Kenora

1890 – Notre Dame Du Portage Church, Kenora, Ontario

Architect: Senecal & Papineau

Founded in 1890, on Christmas Eve 1914 fire totally destroyed the interior, leaving only the granite walls standing.

1898 – City Hall, Kenora, Ontario

Architect: David Ewart

Built from 1897 onwards, and designed to be the town Post Office and Customs Post, this fine structure opened to the public in 1900.

1910 – Court House, Kenora, Ontario

Architect: Frank R. Heakes

Solid local and regional courthouse in an institutionalised version of Edwardian. Not particularly interesting if not for the unusual central tower.

1910 – Former Imperial Bank of Canada, Kenora, Ontario

Architect: Darling & Pearson

Solid stone bank building in a vaguely Scottish Baronial style, now converted into a bar.

1910 – Kenricia Hotel, Kenora, Ontario

Architect: Frank Newell

Now slightly down-at-heel, this once fine hotel is on Kenora’s Main Street and overlooks the lake.

1911 – Land Registry Building, Kenora, Ontario

Architect: Frank R. Heakes

Built as the Land Registry Building and used as such until 1964 when the province constructed a new building.

1917 – St. Alban’s Anglican Cathedral, Kenora, Ontario

Architect: Arthur J. Wills

A small Anglican Cathedral, the head of the Diocese of Keewatin, with a fine but short tower and spire.

1924 – War Memorial, Kenora, Ontario

Architect: Creber Bros

Cenotaph commemorating the dead of the First World War completed in 1924.

1960s – Notre Dame Du Portage Presbytery, Kenora, Ontario

Architect: Earl A. Nelson

Interesting modernist building constructed alongside the earlier church. A similarly styled extension has been added to the church.

1969 – Clarion Inn Hotel, Kenora, Ontario

Architect: M. MacLeod

Interesting form but could have benefited from some extra storeys in height to make the proportions more pleasing.