Doors Open Burlington 2013

The Joseph Brant Museum is a reconstruction of the home of one of Canada’s colourful heroes, Captain Joseph Brant (Thayendanegea), a prominent Mohawk leader and Loyalist. The house was built in 1937-38 and in June 1942 opened as a museum with only one room of gallery space. Today, the building houses more than 10,000 artifacts. Activities include: self-guided tours, pamphlets, children's activities.
Joseph Brant Museum celebrated its 70th Anniversary in 2012.

Dates/Hours Open: Saturday, September 28, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

A focal point on the Burlington waterfront since 1978, the Burlington Art Centre, designed by architect John Harkness, houses the world's largest permanent collection of contemporary Canadian ceramics, provides gallery and studio space, and features a courtyard and conservatory.

Dates/Hours Open: Saturday, September 28th, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Completed in 1834 and consecrated in 1838, St. Luke's is Burlington's oldest church. It sits on part of the land granted to Chief Joseph Brant (Thayendanegea) by the Crown for services he rendered during the American Revolution. Brant's daughter, Elizabeth, donated the land for the church. View the many stained-glass windows, beautiful carvings and historic cemetery.

Dates/Hours Open: Saturday, September 28, 2013, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Municipal Parking avaliable)

463 Brant St Burlington, ON L7R 2G3

The original building, constructed between 1850 and 1853, house James Allen's carriage-making business, which produced many of the horse carts and sleighs for the Hamilton Street Railway. The Masons purchased the building in 1909 and expanded it in 1953-54. The lodge room and banquet room are on the second floor; the first floor is rented for commercial purposes.

Dates/Hours Open: Saturday, September 28, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

This grand two-and-a-half-storey frame structure was built in Queen Anne Revival Style in 1893 by Alfred B.Y. Coleman, general contractor and lumber dealer. Coleman built several buildings in Burlington, including the Brant Hotel. The property boasts a Victorian garden with magnolia tree and fountain. Activities include: self guided tours of gardens.

Date/Hours: Saturday, September 28th, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Municipal Parking avaliable)

 

Built in 1872 on lands provided by Thomas Colling, Lowville United Church has a fieldstone foundation made from orange bricks from the Bronte area. The structure is a fine example of mid-Victorian vernacular Gothic revival church architecture, featuring lancet windows with corbelled brick "eyebrow" detail and dressed limestone sills. Heritage designation granted 1984.

Date/Hours Open: Saturday, September 28, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
 

St. John's is the second-oldest Anglican church in Burlington. Worship has taken place in the present building since 1839. This unique church has two stained-glass windows and a restored burying ground with grave makers as old as the church itself.

Dates/Hours open: Saturday, September 28, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

This one-storey fieldstone church was built in 1859 in the neoclassical meeting house style. The Springer family (for which nearby Springer House is named) donated the land for the cemetery, one of the oldest in the former Nelson Township. In 1959, the Sunday school addition was built to accommodate the expanding congregation. Activities include: self-guided tours ofchurch and cemetery.

Dates/hours Open: Saturday, September 28, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Explore downtown Burlington's charm by taking a walking tour of more than 30 older homes and heritage sites. Pamphlets published by Heritage Burlington, the municipal Heritage Committee, for two self guided tours, will be available at the Tourism Burlington office at 414 Locust Street. Guided