The McQueen-Fergusson House built around 1790, is located on 102 Waterloo Row. This land was originally granted to Benedict Arnold. From 1812-1858 is was home to Colonel George Shore, Surveyor-General of New Brunswick. Plaqued by Freddericton Heritage Trust in 1995.
Part of this house may actually be pre-Loyalist, and it was in 1822 that John Kendall, carpenter, leased it from George Shore, namesake of the adjacent street. The next owner, John Wilkinson, added the long south wing after 1860. During the latter part of the 20th century, it was owned by the late Hon. Muriel McQueen Fergusson, the first female speaker of the Senate of Canada.
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