Historic Waterloo

Fenner House, 20 Menno Street

Conrad Fenner, a carpenter and a joiner, and also Waterloo's Deputy Fire Chief, built this 1½-storey frame house for himself in 1867. In 1888, he enlarged it to a full two storeys. It is built in a Georgian style, with a symmetrical front façade and a centre hall plan. Around the house's entrance is a classical triangular pediment, a tympanum and fluted half columns. As is also the case in many other Ontario towns and cities, wooden frame houses are not common in central Waterloo due to municipal fire regulations encouraging construction of brick, stone, concrete, or other fireproof materials.

Nearby Buildings:

16–18 Menno Street

21 Menno Street

17 Menno Street

14 Menno Street

13 Menno Street

102 Dawson Street

25 Menno Street

External Links:

• Fenner House, 20 Menno Street on City of Waterloo web site
• 20 Menno Street on OpenStreetMap.
• 20 Menno Street on Wikimapia.