IN THE MATTER OF THE ONTARIO
HERITAGE ACT
R.S.O. 1990, CHAPTER O.18 AND
CITY OF TORONTO, PROVINCE OF ONTARIO
29 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 29 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 29 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 categories of
design/physical and contextual value.
Description
The property at 29 Linden Street is located
mid-block on the south side of Linden Street between Sherbourne and Huntley
streets. The 2.5-storey house-form building was completed in 1882 for carpenter
and speculator, James Bond.
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 29 Linden Street has design
value as a representative example of a Second Empire style house-form building.
The red brick-clad dwelling maintains a high degree of integrity, retaining
many intact features that are typical of Victorian architectural design. The
property features a Mansard roof with dormer windows and principal (north)
elevation with segmentally arched windows, front entryway with rounded arch
transom, and projecting bay of windows at the first storey. Additional details
of note include the slate shingling of the roof and contrasting decorative buff
brickwork on the principal (north) elevation, including the quoining, triple
stringer course between the first and second storeys, and voussoirs with stone
keystones above the openings.
Contextual Value
The subject property at 29 Linden Street is
important in supporting and maintaining the predominant
late-nineteenth century residential character of the surrounding area bounded
by Sherbourne, Selby, Huntley, and Isabella Streets where an eclectic mix of
then-fashionable Victorian-era architectural styles continue to define the
streetscape.
Constructed in 1882, the high degree of
architectural integrity and materiality of the Second Empire style dwelling is
physically, functionally and historically linked to
the surrounding area which developed as an upper middle class and upper-class
neighbourhood in the 1880s.
Heritage Attributes
Design or Physical Value
The following heritage attributes contribute to
the cultural heritage value of the property at 29 Linden Street as a
representative example of a Second Empire style house-form building:
·
The property's scale,
form, and massing
·
Steeply pitched
Mansard roof with slate shingling
·
Two gabled wooden
roof dormers containing flat-headed openings on the south elevation
·
Deeply profiled
cornice at roofline
·
Projecting shallow
two-storey east bay with further projecting three-window half bay with flat
roof at the first storey
·
Segmental-arch window
openings
·
Main entrance with
round-arched opening and transom
·
Red brick cladding
with decorative buff brickwork on the principal (north) elevation including
quoining, triple stringer course between the first and second storeys, and voussoirs
·
Stone keystones,
windowsills, and first storey windowsill brackets on the principal (south)
façade
Contextual Value
The following heritage attributes contribute to
the cultural heritage value of the property at 29 Linden Street as a
character-defining structure within a historic residential area:
·
The property's siting
and orientation on the south side of Linden Street
·
The property's scale,
form, and massing
·
The properties
legibility as a single detached residential structure
·
The material palette
typical of the Second Empire style, including slate roof, dichromatic brickwork,
and stone and wood detailing.
·
Mansard roof with
dormers on the principal (south) elevation
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 November 14, 2023, which is December 14, 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.PH7.12
Dated at the City of Toronto on November 14,
2023.
John D. Elvidge
for City Clerk