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Save 2023 Woodburn Rd (Woodburn Road Cheese Factory)
It is on Kingston's heritage register as a listed property. Unless council issues a notice of intention to designate, it comes off the register on January 1, 2027 and can't be listed again for five years.
Built c.1880-1890, the Woodburn Road Cheese Factory, located at 2023 Woodburn Road, is of cultural heritage value and interest because of its physical/design values and historical/associative values. The property has physical/design value. Character defining elements that reflect this value include its scale and massing. Other elements reflecting its physical/design value include the building's one and a half storey structure, rectangular plan, brick construction parged with a stucco rendering and a medium pitch gable roof. There is an original brick chimney at the east gable end and three gable dormers centered on the roof over the main fa¿ade. Fenestration is characterized by wooden…From the municipal heritage register
Year built: c. 1880-1890
1. Add your support
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2. Write to your councillor
Council decides whether to issue a notice of intention to designate. A short, personal letter from a resident counts.
Write the letterFind your councillor
Ontario's municipal election is on October 26, 2026. Send the same letter to the candidates in your ward and ask where they stand.
3. Go to council
Coming up in Kingston before January 1:
- Heritage Properties Committee, October 14, 2026
- Planning Advisory Committee, October 14, 2026
- City Council Meeting, November 3, 2026
- Arts, Culture and Heritage Advisory Committee, November 4, 2026
- Planning Committee, November 5, 2026
Anyone can ask to speak (a deputation) or send a written comment; check the meeting page for how and by when. How to speak at council.
4. Help with the research
Heritage staff need evidence. A research record gathers the building's history and why it matters, in the shape they use.
Priority for volunteers: 43/100 (register has a detailed description; built about 1880).
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Status from City of Kingston — Heritage Properties, as of October 12, 2026. Not legal advice. Confirm status with the municipality.