Joseph Schneider Haus

[UrbanWaterloo]

Joseph Schneider Haus
466 Queen Street South, Kitchener
Website (http://www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/discoveringtheregion/josephschneiderhaus.asp)

<div style="width:650px; text-align:center; margin: 0px auto;">It was originally a house built circa 1816 by Joseph Schneider, who was among a large group of Pennsylvania Dutch immigrants that settled in Waterloo County in the early 19th century. The house is the oldest extant dwelling in Kitchener. The Schneider Haus museum is a living recreation of life in Ontario in the 1860s, and has been restored to that period. The site includes several out-buildings that recreate life of the time.

The house was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1999.</div>
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[UrbanWaterloo]

HERITAGE PERMIT APPLICATION HPA-2010-V-009
466 QUEEN STREET SOUTH (JOSEPH SCHNEIDER HAUS) PROPOSED NEW CONSTRUCTION (WASH HAUS)
REPORT TO: Heritage Kitchener | REPORT NO.: DTS-10-106 (http://www.kitchener.ca/Files/Item/item19087_dts-10-106_-_hpa_2010-v-009_-_466_queen_st_s__joseph_schneider_haus__-_proposed_new_construction__wash_haus_.pdf)
DATE OF REPORT: May 14, 2010 | DATE OF MEETING: June 1, 2010
SUBMITTED BY: Alain Pinard, Interim Director of Planning
PREPARED BY: Michelle Wade, Heritage Planner

RECOMMENDATION: That pursuant to Section 42 of the Ontario Heritage Act, Heritage Permit Application HPA-2010-V-009 be approved, to permit the construction of a wash haus at the property municipally addressed 466 Queen Street South, in accordance with the plans submitted with the application, subject to the following conditions:
i) That the final building permit drawings be reviewed and heritage clearance issued by heritage planning staff prior to the issuance of a building permit.

BACKGROUND: The Development and Technical Services Department is in receipt of Heritage Permit Application HPA-2010-V-009. The applicant is seeking Council’s permission to construct a new building, known as the Wash Haus, at the property municipally addressed 466 Queen Street South and more commonly known as the Joseph Schneider Haus Museum.

REPORT: ...
The applicant is requesting permission to construct a new 1 ½ storey building known as the Wash Haus. The Wash Haus is a circa 1850 reconstruction project. The Wash Haus will feature: a square plan with front gabled roof; cedar shingled roof; log construction with pine clapboard cladding; fieldstone foundation; half-round galvanized eaves trough; pine fascia; 6/6 hung windows; slab door; and, fieldstone chimney. The proposed colours are consistent with the colours of the Joseph Schneider Haus and the other reconstructed outbuildings on the property.

[Shawn]

The applicant is requesting permission to construct a new 1 ½ storey building known as the Wash Haus. The Wash Haus is a circa 1850 reconstruction project. The Wash Haus will feature: a square plan with front gabled roof; cedar shingled roof; log construction with pine clapboard cladding; fieldstone foundation; half-round galvanized eaves trough; pine fascia; 6/6 hung windows; slab door; and, fieldstone chimney. The proposed colours are consistent with the colours of the Joseph Schneider Haus and the other reconstructed outbuildings on the property.

Excuse my ignorance but what is a "Wash Haus"? It sounds like a circa 1850's Waterloo Region / Berlin laundromat or something.

[Urbanomicon]

Excuse my ignorance but what is a "Wash Haus"? It sounds like a circa 1850's Waterloo Region / Berlin laundromat or something.

I was thinking car wash.

[Spokes]

Excuse my ignorance but what is a "Wash Haus"? It sounds like a circa 1850's Waterloo Region / Berlin laundromat or something.

I think it's part of Joseph Schneider Haus

[RangersFan]

Joseph Schneider Haus gets new building as historic wash house is re-created
March 4, 2011 | Johanna Weidner | The Record | LINK (http://www.therecord.com/news/local/article/495953--joseph-schneider-haus-gets-new-building-as-historic-wash-house-is-re-created)


KITCHENER — Outside Joseph Schneider Haus, a crane lowered huge logs into place in the construction of a wash house on the historic Kitchener property.

The wash house once served as a summer kitchen for the Schneider family, where cooking, pickling and preserving, soap and candle making, butchering and other essential chores were done away from the farmhouse in the hottest months.

“All the activities moved out there in the summertime,” said museum curator Susan Burke.

The original wash house was discovered during an archeological dig on the property in 1984 while reconstructing the Schneider Creek culvert, unearthing the foundation, corner brick hearth and floor boards.

[UrbanWaterloo]

Wash Haus - March 16, 2011

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[UrbanWaterloo]

Mostly complete now...

September 2, 2011

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[UrbanWaterloo]

The public opening of the new washhouse is this afternoon.

Washhouse Opening at Joseph Schneider Haus
Start Date: May 27, 2012 1:00 PM
End Date: May 27, 2012 3:00 PM
Category: Joseph Schneider Haus
Details: Official opening celebration of our newly completed washhouse at Joseph Schneider Haus!
Contact Name: Anne Marie
Event Address: 466 Queen St. S., Kitchener
Event Phone: 519-742-7752

[UrbanWaterloo]

Photos from the grand opening...

May 27, 2012

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[panamaniac]

Sheepies!!! I love sheepies!

That close up of the table laden with baked goods just screams Waterloo County - well done UrbanWaterloo.