Editing Guelph (section)

===Historic sites===
*[[Downtown Guelph]]: Several downtown streets are lined with [[Victorian Architecture|Victorian era]] buildings now well over a century old.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://guelpharts.ca/historical-walking-tours-return-for-august|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203013846/https://guelpharts.ca/historical-walking-tours-return-for-august |archive-date=December 3, 2017 |title=Historical Walking Tours Return for August |publisher=Guelph Arts Council }}</ref> Many of Guelph's historically designated properties are in or near the downtown area.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://guelph.ca/city-hall/planning-and-development/community-plans-studies/heritage-conservation/designated-properties/ |title=Designated heritage properties |publisher=City of Guelph |access-date=December 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203015342/https://guelph.ca/city-hall/planning-and-development/community-plans-studies/heritage-conservation/designated-properties/ |archive-date=December 3, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> The old City Hall on Carden St., built between 1856 and 1857 and a National Historic Site, is an example of mid-19th century Renaissance Revival architecture.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=10090 |title=Guelph City Hall |website=www.historicplaces.ca |publisher=Parks Canada |access-date=July 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203082814/http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=10090 |archive-date=December 3, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> The building, as well as its Annex built {{circa|1865}}, are also historically designated by the province. Other historically designated buildings in the area include the Winter Fair Building, the County Jail and Governor's Residence<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=10906&pid=0 |title=County Jail and Governor's Residence |website=www.historicplaces.ca |publisher=Parks Canada |access-date=July 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190223020428/https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=10906&pid=0 |archive-date=February 23, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> and the Guelph Armoury. The [[Old Quebec Street Mall]] was a street built in the 1800s that was enclosed and covered; that work was completed in 1984 and the street has become an indoor shopping mall.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://oldquebecstreet.com/quebec-street-mall-guelph/quebec-street-mall-history-guelph/ |title=Old Quebec Street Mall in Guelph |publisher=Downtown Guelph BIA |access-date=December 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203021933/http://oldquebecstreet.com/quebec-street-mall-guelph/quebec-street-mall-history-guelph/ |archive-date=December 3, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:Guelph Civic Museum Dusk 2016.jpg|thumb|Guelph Civic Museum]]
*The [[Guelph Civic Museum]] has been located on "Catholic Hill" (Norfolk St. and Cork St.) adjacent to the Basilica of Our Lady Immaculate since 2012, moving to this location from a nationally designated historic site at 6 Dublin St. South.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://guelph.ca/location/dublin-street-south-6/|title=Dublin Street South - 6|publisher=City of Guelph|access-date=July 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907221337/https://guelph.ca/location/dublin-street-south-6/|archive-date=September 7, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=10097 |title=Guelph Civic Museum |website=www.historicplaces.ca |publisher=Parks Canada |access-date=July 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915005631/http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=10097 |archive-date=September 15, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> The museum has a collection of pictures, films and other antique materials related to the historical development of the City of Guelph.
*Among the oldest of the city's neighbourhoods, settled by affluent citizens, the St. George's Park area features heritage homes and mansions in the highest part of Guelph. Much of the city's elite lived on the hill running up Grange Street and many of the homes have been renovated.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.guelphtoday.com/local-news/in-your-neighbourhood-st-georges-park-15-photos-569624 |title=In Your Neighbourhood: St. George's Park (15 Photos) |date=March 23, 2017 |first=Rob |last=O'Flanagan |website=Guelphtoday.com |access-date=December 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204114532/https://www.guelphtoday.com/local-news/in-your-neighbourhood-st-georges-park-15-photos-569624 |archive-date=December 4, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* The Exhibition Park neighbourhood, containing the oldest park in Guelph, is an area that was settled in the 1870s and still contains many Victorian style heritage homes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.guelphtoday.com/local-news/in-your-neighbourhood-exhibition-park-34-photos-605083 |title=In Your Neighbourhood: Exhibition Park (34 Photos) |date=May 7, 2017 |first=Rob |last=O'Flanagan |website=Guelphtoday.com |access-date=December 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204114527/https://www.guelphtoday.com/local-news/in-your-neighbourhood-exhibition-park-34-photos-605083 |archive-date=December 4, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* The Brooklyn and College Hill area south of the Speed River<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/early-guelph-neighbourhood-gets-heritage-designation-1.3415214|title=Early Guelph neighbourhood gets heritage designation|date=January 22, 2016|first=Kate|last=Bueckert|publisher=[[CBC News]]|access-date=July 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412111458/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/early-guelph-neighbourhood-gets-heritage-designation-1.3415214|archive-date=April 12, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> is the city's only district that was designated under the Ontario Heritage Act.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://guelph.ca/city-hall/planning-and-development/community-plans-studies/heritage-conservation/heritage-studies/|title=Heritage Conservation District|publisher=City of Guelph|access-date=December 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203155313/https://guelph.ca/city-hall/planning-and-development/community-plans-studies/heritage-conservation/heritage-studies/|archive-date=December 3, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.guelphmercury.com/community-story/5870352-cowan-house-merits-historical-designation/|title=Cowan House merits historical designation|date=March 19, 2015|publisher=Metroland Media Group Ltd|work=Guelph Mercury Tribune|access-date=December 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203015515/https://www.guelphmercury.com/community-story/5870352-cowan-house-merits-historical-designation/|archive-date=December 3, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
*St. Patrick's Ward (The Ward) with many old buildings, originally contained both manufacturing facilities and modest homes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://guelpharts.ca/images/walkingtours/wardone/Ward-One-Walking--Tour.pdf |title=Ward One Walking Tour |publisher=Guelph Arts Council |access-date=December 2, 2017 |archive-date=August 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827214132/https://guelpharts.ca/images/walkingtours/wardone/Ward-One-Walking--Tour.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Many newcomers from Europe, particularly Italy, settled here after 1850.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.guelphtoday.com/local-news/in-your-neighbourhood-the-ward-25-photos-575126|title=In Your Neighbourhood: The Ward (25 photos)|date=March 30, 2017|first=Rob|last=O'Flanagan|website=Guelphtoday.com|access-date=December 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204114534/https://www.guelphtoday.com/local-news/in-your-neighbourhood-the-ward-25-photos-575126|archive-date=December 4, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Allan's Mill]]
[[File:Heffernan Street Footbridge, Guelph, ON.jpg|thumb|Heffernan Street Footbridge]]
* Heffernan Street Footbridge: Spanning the Speed River behind St. George's Anglican Church, this structure was built in 1913, and replaced an earlier steel bridge. The footbridge was designated a heritage site and was restored/reconstructed in 1991 to more closely resemble the original design<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.guelphtoday.com/rooted/the-bridge-that-spans-generations-1949162 |title=The bridge that spans generations |date=December 11, 2019 |publisher=Guelph Today |access-date=December 11, 2019 |quote=a historic stroll over Speed River on the Heffernan Street Footbridge |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211194530/https://www.guelphtoday.com/rooted/the-bridge-that-spans-generations-1949162 |archive-date=December 11, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*Goldie Mill ruins: Once owned by the Goldie family, an important name in the early Waterloo Region, the mill was operated from 1866 until 1953 when a fire destroyed it.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.guelphmercury.com/community-story/7805210-city-of-guelph-looks-to-historically-designate-mid-19th-century-tavern/|title=City of Guelph looks to historically designate mid-19th century tavern|date=November 6, 2017|publisher=Metroland Media Group Ltd|work=Guelph Mercury Tribune|access-date=December 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203021316/https://www.guelphmercury.com/community-story/7805210-city-of-guelph-looks-to-historically-designate-mid-19th-century-tavern/|archive-date=December 3, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> For some years, it served as a venue for outdoor public and private events but the area around the buildings was closed to the public in June 2017 due to soil contamination and sinkholes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://guelph.ca/location/goldie-mill-park/|title=Goldie Mill Park and ruins|publisher=City of Guelph|access-date=July 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190123121832/http://guelph.ca/location/goldie-mill-park/|archive-date=January 23, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Restoration of the ruins was underway in 2019, authorized by the owner, the [[Grand River Conservation Authority]]; the site to re-open to the public on February 18, 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/guelph-goldie-mill-open-1.5917390|title=Guelph's Goldie Mill Park set to reopen Thursday after 2 years of repairs, remediation|publisher=CBC News|date=February 18, 2021}}</ref>
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====National Historic Sites====
Nationally designated sites in the city include:
*[[Old City Hall (Guelph)|Old City Hall]], a formal, classical civic building; built in 1856–57.
*[[McCrae House]], home of [[John McCrae]], author of "[[In Flanders Fields]]", built in 1858.
*[[Basilica of Our Lady Immaculate]], a Roman Catholic church designed by [[Joseph Connolly (architect)|Joseph Connolly]], located downtown, is a local landmark and a National Historic Site. The church was built over a number of years, specifically 1876 to 1888.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=7646 |title=Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception National Historic Site of Canada |website=www.historicplaces.ca |publisher=Parks Canada |access-date=July 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929040058/https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=7646 |archive-date=September 29, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>