IN THE MATTER OF THE ONTARIO
HERITAGE ACT
R.S.O. 1990, CHAPTER O.18 AND
CITY OF TORONTO, PROVINCE OF ONTARIO
42 MAITLAND 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 42 Maitland 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 42 Maitland Street is worthy of designation under Part
IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act for their cultural heritage value,
and meet Ontario Regulation 9/06, the provincial criteria prescribed for
municipal designation under the criteria of design/physical,
historical/associative and contextual values.
Description
The property, "The Maitlands", located
at 42 Maitland Street comprises of two similar but not identical apartment
buildings at 36 and 42 Maitland Street. "The Maitlands" was
completed by Robert Bullen (1850-1921), a native of Devon, England who
was a butcher and grocer for decades in the late 1800s and early 1900s went
into the development and building business around 1907. The property is located
mid-block on the north side of Maitland Street between Yonge and Church
Streets. The easterly building at 42 Maitland Street was completed in 1911, and
the westerly building at 36 Maitland street was completed in 1912. The
four-storey, buff-brick and stone finished buildings are Classical
Revival-style in their design and distinguished by their classically detailed
entrance porches. The "L-shaped" building at 36 Maitland links to the
rectangular building at 42 Maitland Street to create a "U-shaped"
complex.
The property at 42 Maitland (including the
entrance address at 36 Maitland Street) was included the City's Heritage
Register on March 15, 1974.
Statement of Cultural Heritage Value
Design and Physical Value
"The Maitlands" are representative of
Classical Revival-style design adapted to an apartment house form.
Characteristic of the style's formality, the main façades of each are
symmetrical in arrangement and clad in quality, buff-coloured brick with stone
window surrounds and other detailing.
The classical influences on the buildings are
also pronounced with the entrance porches that feature Corinthian columns and
elaborate entablature mouldings executed in pressed metal. Other classical
attributes include the ornamental detailing of inset stone plaques and panels.
Extending the Classical Revival-style to the
interior, each lobby contains stained and varnished woodwork featuring panelled
wainscotting that lines the walls, a main staircase with wood balustrades, and
other wood mouldings and casings. These simple but elegant finishes solidify
the formal character of the building's design.
Historical or Associative Value
The subject properties yield information that
contributes to an understanding of the Church - Wellesley Village. The
properties reflect the historic transition of the Church - Wellesley Village
neighbourhood in the first few decades of the twentieth century from an area of
single-family residences - including some of the city's most substantial - to a
zone containing a concentration of nearly 40 extant apartment houses between
Bay, Bloor, Carlton and Sherbourne Streets. Due to the area's close proximity
to downtown, it was one of the first areas of the city to be redeveloped during
the pre-World War I era into an area dominated by apartment buildings,
especially east of Yonge Street. The date of construction of "The
Maitlands" coincides with the culmination of pre-World War I apartment
house development in the City of Toronto, which peaked in 1911-12.
Contextual Value
The subject properties are visually linked to
their surroundings and are part of a collection of pre-World War I era
apartment buildings in the Church- Wellesley Village. The area between Yonge
and Jarvis Streets was one of three distinct concentrations of apartment
buildings in the area.
Between Jarvis and Yonge Street, Maitland Street
retains a significant degree of late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century
character to which the subject properties help to define, maintain, and
support. Within this two-block stretch, Maitland Street is occupied by a total
of nine apartment buildings dating from 1910 to 1930, including "The
Maitlands". Six of these apartment buildings are between Yonge and Church
Streets, while the other three properties are between Church and Jarvis
Streets.
Further contributing to the historic character
of the street are six designated structures which are located at 99-113
Maitland Street, between Church and Jarvis Streets: the semi-detached William
J. Hill Houses at #99-101(1888), two Patrick McBrine Houses at #103 (1872) and
#105 (1871), the Society of Friends Meeting House at #111 (1911), and the
Alexander Crombie House at #113 (1871). Diagonally across the street from
"The Maitlands", in addition to the listed Biltmore Apartments, is a
c.1859 house at 37 Maitland Street which was listed on the Heritage Register in
1974.
Heritage Attributes
Design and Physical Value
Attributes that contribute to the value of the
property at 42 Maitland Street (including 36 Maitland Street) as representative
of Classical Revival-style design include:
·
The form, scale and
massing of each of the two buildings being four-storeys in height and the
"L-shaped form of 36 Maitland Street and rectangular form of 42 Maitland
Street, joined to create a "U-shaped" complex
·
Their flat roofs; the
classical, metal, roofline cornice on 36 Maitland Street
·
Their masonry
construction comprising unadorned brick side and rear walls and buff-coloured
brick main façades
·
Stone detailing on
main façades comprising window and door casings, inset plaques and panels, and
pilasters (on 36 Maitland Street) and stone lintels, keystones, and sills on
the side and rear façades
·
The fenestration
comprising a mix of flat and segmental arched windows; bay windows on the side
façades; the finishes of the central, second-storey porch doorway with leaded
and stained-glass transom and sidelights and single door (36 Maitland Street);
the finishes of the central, second-storey porch doorway with leaded and
stained-glass transom light and French windows (42 Maitland Street)
·
The front entrance
porches with classical detailing including Corinthian columns, pilasters and
entablatures
·
The main central
doorway assemblies with panelled bases and classical mouldings, sidelights and
transom lights, leaded and bevelled glazing and "The Maitlands"
stencilled lettering
·
On the interior, each
lobby contains stained and varnished woodwork of the main central doorway
assemblies.
Historical or Associative Value
Attributes that contribute to the value of the
property at 42 Maitland Street (including 36 Maitland Street) for the
contribution to yielding an understanding of the historical development of the
area include:
·
The buildings' form,
scale and massing, and Classical Revival-style design which characterize them
as pre-World War I era apartment buildings in the Church - Wellesley Village
area
Contextual Value
Attributes that contribute to the contextual
value of the property at 42 Maitland Street (including 36 Maitland Street) as
visually linked to the surroundings and helping to define, maintain, and
support the character of the area include:
·
The buildings' setback,
placement, and orientation on Maitland Street
·
The buildings' form,
scale, and massing; their brick and stone finish; and their Classical
Revival-style design
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:
Registrar Secretariat, City Clerk's Office, Toronto City Hall, 2nd Floor West,
100 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M5H 2N2.; Email: RegistrarCCO@toronto.ca within thirty days of July 25, 2023, which is August 24, 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.PH5.11
Dated at the City of Toronto on July 25, 2023.
John D. Elvidge
City Clerk