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Kingston - John A. Macdonald Era
  1. The Macdonald family gravesite, Cataraqui Cemetery (section C, Beech Avenue), 927 Purdy Mills Road off Counter Street (which is off Princess Street).
  2. The site of Heathfield, Macdonald's residence during visits to Kingston 1865-78. Plaque located at 1200 Princess Street, west of Sir John A. Macdonald Boulevard.
  3. Hazeldell, home of Macdonald's mother who died there in 1862. 225 Mowat Avenue between Johnson Street and King Street West.
  4. Bellevue House National Historic Site, where Isabella and John Macdonald lived 1848-9. Restored villa, grounds, and interpretive centre operated by Parks Canada and open to the public, at 35 Centre Street between Union Street and King Street West.
  5. Statue of Sir John A. Macdonald, 1895, in City Park near the corner of King Street East and West Street.
  6. House rented by Macdonald 1878-89. 134 Earl Street at Sydenham Street.
  7. Macdonald's legal residence 1856-60 as a member of the Legislative Assembly for Kingston. l94 Johnson Street near Sydenham Street.
  8. Isabella and John Macdonald's house from 1849 to 1852, and where their son Hugh John was born in 1850. 180 Johnson Street between Sydenham and Bagot Streets.
  9. House leased by Macdonald for his sister Louisa and brother-in-law Professor Williamson 1876-8. 79-81 Wellington Street between William and Johnson Streets.
  10. Macdonald's first law office 1835. 171 Wellington Street between Brock and Princess Streets
  11. Macdonald's law office from 1849 to 1860. 343 King Street East between Brock and Princess Streets.
  12. Kingston City Hall at 216 Ontario Street. Macdonald was an alderman from 1843 to 1846. See the medallion for the laying of the cornerstone (second floor near Mayor's office), as well as the oil full-length portrait of Macdonald painted in 1863 by William Sawyer (1820-89) in Memorial Hall.
  13. House owned by Macdonald's relatives, the Macphersons, and where he lived as a young lawyer in the 1830s. 110-112 Rideau Street between Bay and North Streets.


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