This is a list of National Historic Sites () in Hamilton, Ontario. There are 15 National Historic Sites designated in Hamilton,Hamilton, Stoney Creek, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada of which one () is administered by Parks Canada (identified below by the beaver icon ).Hamilton , National Historic Sites of Canada - administered by Parks Canada Burlington Heights was designated in 1929 and was the first site designated within what are now the boundaries of Hamilton.

Numerous National Historic Events also occurred in Hamilton, and are identified at places associated with them, using the same style of federal plaque which marks National Historic Sites. Several National Historic Persons are commemorated throughout the city in the same way. The markers do not indicate which designation—a Site, Event, or Person—a subject has been given.

National Historic Sites located elsewhere in Ontario are listed at National Historic Sites in Ontario.

This list uses names designated by the national Historic Sites and Monuments Board, which may differ from other names for these sites.

National Historic Sites Site Date(s) Designated Location Description Image Battle of Stoney Creek 1813 (battle) 1960 Stoney Creek The site of a British victory that marked a turning point in the War of 1812, representing the most advanced position achieved by American forces in the Niagara campaign Burlington HeightsBurlington Heights, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada 1813-14 (wartime activities) 1929 Hamilton An assembly point and supply depot for the defence of the Niagara Peninsula and support of the navy on Lake Ontario during the War of 1812 Dundurn CastleDundurn Castle, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada 1835 (completed) 1984 Hamilton Picturesque-style villa of magnate Sir Allan Napier MacNab, 1st Baronet Erland Lee (Museum) HomeErland Lee (Museum) Home, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada 1808 (completed) 2002 Hamilton A Carpenter Gothic farmhouse recognized as the birthplace of an important national and international women's movement, where the constitution of the first Women's Institute was drafted Former Hamilton Customs HouseFormer Hamilton Customs House, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada 1860 (completed) 1990 Hamilton A former customs house now serving as the Workers Arts and Heritage Centre; a noted example of Italianate architecture, which was popular in Canada from the 1840s to the 1870s; based on designs by Frederick Preston Rubidge 1858 Former Hamilton Railway Station (Canadian National)Former Hamilton Railway Station (Canadian National), Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada 1931 (completed) 2000 Hamilton Built by Canadian National Railway, the railway station is a rare surviving example of an interwar station built according to the tenets of the City Beautiful movement; it served as an important immigration gateway after the Second World War Griffin HouseGriffin House, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada 1827 (completed) 2008 Hamilton A rare surviving example of a four-room house typical in Upper Canada in the early 19th century; was owned by Enerals Griffin, a Black immigrant from Virginia who settled here in 1834, and the house is associated with Black settlement in British North America and the Underground Railroad Hamilton WaterworksHamilton Waterworks, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada 1859 (completed) 1977 Hamilton Built to deliver large quantities of clean water for safe drinking and fire control to rapidly expanding Hamilton, the waterworks is a rare surviving example of a Victorian industrial complex that is largely architecturally and functionally intact HMCS Haida, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada 1942 (constructed) 1984 Hamilton Last of the World War II destroyers; moored and open to the public as a museum ship at Hamilton Harbour John Weir Foote ArmouryJohn Weir Foote Armoury, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada 1888 (completed) 1989 Hamilton Named after John Weir Foote, the north section of the building is representative of the second evolutionary stage in drill hall construction in Canada (in the 1870s to 1890s) McQuesten House / WhitehernMcQuesten House / Whitehern, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada 1848 (completed) 1962 Hamilton The two-storey neoclassical home of Thomas McQuesten, now serving as a museum; a superior and intact example of mid-19th-century residential architecture in Ontario Royal Botanical GardensRoyal Botanical Gardens, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada 1920s (established) 1993 Hamilton Comprising clustered around Burlington Bay, it is one of Canada's most important botanical gardens, and is the international registration authority for cultivar names of lilacs; named Canada's "National Focal Point" for plant conservation targets under the United Nations’ Convention on Biological Diversity Sandyford PlaceSandyford Place, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada 1856 (completed) 1975 Hamilton A row of stone terrace houses, typical of the construction style in Hamilton at a time when Scottish settlers sought to recreate the stone terraces of Scottish towns; a good example of the housing erected for merchants in the mid-19th century St. Paul's Presbyterian Church / Former St. Andrew's ChurchSt. Paul's Presbyterian Church / Former St. Andrew's Church, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada 1857 (completed) 1990 Hamilton An excellent representative example of the Gothic Revival style in a small, urban parish church Victoria HallVictoria Hall, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada 1888 (completed) 1995 Hamilton A three-and-a-half-storey, commercial building with a hand-made, galvanized sheet-metal façade on the front of its upper storeys; a very rare example of an in-situ, hand-made, sheet-metal façade in Canada, and one of the most architecturally accomplished of the surviving sheet metal façades in the country

See also History of Hamilton, Ontario

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