The Burkholder House
This Historic house located at 7 Central Street in Waterloo was built in 1849
What is the Burkholder house?
What is Pennsylvania?
The house has windows divided into small panes often called "six over six" windows
What are Georgian style windows
What is Pennsylvania?
The Burkholder house is located in what province
What is Ontario?
The house was orginally built by this man, a local settler in Waterloo
Who is Samuel Burkholder?
Burkholder moved to this region in Ontario around 1845
What is Waterloo Township?
Decorative wooden trim along the roof edge of the house is called this
What are bargeboards?
Samuel Burkholder's family roots trace back to Mennonite communities in this European country
What is Switzerland?
The house is located near what popular bar in the summertime in Waterloo
What is Kentucky?
Before becoming a residence, the building was used for this purpose for more than 20 years
What is a church?
Burkholder built a structure and later offered it rent free for this type of community group to use
What is a place of worship
The triangular section above the enterance of the house is called this architectural feature
What is a gable
The Burkhholder family name was associated with this Christian denomination common among Mennonite communities
What is Methodism faith?
Early members of the congregation who worshipped there included families like Erb, Hoffman, and this family
What is the Good family?
What are Georgian and Gothic styles?
What religious group accepted Burkholder offer and used the building for worship
What is the Evangelical Congregation?
The house includes pointed decorative elements typical of this architectural movement
What is a Gothic Revival Architecture
In early settlements, Burkholder family homes were often used for this community activity
What are Church services?
The congregation evntually moved to new church built on Cedar street, now known as this road
What is Bridgeport Road?
The front gable and decorative bargeboard were added after the building changed into this type of building around 1870
What is a house?
After decacades in Waterloo, Burkholder eventually died in this U.S state in 1893
What is Kansas?
The house is considered historically important because it served as the areas first building used for this activity
Evangelical Church worship
The Burkholder family name was even used for a settlement in this Ontario City
What is Hamilton?
The later church built by the congregation is today known as this Waterloo church
What is Emmanuel United Church?