IN THE MATTER OF THE ONTARIO
HERITAGE ACT
R.S.O. 1990, CHAPTER O.18 AND
CITY OF TORONTO, PROVINCE OF ONTARIO
47 HUNTLEY STREET
(INCLUDING ENTRANCE ADDRESS AT 2
LINDEN 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 47 Huntley Street
(including entrance address at 2 Linden 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 47 Huntley Street, as the
end/corner unit of a contiguous row of similar properties at 47-59 Huntley
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
criteria of design/physical and contextual values.
Description
The property at 47 Huntley Street is the
end/corner unit of a contiguous row of five near-identical, Victorian-era, Bay
and Gable style, 2 1/2-storey homes (47-55 Huntley Street) attached to a
slightly larger pair of near-identical, Victorian-era, Bay and Gable style, 2
1/2-storey homes (57-59 Huntley Street) - totalling a complete row of seven
homes. All of the homes feature brick facades with brick detailing, wooden
double-hung sash windows, transom windows, and decorative wooden gables with
bargeboard detailing. The homes within the row are configured as half bay and
gables, as indicated by their one-storey bay windows paired with steep
rooflines and decorative wooden gables. Some of the homes feature wrought iron
dwarf parapets above their half bays. Considered as a row, the collection of
homes date to the mid-1870s, and are among the earliest structures within the
Upper Jarvis neighbourhood.
Statement of Cultural Heritage Value
Design and Physical Value
The subject property, as part of the aforementioned
contiguous row at 47-59 Huntley Street holds considerable design value as a
discreet, representative, part of a collection of Victorian-era, half Bay and
Gable style townhouses retaining a significant degree of architectural
integrity. The materiality and craftsmanship evident in the delicate brickwork
(featuring raised courses of brick headers outlining architectural elements),
and the mix of hand-carved and machine-turned millwork upon the wooden gables
and bargeboard detailing, are all representative of a high degree of design and
skilled execution.
Contextual Value
Contextually, the subject property at 47 Huntley
Street, as part of the aforementioned contiguous row at 47-59 Huntley Street,
holds significant cultural heritage value as it supports and maintains the
architectural character of the historic Upper Jarvis neighbourhood. Built 1877,
the subject property is among the oldest surviving house-form structures in the
vicinity, and tells the story of the area's residential development during the late
nineteenth century. Originally occupied by a middle-class lawyers, bankers,
civil engineers, and business owners, this and the larger row of subject
properties are representative of the early demographic makeup of this once
fashionable corner of the Old City of Toronto.
Heritage Attributes
Design and Physical Value
Attributes that contribute to the value of the
property at 47 Huntley Street as a fine example of Toronto's late
nineteenth-century Bay and Gable typology include:
·
The scale, massing,
and uniformity of the property as part of a contiguous row of five townhouses
and two semi-detached homes as defined by the subject properties
·
The high degree of
integrity present among the property's extant original materials and
architectural details - brick masonry, wooden gables and bargeboards, punched
transom and double-hung sash windows, wrought iron dwarf parapets
·
The use of
decorative, raised, courses of brick used to trace architectural details such
as the tops of windows; the use of brick arches overtop windows and doors
·
The distinctive half
Bay and Gable configuration of this property and that of the row at 47-55
Huntley Street
Contextual Value
Attributes that contribute to the contextual
value of the property at 47 Huntley Street as defining, supporting, and
maintaining the historic character of the area:
·
The consistency of
typology, form, and function shared by the property as part of a contiguous row
of subject properties which creates a discreet collection of late
nineteenth-century Bay and Gable homes along the east side of Huntley Street
·
The reliance upon,
and skilled use of, traditional materials including yellow brick, decorative
woodwork, and wrought iron detailing, which support the late nineteenth-century
character of the Upper Jarvis neighbourhood
2 Linden Street
Reasons for Designation
The property at 2 Linden 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 criteria of
design/physical and contextual values.
Description
The three-storey, apartment block addition
attached to the rear of 47 Huntley Street, known municipally as an active
entrance at 2 Linden Street, was built in 1910 in the Edwardian Classicism
style then broadly popular across Toronto and elsewhere. The principal (south)
elevation facing onto Linden Street features a central entryway with an arched
overhang roof, overtop of which a six-light window with decorative stained
glass brings light into the main interior staircase. The six-unit apartment
block is flanked by small balconies attached to the western and eastern
elevations, which double as fire escapes. The horizontal roofline is supported
by a decorative cornice which has been capped in tin or aluminium. Built in
1910, the apartment block addition speaks to a period in Toronto's early
twentieth-century urban densification and growth which led to the 1912
municipal ban on the construction of purpose-built apartment blocks.
Statement of Cultural Heritage Value
Design and Physical Value
The expressive use of symmetry along the
principal (south) elevation facing onto Linden Street - the central entryway,
flanking window bays, and bookending balconies - are representative of the
Edwardian Classicism style of the period. Further architectural details - the
elliptical arch roof over the entryway (with decorative cornice detailing), the
six-light stained glass window above, and the cornice detail along the roofline
- highlight the extent of extant original details which retain a significant
level of integrity. Lastly, the decorative brick masonry details, including the
raised courses along the second and third stories, and the quoining detail at
the eastern and western terminus' of the principal elevation, demonstrate the
skill with which the façade was designed and built.
Contextual Value
Contextually, the subject property at 2 Linden
Street has significant cultural heritage value as a representative example of
an early walk-up apartment block building within the heart of what was
originally a late-nineteenth-century streetscape defined by a mix of stately
mansions and middle-class single-family homes. Similar to its immediate
neighbour at 8A Linden Street, and to several other similar vintage apartment
additions and standalone apartment block buildings in the vicinity, 2 Linden
Street holds contextual value as an important part of the evolution of the
Upper Jarvis neighbourhood and of the Old City of Toronto generally.
Heritage Attributes
Design and Physical Value
Attributes that contribute to the value of the
property at 2 Linden Street as a fine example of Toronto's early
twentieth-century walk-up apartment typology include:
·
The scale, massing,
and symmetry of the three-storey apartment addition which position the
structure as a representative example of the Edwardian Classicism style
·
The high degree of
integrity present among the property's extant original materials and
architectural details - brick masonry with raised courses and quoining detail,
stained glass windows, elliptical, corniced, archway feature over main
entryway, roofline with cornice and deep soffit, wood-framed windows, open-air
balconies
·
The use of
decorative, raised, courses of brick used to trace architectural details on the
second and third storeys, and the quoining detail work; the elliptical arch
roof over the main entryway; the six-light stained glass window; the roofline
cornice
Contextual Value
Attributes that contribute to the contextual
value of the property at 2 Linden Street as defining, supporting, and
maintaining the historic character of the area:
·
The massing, form,
and function, of the Edwardian Classicism style walk-up apartment addition
supportive of the historic, architectural character of the Upper Jarvis
neighbourhood's second major phase of development
·
The reliance upon,
and skilled use of, traditional materials including brick, stained glass, and
cornice detailing which support the early twentieth-century character of the
Upper Jarvis neighbourhood
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 June 21, 2022, which is July 21, 2022. 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=2022.CC45.5
Dated at the City of Toronto on June 21, 2022.
John D. Elvidge
City Clerk