Woodside National Historic Site

(Redirected from Woodside House) Historic home "Woodside House" redirects here. For the municipal building in Wood Green, North London, see George Meehan House.

Woodside

Type	Childhood home of former Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King.
Location	528 Wellington Street North Kitchener, Ontario, Canada N2H 5L5
Built	1853
Architectural style(s)	Victorian
Governing body	Parks Canada
Website	Woodside National Historic Site

National Historic Site of Canada
Designated	1952

Woodside National Historic Site is the childhood home of former Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King. King resided there from 1886 to 1893. The house is located in the city of Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. The house was built in 1853. A group of local citizens created the Mackenzie King Woodside Trust to preserve the house from demolition and acquire the property. The house has been restored to reflect the Victorian era, and is managed and interpreted as a unit of the national park system. The 11.5-acre (47,000 m) site includes wooded grounds, gardens, and lawn. A video presentation is shown about the King family and Woodside. Victorian period programs and special events are offered, but the house is open fewer than 60 days a year, on select dates from October to mid-December. The grounds are open year-round.

The house and the grounds were designated a National Historic Site in 1952.

References

Childhood Home of P.M. King
"Construction and ownership". Explore Waterloo Region. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
Preservation of Woodside
^ Woodside National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places.

External links

Parks Canada: Woodside National Historic Site

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