Hunter Street is a Lower City collector road in
Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Ontario. Hamilton has a 2021 Canadian census, population of 569,353 (2021), and its Census Metropolitan Area, census metropolitan area, which encompasses ...
, Canada. It is a one-way street (Westbound) that starts West of
Locke Street at ''Hill Street Park'' and ends two blocks East of
Victoria Avenue at Emerald Street. Hunter Street is a
two-way street
A two-way street is a street that allows vehicles to travel in both directions. On most two-way streets, especially main streets, a line is painted down the middle of the road to remind drivers to stay on their side of the road. Sometimes one por ...
between Victoria and Emerald Streets.
History
Hunter Street is named after
Peter Hunter Hamilton (1800–1857), landowner and businessman and half brother of city founder
George Hamilton.
Originally, sections of Hunter Street were called ''William Street'' after
King William IV
William IV (William Henry; 21 August 1765 – 20 June 1837) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death in 1837. The third son of George III, William succeeded hi ...
and ''Peel Street'' after the British PM,
Sir Robert Peel
Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet (5 February 1788 – 2 July 1850), was a British Conservative statesman who twice was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1834–1835, 1841–1846), and simultaneously was Chancellor of the Exchequer (1834–183 ...
.
''Central Public School'' building on Hunter Street West was built in 1853. This school was built to accommodate 1,000 students, was the largest graded school in
Upper Canada
The Province of Upper Canada () was a Province, part of The Canadas, British Canada established in 1791 by the Kingdom of Great Britain, to govern the central third of the lands in British North America, formerly part of the Province of Queb ...
, and became the only public school in Hamilton, at the time of its opening in 1853. The building's original final proportioned classical design, by the firm Cumberland & Ridout, was extensively remodelled in 1890 by the Hamilton architect,
James Balfour. His alterations, including a steeply pitched roof, certain round arched windows and a heightened central tower, created an edifice in conformity with the late
Victorian
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19th century
* Victorian era, British history during Queen Victoria's 19th-century reign
** Victorian architecture
** Victorian house
** Victorian decorative arts
** Victorian fashion
** Victorian literatur ...
tastes. The building is designated under the ''
Ontario Heritage Act
The ''Ontario Heritage Act'', (the ''Act'') first enacted on March 5, 1975, allows municipalities and the provincial government to designate individual properties and districts in the Canadian Province of Ontario, as being of cultural heritage ...
''.
Landmarks
''Note: Listing of landmarks from West to East.''
*Hill Street Park
*Players' Guild of Hamilton, Inc. (theatre)
*Central Public School Building, w/ clock tower
*James Street South Shopping district
*
Hamilton GO Transit station, Original site of the
Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway
The Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway was a railway based in Hamilton, Ontario, Hamilton that ran in Southern Ontario from 1892 to 1987. It never reached the other two cities in its name although it had branch lines extending to Dunnville, O ...
(1892–1987)
*The Fontainebleu (18-storey apartment building)
*Access Community Church of God 7th Day
*Central Memorial Recreation Centre
Communities
''Note: Listing of neighbourhoods from West to East.''
*
Kirkendall
*
Durand
*
Corktown
*
Stinson
Roads that are parallel with Hunter Street
''Lower City roads:''
*
Burlington Street
Burlington Street is a partially at grade and elevated roadway in Hamilton, Ontario, stretching along the south shore of Hamilton Harbour in Lake Ontario. Burlington Street has four different statuses along the route. In its western terminus, it ...
, West–East
*
Barton Street, West/East
*
Cannon Street
Cannon Street is a road in the City of London, the historic nucleus of London and its modern financial centre. It runs roughly parallel with the River Thames, about north of it, in the north of the City.
It is the site of the ancient London S ...
, West/East
*
Wilson Street
*
King William Street
*
King Street, West/East
*
Main Street, West/East; -
Queenston Road
*
Jackson Street, West/East
*Hunter Street, West/East
*
Augusta Street
*
Charlton Avenue, West/East
*
Aberdeen Avenue
''Niagara Escarpment (Mountain) Roads:''
*
Concession Street
*
Queensdale Avenue West/ East
*
Scenic Drive -
Fennell Avenue, West/East
*
Sanatorium Road
*
Mohawk Road, West/East
*Limeridge Road West/East
*
Lincoln M. Alexander Parkway -
Mud Street, (Hamilton City Road 11)
*Stone Church Road, West/East
*;
Rymal Road, West/East
*
Twenty Road
Roads that cross Hunter Street
''Note: Listing of streets from West to East.''
*
Locke Street, South
*
Queen Street, South
*
Hess Street, South
*
Caroline Street, South
*
Bay Street
Bay Street is a major thoroughfare in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the centre of Toronto's Financial District, Toronto, Financial District and is often used by metonymy to refer to Economy of Canada, Canada's financial services indust ...
, South
*
MacNab Street, South
*
James Street, South
*
Hughson Street, South
*
John Street, South
*
Catharine Street, South
*
Ferguson Avenue, South
*
Wellington Street, South
*
Victoria Avenue, South
Images
Image:HunterWestHamiltonE.JPG, Central Public School building, Hunter Street West
Image:HunterWestHamiltonF.JPG, Central Public School building, Front Entrance, Hunter Street West
Image:HunterEastHamiltonB.JPG, Hunter Street East
Image:HunterEastHamiltonC.JPG, Hunter Street East, looking West
Image:HunterJamesHamilton.JPG, Corner of Hunter and James Streets
Image:HunterJamesHamiltonA.JPG, Corner of Hunter and James Streets
Image:HunterWestHamiltonB.JPG, Back of City Hall, View from Hunter Street West
Image:HunterWestHamiltonC.JPG, Downtown Hamilton, View from Hunter Street West
References
*MapArt
Golden Horseshoe
The Golden Horseshoe () is a secondary region of Southern Ontario, Canada, which lies at the western end of Lake Ontario, with outer boundaries stretching south to Lake Erie and north to Lake Scugog, Lake Simcoe and Georgian Bay of Lake Huron. T ...
Atlas - page 647 - Grids H10, H11, H12, H13
External links
Downtown HamiltonDurand NeighbourhoodKirkendall NeighbourhoodLocke Street.comLocke Street South Shopping DistrictGoogle Maps: Hunter Street (Hybrid)
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Roads in Hamilton, Ontario