Brubacher House

Brubacher House is a historic house museum located in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. It allows visitors to explore the everyday life of Pennsylvania German Mennonite settlers in Waterloo County from 1850 to 1890.

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Opening hours: May 1st—October 31st Wednesday—Saturday 2:00 AM—5:00 PM
Type: Museum
Description: Historic house museum in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Also known as: “Brubacher Home”, “Brubacher House Museum”, and “John E. Brubacher House”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Warrior Field and Research and Technology station.

Warrior Field

Pitch

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Warrior Field is a sports stadium in Waterloo, Ontario with a seated capacity of 1,700 in the grandstand, and 5,700 overall including lawn and endzone areas. Warrior Field is situated 260 metres southeast of Brubacher House.

Research and Technology station

Railway station

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Research and Technology is a stop on the Region of Waterloo's Ion rapid transit system. It is located on the Waterloo Spur rail line in Waterloo, between Bearinger Road and Columbia Street, near a prominent bend in Wes Graham Way. Research and Technology station is situated 1 km northeast of Brubacher House.

University of Waterloo station

Railway station

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University of Waterloo Station is a bus terminal and light rail station located at the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The site initially opened as a light rail station on Grand River Transit's ION light rail line in 2019, and the bus terminal for GRT buses was subsequently opened in 2022. University of Waterloo station is situated 1 km east of Brubacher House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Waterloo and Rummelhardt.

Waterloo

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Waterloo, Ontario, is one of three neighbouring cities, together with Kitchener, and Cambridge, forming a tightly-integrated metro area within the larger Region of Waterloo in Southwestern Ontario.

Rummelhardt

Neighborhood

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Rummelhardt is a neighborhood, which is situated 3 km south of Brubacher House.

Kitchener

Photo: Allie Caulfield, CC BY 2.0.

Kitchener and neighbouring Waterloo and Cambridge form a tightly-integrated metro area within the larger Region of Waterloo in Southwestern Ontario. At the time of the 2021 Canadian census, the population of the city of Kitchener was 256,885 people and the population of the Region of Waterloo area was 587,165.

Brubacher House

Categories: house, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Region of Waterloo, Southwestern Ontario, Ontario, Canada, North America
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Latitude

43.47555° or 43° 28′ 32″ north

Longitude

-80.55232° or 80° 33′ 8″ west

Operator

University of Waterloo

Open location code

86MXFCGX+63

OpenStreetMap ID

way 141711583

OpenStreetMap feature

building=detached

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q96374034

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