A proposal to demolish two houses in Mississauga comes up for consideration subsequent week. The property proprietor of 12 and 16 Ontario St. W. in Streetsville wish to take away the houses to make manner for a townhome growth, in accordance with a report back to the Jan. 6 Heritage Advisory Committee. Each properties are listed on the heritage registry, however neither is designated. The primary proprietor of 12 and 16 Ontario St. W. was Timothy Road, who acquired all of Streetsville from The Crown in 1820. Henry Rutledge was the second proprietor of the properties and the encircling space. Each Road and Rutledge have been instrumental within the institution of Streetsville, nevertheless, there are not any buildings on the Ontario Road properties from that point interval, the report notes. The house at 12 Ontario St. W. was a Trinity Anglican Church Rectory, constructed for Reverend Reverend Robert Jackson McGeorge in circa 1843, but it surely wasn’t initially on this property. The present house at 12 Ontario St. W. (Photograph: Google Maps) The one-storey home with a glass cupola was on the west facet of Credit score River, close to the Orange Corridor, historic data notice. It was nonetheless standing in 1922, however was later purchased by entrepreneur Fred Ward and moved to its current place on Ontario Road.
Martin Gafney with the early Anglican rectory within the background. (Photograph: Streetsville Historic Society through Hilda Arch)
Nevertheless, the house has undergone a number of reconstructions, and its unique type and integrity as the previous rectory are now not evident, the report states.
The precise date of development of the house at 16 Ontario St. W. is unknown however it’s believed to have been constructed someday after 1939. It seems on a 1954 aerial picture. The house doesn’t have any hyperlinks to historic figures in Streetsville, nor does it have any uncommon or distinctive options.
The present house at 16 Ontario St. W. (Photograph: Google Maps)
The report finds that the houses don’t benefit designation below the Ontario Heritage Act.
Metropolis of Mississauga employees suggest approving the request for demolition.
The townhomes proposed for the property would come with components of the Georgian Revival Fashion and the Neoclassical type, each with a contemporary aptitude, the report states.
A picture of the proposed new townhomes as seen from Ontario Road. (Rendering: W.E. Oughtred & Associates Inc)
For extra info, see the Jan. 6 committee experiences and agenda right here.
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