Winterholme
79 Rennies Mill Road, St. John's
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About Winterholme
National Historic Site status goes to 23 places in St. John's, Winterholme among them. Winterholme dates from 1905–1908. Sir Marmaduke Winter (1857-1936) designed it. 2 neighbours on the registers lie within 400 m.
Winterholme National Historic Site is a large, Queen Anne Revival-style residence located on a landscaped urban lot at 79 Rennie’s Mill Road in the Rennie’s Mill Road Historic District of St. John’s.
From the Canadian Register of Historic Places, Winterholme National Historic Site of Canada · Open Government Licence – Canada · quoted as the register has it
National Historic Sites are places the Minister of Environment designates, on the advice of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board, for their national significance.
Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 15 minutes
St. John's · about 700 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1WinterholmeStart here
- 2Rennie's Mill Road Historic DistrictNational Historic Site · 200 m on
- 3Colonial BuildingProvincial historic site · 200 m on
- 4Bishop Feild CollegeCity of St. John's heritage site · 200 m on
- 5Murray PremisesNational Historic Site · 200 m on
1 within 300 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Questions about Winterholme
What is Winterholme?
Winterholme became a National Historic Site in 1991.
Is Winterholme protected?
The designation recognizes its national significance; it doesn’t by itself protect a building the federal government doesn’t own. Provincial or municipal designation may.
Can you visit Winterholme?
As a home it is probably lived in, so it is best seen from outside.
When was Winterholme built?
Its register puts the building of Winterholme at 1905–1908.
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Sources: Parks Canada, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations · Canadian Register of Historic Places (federal extract) · 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).