IN THE MATTER OF THE ONTARIO
HERITAGE ACT
R.S.O. 1990, CHAPTER O.18 AND
CITY OF TORONTO, PROVINCE OF
ONTARIO
376 YONGE STREET
(INCLUDING ENTRANCE ADDRESS OF 376 A YONGE
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 376 Yonge Street
(including the entrance address at 376 A Yonge 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 376 Yonge Street (including the
entrance address at 376 A Yonge 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 and contextual value.
Description
Located midblock on the west side of Yonge
Street, between Gerrard and Walton Streets, the property at 376 Yonge Street
(including the entrance address at 376 A Yonge Street) comprises a
two-and-one-half storey, Georgian-style, commercial and residential mixed-use
building constructed in 1865.
The property at 376 Yonge Street was identified
for its potential cultural heritage value and listed on the City of Toronto's
Heritage Register in 1990.
Statement of Cultural
Heritage Value
The property at 376 Yonge Street has design
value as a representative example of Georgian-style architecture in Toronto at
the time of its construction in 1865. The property exemplifies the continued
employment of the style which was especially common in Toronto in the early and
mid-nineteenth century, retaining popularity despite the emergence of other
styles. Buildings such as the subject property lined the streets of the city,
contributing to Toronto's particularly Georgian feel. Typical of Georgian design
of the period in the city the brick façade was plain in detail containing flat
headed windows with smoothly finished stone lintels and multi-pane,
six-over-six sashes. Two simply detailed dormers project from the main façade's
side-gable roof.
The property also has contextual value as it
contains a two-and-one-half-storey, mixed-use, Georgian-style brick building
dating from 1865 which contributes to and supports the late nineteenth and
early twentieth century character of this historic portion of Yonge Street. At
the time that the subject site was constructed Gerrard Street marked the limit
of concentrated development and was very sparse on the west side of Yonge
Street until the vicinity of Bloor Street, the city's northerly limit.
Buildings such as the subject property represent the earliest phase of
substantial and permanent development on this part of Yonge Street and thereby
provides an understanding of the development, evolution, and main street
character of Yonge Street in the latter half of the 19th century.
The physical form, materials and stylistic
appearance of the building, combined with its historic commercial and
residential use visually and historically link the building to its Yonge Street
context. The property lies in close
proximity to numerous sites on Yonge Street which are designated or listed on
the City of Toronto's heritage register.
Heritage Attributes
Design and Physical
Value
The following heritage attributes contribute to
the cultural heritage value of the property at 376 Yonge Street as a
representative example of Georgian-style design from the mid-1860s:
·
The scale, form and
massing of the building as a two-and-one-half storey mixed use residential and
commercial building
·
The side-gable roof with two gable-roof
dormers
·
The plain brickwork
of the main façade's second storey, slightly pronounced at the roofline to form
an understated cornice
·
The symmetrical
fenestration of the main façade's second storey comprising flat headed windows
with stone lintels
·
The ground floor
storefront presence
Contextual Value
The following heritage attribute contributes to
the cultural heritage value of the property at 376 Yonge Street as defining,
supporting and maintaining the historic character of the area and being historically,
visually, functionally and physically linked to its setting:
·
The placement,
setback and orientation of the building at 376 Yonge Street on the West side of
Yonge Street between Gerrard and Walton Streets
·
The scale, form, and
massing of the property as a two-and-one-half-storey, mixed-use commercial and
residential building
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 April 5, 2023, which is May 5, 2023. 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:
https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2023.CC5.40
Dated at the City of Toronto on April 5, 2023.
John D. Elvidge
City Clerk