McCrae House is the birthplace of John McCrae (b. 1872- d. 1918), doctor, soldier and author of the famous First World War poem In Flanders Fields. This small limestone cottage, built c.1858, was owned by the McCrae family from 1870 to 1873. Other families occupied...

Woodside is the boyhood home of William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canada's longest-serving Prime Minister. The house has been restored to the Victorian style of the 1890s. The importance of this residence is best reflected in King's own words: "The years that left the...

First opened on January 22, 1853, the Waterloo County Gaol (pronounced “jail”) is the oldest County building in Waterloo Region and housed prisoners continuously for 125 years. The Governor’s House was built in 1878. It is an excellent example of a...

This charming vernacular cottage, with its equally charming pocket-sized garden has been home of two families of hardworking Scots for more than a century. The McDougalls, born of a Highland clan, first raised its walls using local limestone, dressing its street-side...

The Joseph Schneider Haus Museum and Gallery is a dynamic community museum in downtown Kitchener. The heart of the complex is the fine Georgian frame farmhouse built by one of the area's first pioneers, Joseph Schneider, a Pennsylvania-German Mennonite. A local...

The Brubacher house was built in 1850 in a style typical of Pennsylvania German architecture. In this beautiful setting on the side of a gentle hill, Magdalena and John E. Brubacher raised fourteen children. Farming continued on the land until 1965 when the property...

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Griffin House stands as a testament to the bravery and determination of black men and women who journeyed to freedom in Southern Ontario by the Underground Railroad. Griffin House offers tours and black-history-related programs as part of the Black Heritage Network.

The Castle is the most important historic building in Wilmot Township, and could certainly vie for the honour on a much broader, regional basis. This National Historic Site in Baden, Ontario offers a new and unique experience for visitors of all ages. The Castle has...

The Bronte Historical Society invites you to visit Sovereign House, to tour the rooms in this historically renovated building, view the local history exhibits and to attend our special events