GASPORT LIMESTONE (QUEENSTON LIMESTONE)
Buildings, Structures and Monuments Constructed With
Queenston Limestone From the Queenston Quarries
Queenston stone from the Queenston Quarries was widely used throughout Ontario and Quebec and was
shipped as far as London England.
A chronological list of some of the prominent buildings and structures that were built entirely or in part
with Queenston stone from the Queenston Quarries is given below with references.
DATE
BUILDING
LOCATION
1845
Second Welland Canal Locks
St. Catharines, ON
1847
1848
1856
Court House
Niagara County Court House
Brock’s Monument
Niagara Falls, ON
NOTL, ON
Queenston, ON
1856
1860
1878
1878
ON
ON
Welland, ON
Ottawa, ON
1881
Grand Trunk Railway bridges etc.
Great Western Railway bridges etc.
Third Welland Canal Aqueduct,
Gate Entrance and Fence at Gov-Gen.
Residence
Third Welland Canal Locks 1-5, 7-11
1882
1883
1885
1896
1911
1915
1916
1923
1923
1924
1924
1925
1925
1925
1926
1926
1926
1926
1926
1926
1926
1927
1927
1927
1928
1928
1928
Post Office
Post Office
Post Office and Customs House
Power House
Armouries
Civic Library
Canadian Niagara Power Houses
Court House
New Royal Military College
Douglas Library Queens Univ.
Montreal Civic Library
East Block, Ont. Parliament Bldg.
Administration Bldg., Queen’s Park
Table Rock House Victoria Park
Loretto Academy
Royal Bank Building
Registry Office
War Memorial
London Life Insurance Head Office
Provincial Building, CNE
Whitney Block, Queens Park
Administration Bldg., Victoria Park
Coliseum, CNE
Mausoleum
Harry Oakes Residence
Bell Telephone Building
Bank of Montreal Main Branch
Cornwall, ON
St. Catharines, ON
Niagara Falls, ON
Niagara Falls, NY
Niagara Falls, ON
Montreal, PQ
Niagara Falls, ON
Kitchener, ON
Kingston, ON
Kingston ON
Montreal, PQ
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Niagara Falls, ON
Niagara Falls, ON
Montreal, PQ
Fort Francis, ON
New Liskeard, ON
London, ON
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Niagara Falls, ON
Toronto, ON
Hamilton, ON
Niagara Falls, ON
Montreal, PQ
Hamilton, ON
St. Catharines
REFERENCES
Parks, CCS, Goudge,
Tiplin, Jackson
Goudge
CCS, Goudge
Parks, CCS, Goudge,
Tiplin
Miller, Page, Parks
CCS, Page
Miller
CCS, Tiplin
Page, Jackson et
al,Styran
Parks, CCS, Goudge
Miller
Parks, CCS, Goudge
Parks, CCS, Goudge
CCS
CCS, Goudge
CCS
CCS
CCS
CCS, Goudge
CCS
CCS, Goudge
CCS
CCS, Tiplin
CCS
CCS, Goudge
CCS
CCS, Goudge
CCS
CCS
Eyles
CCS, Tiplin
CCS
CCS
CCS, Goudge
CCS, Goudge
CCS, Goudge
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DATE
1928
1928
1928
1929
1930
1930
1930
1931
1931
1931
1932
1932
1932
1932
1932
1938
1968
BUILDING
National Life Assurance Head Office
Mausoleum
U. E. Loyalists Monument
Masonic Temple
Price Brothers Building
Ontario Building
CNR Station
Customs House,
Bank of Montreal
Administration. Building, Ontario
Agricultural College
Railway Station
Post Office and Customs Bldg.
N. American Life Assurance Bldg.
Hydro-Electric System Head Office,
Royal Ontario Museum
Craine Building, Queens University
MacDonald Block, Queen’s Park
LOCATION
Toronto, ON
Port Dover, ON
Hamilton, ON
Montreal, PQ
Montreal, PQ
London, England
Hamilton, ON
Toronto, ON
Ottawa, ON
Guelph, ON
REFERENCE
CCS, Goudge
CCS
CCS
Goudge
Goudge
Goudge
Goudge
Goudge
Goudge
Goudge
Saint John, NB
Perth, ON
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Kingston, ON
Toronto, ON
Goudge
Goudge
Goudge
Goudge
Goudge
www.queensu.ca
Eyles
REFERENCES cited
Canada Crushed Stone, 1925. Queenston Silver Grey Dolomite. Sales pamphlet, 24 pg.
Eyles, N., 2002. Ontario Rocks. Fitzhenry and Whiteside, 338pg.
Goudge, M. F., 1933. Canadian Limestones For Building Purposes. Canadian Department of Mines,
Mines Branch, 196 pg.
Jackson, J. N., 1997. The Welland Canals and Their Communities: Engineering, Industrial, and
Urban Transformation. University of Toronto Press, 535 pg.
Jackson, J.N., and Burtniak, J., 1978. Railways in the Niagara Peninsula. Mika Publishing
Company, Belleville, On., 239 pg.
Miller, Willet G., 1892. Structural Materials in: First Report of the Bureau of Mines, 1891, Vol 1, pg.
95-101. Ontario Dept of Mines.
Miller, Willet G., 1904. The Limestones of Ontario, in: Report of the Bureau of Mines, 1904, Vol Xlll,
Part 2, pg 1-126, Ontario Dept of Mines.
Page, H.R., 1876. Illustrated Atlas of the Counties of Lincoln and Welland. H. Page, Toronto.
Parks, W. A., 1912. Report on the Building and Ornamental Stones of Canada, Volume 1, Canada
Department of Mines, Mines Branch, 376 pg.
Styran, Roberta .M. and Taylor, Robert R. 2001. The Great Swivel Link: Canada’s Welland. Canal
Publications of the Champlain Society: General Series No. 64. Toronto. 494 pg.
Tiplin, A. H., 1988. Geology of Our Romantic Niagara. The Niagara Falls Heritage Foundation, 216
pg.
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