Point Frederick Buildings

About Point Frederick Buildings

Point Frederick Buildings is one of 22 National Historic Sites in Kingston. Construction of Point Frederick Buildings is recorded as 1790–1847. 8 other places on the registers stand within 400 m.

Located on a peninsula at the mouth of the Cataraqui River in Kingston, Ontario, Point Frederick Buildings National Historic Site of Canada consists of a group of five masonry structures, Fort Frederick and the remnants of the navy yard’s stone wall. Four of the buildings and the fort were erected to support the activities of the Provincial Marine and the Royal Navy. One of the buildings, the Mackenzie Building, was purposely built for the Royal Military College. All of these structures are still in use by the college. Although altered somewhat over the years, these buildings are representative of the handsome but plain design, sturdy construction and fine craftsmanship that characterised the best of British military architecture. The official recognition refers to the five buildings, Fort Frederick, landscape features, and structures, in their existing spatial relationships.

From the Canadian Register of Historic Places, Point Frederick Buildings 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.