# List of oldest buildings and structures in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo

The Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada has a mixed style of buildings originally located in small towns and farming communities starting from the 19th century. After 1900, commercial and industrial buildings also appeared.

## 1810s

| Building | Year Completed | Builder | Location |
| Erb-Kumpf House | 1812 | | Waterloo |
| Joseph Schneider Haus | 1816 | | Kitchener |

## 1830s

| Building | Year Completed | Location |
| Woolner Farmstead | 1830 | Kitchener |
| Betzner Homestead | c.1830 | Kitchener |
| Schoerg Homestead | c.1830 | Kitchener |
| Homer Watson House | 1830s | Doon (Kitchener) |

## 1840s

| Building | Year Completed | Builder | Location |
| 39 Doon Valley Drive | c. 1840 | | Doon (Kitchener) |
| Shoemaker House | 1840 | | Bridgeport (Kitchener) |
| Lancaster Hotel | 1840 | Gottlieb Bitzer | Bridgeport (Kitchener) |
| Bristow's Inn | 1840s | | Elmira |
| Rummelhardt School | 1843 | | Rummelhardt (Waterloo) |
| Good Shantz Bosch House | 1846 | | Waterloo |
| Ruby-Snyder House | 1847 | | Waterloo |
| Burkholder - Burkhardt House | 1849 | | Waterloo |
| Voelker House | 1849 | | Waterloo |

## 1850s

| Building | Year Completed | Builder | Location |
| Brubacher House | 1850 or 1851 | | Waterloo |
| Waterloo County Jail | 1852 | | Kitchener |
| 1221 Doon Village Road | c.1853 | | Doon (Kitchener) |
| 138 Church Street | 1855 | | Kitchener |
| 142 Church Street | 1855–60 | | Kitchener |
| Huether Hotel | 1855 | | Waterloo |
| Kitchener–Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School (KCI) | 1855 | | Kitchener |
| Elam Martin Farmstead | 1856 | | Waterloo |
| Snyder–Hahn Building | 1857 | Jacob Bricker | Waterloo |
| Galt Town Hall | 1858 | H. B. Sinclair | Galt (Cambridge) |
| St. Clement's Roman Catholic Church | 1858 | | St. Clements |
| Nixon House | 1859 | | Waterloo |
| Richber House | 1859 | | Waterloo |

## 1860s

| Building | Year Completed | Location |
| House of Industry & Refuge Poor House Hospital | c. 1860 | Kitchener |
| Canadian Block (72-78 King Street West) | 1865 | Kitchener |
| MacLauglin House | 1867 | Waterloo |
| Market Hotel | 1860s | Waterloo |

## 1870s

| Building | Year Completed | Builder | Location |
| Woodside National Historic Site | 1870s | | Kitchener |
| Elam Martin Farmstead | 1870 | | Waterloo |
| Sonneck House | 1874 | Louis Breithaupt | Kitchener |
| 132 Queen Street North | 1877 | | Kitchener |
| Castle Kilbride | 1877 | | Baden (Wilmot Township) |
| Waterloo County Governor's House | 1878 | David W. Gingrick (architect) | Kitchener |
| 307 Queen Street South | 1879 | | Kitchener |

## 1880s

| Building | Year Completed | Builder/architect | Location |
| Hillard House | 1880 | | Waterloo |
| Kuntz Eckert House | 1880 | | Waterloo |
| Seagram-Remax Admin Building | 1881 | | Waterloo |
| Central Block | 1881 | William Snider and Aaron Kraft | Uptown Waterloo |
| Bean-Wright House | 1882 | | Waterloo |
| Bank of Hamilton–CIBC Building (part of former Germania Block) | 1885 | Jakob Fellman | Kitchener |
| King Edward Public School | 1885 | | Kitchener |
| Button Factory | 1886 | | Waterloo |
| D. Hibner Furniture Co. Ltd | 1887 | Daniel Hibner, Mayor | Kitchener |
| Former Galt Post Office | 1887 | Thomas Fuller | Galt (Cambridge) |
| Electrohome building (152 Shanley St) | 1887 | | Kitchener |

## 1890s

| Building | Year Completed | Builder | Location |
| Zimmerman House, which changed to the Waterloo Hotel | 1890 | | Waterloo |
| The Walper Hotel | 1893 | | Kitchener |
| 1115 Doon Village Road | 1894 | David Cole | Doon (Kitchener) |
| Simpson Block | 1895 | | Kitchener |
| Kitchener railway station | 1897 | | Kitchener |
| 152 Shanley Street | 1898 | | Kitchener |
| Schiel Patterson House | 1898 | | Waterloo |
| Galt Canadian Pacific Railway Station | 1898–99 | Edward Maxwell | Galt (Cambridge) |
| William Street Pumping Station | 1899 | | Waterloo |

## 1900s

| Building | Year Completed | Builder | Location |
| Berlin and Waterloo Street Railway Car Barn & Power House (25 Madison Avenue North) | 1902 | | Kitchener |
| Haas–Pemberton House | 1903 | | Waterloo |
| Snyder Seagram House | 1903 | | Waterloo |
| St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church | 1903 | A. W. Holmes of Toronto - architect, Caspar Braun - masonry, William Forwell - carpentry | Kitchener |
| Waterloo Carnegie Library | 1903–1905 | | Waterloo |
| Kaufman Shoe Factory | 1908 | | Kitchener |

## 1910s

| Building | Year Completed | Builder | Location |
| 150 Water Street South | 1910 | | Kitchener |
| Waterloo railway station | 1910 | | Waterloo |
| Weber Block | c.1910 | I. S. K. Weber | Kitchener |
| Victoria Public School | 1911 | | Kitchener |
| Berlin Isolation Hospital (69 Highland Road East) | 1911–12 | Charles Edward Cowan (architect) | Kitchener |
| Berlin Isolation Hospital Smallpox Pavilion (77 Highland Road East) | 1911–12 | Charles Edward Cowan (architect) | Kitchener |
| Greenbrook Pumping Station Reservoirs 1 and 2 | 1912 | | Kitchener |
| Mutual Life Insurance Company of Canada | 1912 | Frank Darling | |
| Waterloo Post Office | 1911–1913 | D. Eward (Chief Architect for Canada), L. B. Lachance of Ottawa (contractor) | Waterloo |
| Berlin Isolation Hospital Caretaker's Residence (79 Highland Road East) | 1913 | Unknown architect | Kitchener |
| 19 Regina Street North | 1913 | | Waterloo |
| Rumpel Felt Company | 1913 | | Kitchener |
| Molson's Bank | 1914 | Langley and Howard | Waterloo |
| Doon Heritage Village | 1914 | | Doon (Kitchener) |
| Waterloo Isolation Hospital (172 Lincoln Road) | c. 1917 | Architect unknown | Waterloo |
| Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church | 1918 | | Kitchener |

## 1920s

| Building | Year Completed | Builder/architect | Location |
| Duke Street Hydro‐Electric Sub Station (296 Duke Street) | c.1920 | | Kitchener |
| Grand River Hospital Nurses' Residence | 1921 | | Kitchener |
| Galt Public Utilities Commission Building | 1922 | F. C. Bodley | Galt (Cambridge) |
| Strange Street Pumping Station | 1922–23 | | Kitchener |
| Waterloo Pioneer Memorial Tower | 1923 | | Kitchener |
| Bahnsen-Bierstick-Marsland House | 1923 | | Waterloo |
| old City Hall's clock tower | 1924 | | Kitchener |
| St. Mary's Hospital | 1924 | | Kitchener |
| Reitzel-Grierson House | 1925 | | Waterloo |
| Schmaltz Apartments (96 Young Street) | c.1925 | | Kitchener |
| Freeport Bridge | 1926 | | Freeport (Kitchener) |
| Freeport Sanatorium Nurses' Residence | 1926–27 | Arthur C. Torry (architect) | Freeport (Kitchener) |
| Kaufman Shoe Factory | 1927 | | Kitchener |
| Greenbrook Pumping Station Pump House, K1 and K2 Well Houses | 1929 | | Kitchener |

## 1930s

| Building | Year Completed | Builder | Location |
| Freeport Sanatorium Main Treatment Building | 1929–30 | B. A. Jones (architect) and Dunker Company (contractors) | Kitchener |
| Elizabeth Ziegler Public School | 1930 | | Waterloo |
| Woodside Municipal Pool | 1931 | | Kitchener |
| Kitchener Public Utilities Commission Building | 1931–32 | | Kitchener |
| Freeport Sanatorium Pump House, Power House and Shed | 1932 | | Kitchener |
| Hydro Electric Power Commission (HEPC) Building (325 Breithaupt Street) | 1933 | Bernal Ambrose Jones (architect), Dunker Construction (contractor) | Kitchener |
| Rockway Golf Course Clubhouse | 1935 | Stanley Thompson (architect) | Kitchener |
| Freeport Sanatorium Men's Residence | 1935–36 | | Kitchener |
| Greenbrook Pumping Station Reservoir 3 | 1936 | Dunker Construction Company | Kitchener |
| Federal Building (Duke St) | 1938 | C. D. Sutherland (architect) | Kitchener |
| Freeport Sanatorium Medical Superintendent's Residence | 1938–39 | B. A. Jones (architect) and Dunker Company (contractors) | Kitchener |
| Waterloo County Registry Office (Registry Theatre) | 1939 | Ray Hall (architect), Dunker Construction (contractor) | Kitchener |

## 1950s

| Building | Year Completed | Builder | Location |
| Kitchener Trolley Bus Transit Terminal (Rockway Centre) | 1950 | | Kitchener |
| Kitchener Memorial Auditorium | 1950–52 | Jenkins & Wright (architects) | Kitchener |
| Grand River Hospital main building | 1952 | | Kitchener |
| Eastwood Collegiate Institute | 1956 | | Kitchener |
| Government of Canada Building | 1956–57 | Jenkins and Wright (architectural firm) | Kitchener |

## Dates unknown

| Building | Year Completed | Builder | Location |
| St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church | 1889 | | Kitchener |