IN THE MATTER OF THE ONTARIO
HERITAGE ACT
R.S.O. 1990, CHAPTER O.18 AND
CITY OF TORONTO, PROVINCE OF
ONTARIO
822 RICHMOND STREET WEST
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 822 Richmond
Street West 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 822
Richmond Street West (entrance address at 828 Richmond Street West) 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 on the
northwest corner of Richmond Street West and Walnut Avenue, the property at 822
Richmond Street West was constructed for the Kindel Bed Company Limited between
1909 and 1914 to designs by Frederick Henry Herbert. Between 1910 and 1990 it
housed various manufacturers. In 1990, the property was converted for
commercial office use which continues to this day. A square three-storey form
above a raised basement with flat roof, the masonry clad building features
symmetrical fenestration with segmental arches punctuated by a contemporary
glass and steel at-grade entrance facing Richmond Street West.
The property was
listed on the City's Heritage Register on February 7, 2023.
Statement of Cultural
Heritage Value
Design or Physical
Value
The property at 822
Richmond Street West is a representative example of an early 20th century
industrial warehouse building. Constructed for the Kindel Bed Company Limited,
the property's low square massing, unadorned heavy masonry walls and
symmetrical fenestration with segmental arched openings reflect the property's
original use as a factory.
Contextual Value
Converted to
commercial office space in 1990, the property's early 20th century small-scale,
three-storey form is important in supporting and maintaining the dense,
low-scale mixed-use character of the surrounding neighborhood in which the
various periods of development and renewal are represented in the area's
layering of diverse building typologies and styles. One of several early 20th
century small-scale factories in the surrounding residential neighbourhood that
transitioned to new commercial uses during the revitalization and renewal of
the West Queen West Neighbourhood in the 1990s, the property at 822 Richmond
Street West is physically, functionally, and historically linked to its
surroundings.
Heritage Attributes
The following
heritage attributes contribute to the cultural heritage value of the property
as a representative example of an early twentieth century small-scale
industrial building:
The scale, form, and
massing of the three-storey, flat-roofed building
The property's
material palette of yellow-buff brick and red brick, with rough hewn stone
sills
The cornice and
parapet walls atop the third storey of the north and south elevations.
The symmetrical
fenestration on the north, east, and west elevations, with segmented brick
arches
The following
heritage attributes contribute to the cultural heritage value of the property
in supporting and maintaining the dense, low-scale mixed use character of the
surrounding neighborhood:
The building's siting
and orientation on the northwest corner of Richmond Street West and Walnut
Avenue
NOTE: The one-storey
building located at the entrance address of 828 Richmond Street West is not
considered a heritage attribute.
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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: RegistrarCCO@toronto.ca within thirty days of October 17, 2023, which is November 16, 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.PH6.9
Dated at the City of Toronto on October 17,
2023.
John D. Elvidge
for City Clerk