The Honourable Mark Gerretsen, Member of Parliament for Kingston and the Islands, wants to see Kingston Penitentiary preserved.

The Globe and Mail

Ottawa puts $17.6 million price tag on Kingston Penitentiary 

by Carys Mills, Published May 20, 2012---Updated April 30, 2018

"At the municipal level, Kingston Mayor Mark Gerretsen said he wants the site to be preserved but he's more focused on what the closing means for prison workers."

The Kingston Penitentiary could be standing thousands of years from now because the buildings were constructed with limestone. The limestone Great Pyramids of Giza are 4,000 years old.