Blockhouse
Fort Pisquid, Windsor
About Blockhouse
Blockhouse is the one Classified Federal Heritage Building in Windsor. Blockhouse dates from 1750–1751. The register names British Military as its architect. Another historic place stands within 400 m of it.
The Blockhouse at Fort Edward National Historic Site of Canada is a compact two-storey wood structure with an overhanging second floor and pyramidal roof clad in wood shingles. All elevations are identical, the only distinguishing features being the entrance door with adjacent windows and the brick chimney. The windows are centered on each second floor wall immediately below a row of loopholes and rows of loopholes also line the three walls of the lower floor. Visible from beneath the overhanging upper storey are machicolations. The interior consists simply of two large rooms, upper and lower, connected by a stair. The designation is confined to the footprint of the building.
From the Canadian Register of Historic Places, Blockhouse · Open Government Licence – Canada · in the register’s words, not edited
Classified federal heritage buildings are the federal government’s most significant buildings.
1 old view of Blockhouse
Made before 1950, from 1910: public domain or CC0. Tap one to see it full screen.
c. 1910From Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server; some are drawings, prints or maps of their time. Each credit is in the viewer.
Make it a walk: 2 historic places in about 5 minutes
Windsor · about 200 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1BlockhouseStart here
- 2Fort EdwardNational Historic Site · 200 m on
1 within 300 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Questions about Blockhouse
What is Blockhouse?
Blockhouse is a Classified Federal Heritage Building, designated in 1994.
When was Blockhouse built?
The register dates the construction of Blockhouse to 1750–1751.
Is Blockhouse protected?
As a Classified federal building, any work on it needs the federal heritage review’s advice while Canada owns it.
Can you visit Blockhouse?
The outside is easy to see; inside, it depends on the owner’s rules.
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada (Parks Canada).
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.
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