IN THE MATTER OF THE ONTARIO
HERITAGE ACT
R.S.O. 1990, CHAPTER O.18 AND
CITY OF TORONTO, PROVINCE OF ONTARIO
164 BATHURST STREET
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO DESIGNATE
THE PROPERTY
TAKE NOTICE that Council for the City
of Toronto intends to designate the property, including the lands, buildings
and structures thereon known municipally as 164 Bathurst Street under Part IV,
Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.O.18, as amended, as a
property of cultural heritage value or interest.
Reasons for Designation
The property at 164 Bathurst Street is worthy of
designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act for its
cultural heritage value, and meets Ontario Regulation 9/06, the provincial
criteria prescribed for municipal designation, under the categories of
design/physical value and contextual value.
Description
The property at 164 Bathurst Street, dating to
c.1875, is a mixed-use building with commercial use at the ground floor and residential
use above. Having served various commercial occupants since its construction,
including a hotel, grocery stores, and "box lunch" shops, it
currently houses a restaurant. Oriented towards Bathurst Street, the building's
primary component is a two-and-a-half storey structure, with a two-storey rear
portion along Richmond Street West.
Statement of Cultural
Heritage Value
Dating to c.1875, the property at 164 Bathurst
Street is a representative example of a mixed-use commercial building from the
late nineteenth century. It retains its scale, form, and massing as a
two/two-and-a-half-storey brick building with a cross-gable roof, original
openings at the upper storey, and details that suggest the influence of the
Italianate style, which was popular in Ontario between the 1850s and 1880s.
This style typically featured a prominent application of Classical vocabulary,
as seen in this property's brick quoins and pronounced wood brackets beneath
the eaves. Apart from various alterations at the ground storey, the building's
most substantial modification appears to have been a small rear extension in
the 1880s to expand the property's commercial capacity.
Sited at the corner of Bathurst Street and
Richmond Street West, the property is important in maintaining and supporting
the character of the surrounding area. The building's location at the
intersection of two thoroughfares heightens its position as a historic anchor
within an evolved block. The property is also visually and historically
linked to its surroundings as one of the oldest mixed-use commercial properties
in the immediate area. As the earliest mixed-use commercial building along this
portion of Bathurst Street, which was otherwise substantially developed by
1889, the property is a significant remnant of the nineteenth-century
streetscape to which it long contributed.
Heritage Attributes
Design and Physical Value
The following heritage attributes contribute to
the cultural heritage value of the property at 164 Bathurst Street as a
representative example of a mixed-use commercial building from the late
nineteenth century:
·
The property's scale,
form, and massing, with a two-and-a-half-storey component along Bathurst Street
and a two-storey component along Richmond Street West, both with gabled roofs
·
The property's brick
construction with brick and wood exterior details
·
The primary (east)
elevation's composition in four bays with original openings at the upper
storeys
·
Segmentally arched
brick surrounds at the upper storey windows
·
Two dormers on the
east elevation with a starburst pattern in their gable ends and small wood
brackets
·
The property's
architectural features that suggest the influence of the Italianate style,
including brick quoins and pronounced wood brackets beneath the eaves
·
Two original or early
decorative wood pilasters, one on the east elevation and one on the north
elevation
Contextual Value
The following heritage attribute contributes to
the cultural heritage value of the property at 164 Bathurst Street as a
historic anchor within its block and a significant remnant of a
nineteenth-century streetscape:
·
The property's siting
and orientation at the southwest corner of Bathurst Street and Richmond Street
West, with a primary elevation along the former and a secondary elevation along
the latter
Notice of Objection to the Notice of Intention to Designate
Notice of an objection to the Notice of
Intention to Designate the Property may be served on the City Clerk, Attention:
Administrator, Secretariat, City Clerk's Office, Toronto City Hall, 2nd Floor
West, 100 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M5H 2N2; Email: hertpb@toronto.ca within thirty days of November 18, 2021, which is December 20, 2021.
The notice of objection to the Notice of Intention to Designate the Property
must set out the reason(s) for the objection and all relevant facts.
Getting Additional Information:
Further information in respect of the Notice of
Intention to Designate the Property is available from the City of Toronto at:
http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2021.PH27.11
Dated at the City of Toronto on November 18,
2021.
John D. Elvidge
City Clerk