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22: 89:. It received designation as a National Historic Site in 1981. As of the 2018 season, it was retired as an active performance venue and re-purposed for rehearsals, training, education, and expanded audience programs. 115:– built in 1795 at King and Prideaux Streets (today occupied by Bernard Gray Hall Bed and Breakfast). Originally the plans were to have it built at Mississauga and Queen Streets. The court house was merely a 394: 109:. It was replaced by the 1847 court house. It was demolished after 1866; the site is now Rye Heritage Park, with a marker placed at the end of the driveway into the park. 399: 384: 340: 82:
in 1863; the building then served as town hall and jail until 1866. It became an orphanage for girls from England from 1869 to the early 20th century.
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three-storey building was constructed between 1846 and 1847 to designs by the Toronto architect
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building was more grand than the first and far from cannon fire from the U.S. side of the
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Tourist attractions in the Regional Municipality of Niagara
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The building was used as one of a few venues for the 1850
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building and was burned by American troops in 1813.
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Shaw Festival
Parks Canada
Shaw Festival
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
neo-classical
William Thomas
Niagara District
Fort Niagara
Provincial Agricultural Fair of Canada West
St. Catharines
Shaw Festival
Georgian
Niagara River
blockhouse



"Niagara District Court House. Heritage easement agreement.: Niagara-on-the-Lake Heritage Portal"


"HistoricPlaces.ca"
"NOTES ON NIAGARA, No. 32, 1759 - 1860"


"History of Niagara Court house and jail"
"NOTL History | Collection & Research | Niagara Historical Society Museum"
"Shaw Festival Announces 2018 Season"
"Court house and gaol"
"Have you seen Brock's hat? | Niagara-On-The-Lake Bed & Breakfast Association"

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