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Waterloo County Registry Office

 
 
Waterloo County Registry Office Marker image. Click for full size.
cmh2315fl via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0), August 12, 2017
1. Waterloo County Registry Office Marker
Inscription. [Top plaque]
City of Kitchener
Heritage Landmark
1939

[Bottom plaque]
A.D. 1852 – 1938
This new registry office
building was erected in
the years A.D. 1938-1939
to replace the old brick
building constructed by
the pioneers in A.D. 1852
Members of County Council and officials
Charles Schuett, warden 1938 • W.D. Brill, warden 1939
Property Committee
W.H. Shaw, chairman • John W. Abra • H.E. Ratz • A.W. Hoffer • Wm. J. Pelz • Bernard Flynn • Herbert Strebel
Balance of council
Wm. Alison • P.A. Wagner • J.D. Panabaker • N.C. McLeod • Lorne B. Weber • Wm. Witzel • M.A. Schmidt • Albert Heer • Edwin Huehn • W. Hostettler • F.I. Willson
Samuel Cassel, County Clerk and Treas. • G.V. Hilborn, Registrar
Ray M. Hall, M.R.A.I.C. architect
Dunker Construction Ltd., general contractor

 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. A significant historical year for this entry is 1939.
 
Location. 43° 27.115′ N, 80° 29.132′ W. Marker is in Kitchener, Ontario, in Waterloo Region. It is at the intersection of Frederick Street and Spetz Street, on the right when traveling south on Frederick Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 122 Frederick St, Kitchener ON N2H 2L9, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Huron-Perth-Waterloo-Wellington Area and in Southwestern Ontario. It is also in Central Canada. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony, the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, and Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Waterloo County (about 120 meters away, measured in a direct line);
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William Lyon Mackenzie King, 1874-1950 (about 150 meters away); World Trade Center (about 210 meters away); Kitchener Cenotaph (about 210 meters away); St. Mary Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows Roman Catholic Parish (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Friedensfest 1871 Denkmal (approx. one kilometer away); Centennial of Victoria Park (1896-1996) (approx. one kilometer away); Joseph Schneider Haus (approx. 1.1 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Kitchener.
 
Also see . . .  Registry Theatre. Canadian Register of Historic Places entry on the building, which now is a theater. (Submitted on April 23, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.) 
 
Waterloo County Registry Office Marker image. Click for full size.
cmh2315fl via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0), August 13, 2017
2. Waterloo County Registry Office Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on April 23, 2022. It was originally submitted on April 22, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 218 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on April 22, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
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