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      Mile 120.5 on Belleville sub.

      South (front entrance) elevation, showing preparations for recladding by the Dayside Company with Stelco steel siding.

      A frame church, of post-and-beam construction, originally somewhat box-shaped. The interior had balconies along two walls, with free benches for those who did not rent pews on the ground floor. The choir sat in a second-storey alcove below the steeple, and the pulpit was reached by a winding staircase. The …

      St Luke’s Anglican Church, built in 1834, was the first church built in Wellington Square. The land, part of Brant’s Block, was donated by Augustus Bates and Elizabeth Brant Kerr, and is said to have been a sacred native burial ground. The cemetery predates the church by a few years. …

      1 December 1909 Gazette: Knox Church reopening: The most notable change from the outside is the large vestibule, which forms the entrance to the church, and the old Sunday School building, which has been attached to the rear of the church, bricked in, and enlarged with several additions… A beautiful …

      The lot was given in 1868 by John Waldie to the trustees of the M. E. (Methodist Epsicopal) Church: Peter Fisher, Jacob Harmon Fisher, David Ghent, Thomas Peart, George McCarter. The church was built in that year, the first Methodist Church in the village of Wellington Square. The 7 January …

      The Church was built in 1875 by James Cushie Bent, an important early builder who also constructed the neighbouring frame houses, 1442 and 1436 Ontario Street, both of which are designated under the Ontario Heritage Act. All three buildings are built in distinctive composite styles which blend Victorian vernacular traditions …

      Mrs Gilbert's caption: "[Image no.] 6. Wellington Square United Church, on Caroline Street, dedicated in 1965." "It would seem that churches of old have little difficulty surviving the hand of progress, but not all of the old churches still remain. When Burlington grew so quickly, the congregations of two United …

      Mrs Gilbert's caption: "[Image no.] 7. Elizabeth Towers, 15 storey apartment, located on the site originally occupied by Burington Methodist Church ([later] Trinity United). Established in 1886." "To lose Burlington's history as seen in its nineteeth-century churches would be a great loss for Burlington's youth. It is not for the …

      Built in 1865 for John Waldie for his General Store. Waldie was one of Burlington's greatest entrepreneurs and benefactors. The following note is adapted from the entry on him in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography online: His business career was begun at Burlington, Halton County, as a merchant, and he …

      A fire later in 1973 resulted in the destruction of the upper floor and the loss of the ciurved dormers noted by her. The upper windows on the west side have been bricked in. For John Waldie, see Notes on Mrs Gilbert's first photograph of this building.

      The Shaver Building was built in 1881 by James Cushie Bent for the Bank of Hamilton, merged in January 1924 with the Canadian Bank of Commerce. This was the City’s first bus terminal, replaced in 1972 by a new terminal on Elizabeth Street, which in turn was replaced by the …

      Built in 1843 (?) for Andrew Gage and bought in 1870 by Lieutenant-Colonel William Kerns, a grandson of Nicholas Kerns, the United Empire Loyalist who was the first settler to buy land from Joseph Brant. William Kerns was for 20 years a partner with John Waldie in the General Store …

      An image from the title page. Mrs Gilbert's "Townscape Analysis : A study of the Growth and Urban Renewal Problems in Old Burlington" does not indicate who commissioned her report. Her introduction states thatthe report will consider "the historical significance of some of the old buildings", "the problem of high-rise …