Hillcroft 1853

Photo by Alan L Brown - June 5, 2004

Photo by Alan L Brown - July 8, 2007

Plaque Location

The County of Frontenac
The City of Kingston
On Hillcroft Drive directly north of its intersection with Union Street

Plaque Text

Built in 1853 by a mayor of Kingston, Francis Hill, this house, during the 1860's and 1870's, was the residence of Alexander Campbell (1822-1892). A member of the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada and delegate to the Quebec Conference which led to Confederation, he was a life-long political associate of the Dominion's first Prime Minister, John A. Macdonald. Campbell held several cabinet posts after Confederation, was knighted in 1879 and, from 1887 to 1892, was Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario.