Sail Loft - R.B. Stevens & Sons Ltd.  (1901) 150 Pelham Street northsails.com  Built in 1901 by Thomas Hamm, the loft did business under the name of J. Henry Hamm. In 1927, the loft became United Sailmakers and operated under this name until 1977. It is believed that this building is the oldest working sail loft in North America. A...

Lunenburg Academy Heritage Classroom    (1893-95) 97 Kaulbach Street National Historic Site of Canada lunenburgacademyfoundation.com For 117 years, students from the Town of Lunenburg and Lunenburg County climbed to the “Castle on the Hill” every weekday to attend school. When the former school near town hall burned down in 1893, there was much debate about rebuilding in Parade Square or...

Adams & Knickle Ltd.  (1897) 170 Montague Street The firm of Adams & Knickle was founded in 1897 by Henry Adams and Captain Alexander Knickle and their store and office was built in the same year. It is 2½ stories with a bell cast gambrel roof and a symmetrical façade clad in ashlar imitation wood siding. The storefront windows have drop...

Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church - 65 Fox Street   Open for viewing 12 - 4 pm zionlutheranlunenburg.ca  Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church is the oldest worshiping Lutheran Congregation in Canada. Construction began in 1770 and was dedicated in 1772 with the arrival of the first pastor, Rev. Frederick Schultz.  In 1835 Rev. Charles Cossmann began his long and colourful pastorate of 41 years,...

St. Norbert’s Roman Catholic Church - 121 York Street   open for viewing 12 - 4 pm Named after Saint Norbert, a German bishop known for his pastoral zeal, work began on construction of this church in 1839. The building is a fine example of the late Georgian style, blending both New England and British architectural elements. The church has undergone...

St. John’s Anglican Church  - 64 Townsend Street  Open for viewing  10 am - 4 pm National Historic Site of Canada stjohnslunenburg.org The second oldest Protestant church in Canada, St John’s occupies the western-most of the four town blocks originally reserved for public purposes. In 1754, the British colonial government’s administrators made a grant of about 500 pounds for the building...