Works3 places

All 260 places

Often found together

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