People of Kingston, protect your heritage buildings.

Limestone is known as "The Nation's Building Stone" in the United States because so many historic buildings and landmarks were created from this material:

The Lincoln Memorial
The Washington National Cathedral
The Empire State Building
Rockefeller Center
Grand Central Station in New York City
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
Ellis Island

  Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act gives municipalities the ability to designate heritage conservation districts. Districts are areas whose cultural heritage value contributes to a sense of place far beyond their individual buildings, structures and landscapes.