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Colonial Building
Photo: Jcmurphy · Public domain · tap to enlarge
Provincial historic site

Colonial Building

On a provincial or municipal heritage registerone of 7 in St. John's
OOther placesO2 old views
DirectionsIts record on historicplaces.ca ↗Read about it on Wikipedia ↗
★ Then & now

Colonial Building, c. 1851 and today

Drag across to compare. The two views aren’t taken from exactly the same spot.

Colonial Building today
Colonial Building, c. 1851
c. 1851Today

c. 1851: Photo: Drawn by W.R. Best, on Stone by W. Spreat, lithographed by W. Spreat's Litho Establishment, Exeter, England, 1851 · Public domain. Today: Photo: Jcmurphy · Public domain.

About

About Colonial Building

A provincial or local register lists Colonial Building, one of 7 such places paged in St. John's. 6 other places on the registers stand within 400 m.

This place is known here through Wikidata’s copy of its register number; the register itself isn’t open.

In old photographs

2 old views of Colonial Building

Made before 1950, from 1851 to 1932: public domain or CC0. Tap one to see it full screen.

Colonial Building Newfoundlandc. 1851
Colonial Building Newfoundland
Colonial riot1932
Colonial riot

From Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server; some are drawings, prints or maps of their time. Each credit is in the viewer.

Visit

Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 15 minutes

St. John's · about 800 m on foot, as the crow flies

DirectionsWalk the tour in Google Maps
  1. 1Colonial BuildingStart here
  2. 2Bishop Feild CollegeCity of St. John's heritage site · 200 m on
  3. 3Murray PremisesNational Historic Site · 200 m on
  4. 4Basilica of St. John the BaptistNational Historic Site · 200 m on
  5. 5Fort TownshendNational Historic Site · 200 m on
Farther afield
WinterholmeNational Historic Site300 mSt. Thomas Rectory / Commissariat House and GardenNational Historic Site400 mNewfoundland National War MemorialNational Historic Site400 mCrow's Nest Officers' ClubNational Historic Site400 mFort WilliamNational Historic Site500 mSt. John's Ecclesiastical DistrictCity of St. John's heritage district500 m
Around it

4 within 300 m

Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.

LocalBishop Feild College166 mTopGovernment House181 mTopRennie's Mill Road Historic District200 mTopMurray Premises258 m

Questions about Colonial Building

Can you visit Colonial Building?

The outside is easy to see; inside, it depends on the owner’s rules.

Is Colonial Building protected?

Its listing is provincial or local, and protection varies by province.

What is Colonial Building?

A provincial or municipal register includes Colonial Building.

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada (Parks Canada).

Sources: Parks Canada, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations · Photos: Wikimedia Commons, each credited with its licence and copied to our own server · Wikidata (CC0) for map points, other names and articles.

Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).