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[Site]: Kingston Customs House
[Date(s)]: 1859 (completed)
[Designated]: 1971
[Location]: Kingston44°13′46.64″N 76°28′56.45″W / 44.2296222°N 76.4823472°W / 44.2296222; -76.4823472 (Kingston Customs House)
[Description]: A limestone former customs house; an excellent example of the architectural quality of mid-19th-century public buildings designed in the British classical tradition
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[Site]: Point Frederick Buildings
[Date(s)]:
[Designated]: 1973
[Location]: Kingston44°13′40.73″N 76°28′10.12″W / 44.2279806°N 76.4694778°W / 44.2279806; -76.4694778 (Point Frederick Buildings)
[Description]: A peninsula upon which a major British naval base was located during the War of 1812; an assemblage of architecturally significant structures used by the Royal Military College of Canada
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[Site]: Fort Henry
[Date(s)]: 1840 (completed)
[Designated]: 1923
[Location]: Kingston44°13′48.95″N 76°27′34.85″W / 44.2302639°N 76.4596806°W / 44.2302639; -76.4596806 (Fort Henry)
[Description]: British fort that served as the principal fortification among a series of military works designed to defend Kingston, its harbour and dockyard and the entrance to the Rideau Canal
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[Site]: Sir John A. Macdonald Gravesite
[Date(s)]: 1891 (burial)
[Designated]: 1938
[Location]: Kingston44°15′43″N 76°32′32″W / 44.262080°N 76.542188°W / 44.262080; -76.542188 (Sir John A. Macdonald Gravesite)
[Description]: The burial place of Sir John A. Macdonald, a Father of Confederation and the first Prime Minister of Canada, in Cataraqui Cemetery NHS
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[Site]: Fort Frontenac
[Date(s)]: 1673 (original fort completed)
[Designated]: 1923
[Location]: Kingston44°14′00″N 76°28′43″W / 44.23333°N 76.47861°W / 44.23333; -76.47861 (Fort Frontenac)
[Description]: Originally a French trading post that served as a gateway to the West, the base of Robert de LaSalle’s explorations and a French outpost against the Iroquois and English forces
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[Site]: Kingston City Hall and Market Square
[Date(s)]: 1844 (completed)
[Designated]: 1961
[Location]: Kingston44°13′47.68″N 76°28′50.1″W / 44.2299111°N 76.480583°W / 44.2299111; -76.480583 (Kingston City Hall)
[Description]: A prominent example of the Neoclassical style in Canada, with a landmark tholobate and dome; its scale and design are reflective of Kingtson's status at the time of construction as capital of the Province of Canada . The Kingston Public Market, founded in 1801, is behind city hall and part of the national historic site and is the oldest public market in Ontario.
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