IN THE MATTER OF THE ONTARIO
HERITAGE ACT
R.S.O. 1990, CHAPTER O.18 AND
CITY OF TORONTO, PROVINCE OF ONTARIO
86 MIMICO AVENUE
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 86 Mimico Avenue 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 86 Mimico Avenue 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 northeast corner of Mimico Avenue
and Station Road, the property at 86 Mimico Avenue was constructed between 1923
and 1924 for the Union Bank of Canada before becoming the Royal Bank of Canada
in 1925 which would operate at the property until closing in 1935. In 1953 the
property was purchased by Florence Weber who would reside there until the early
2000s.
The two-storey, flat-roofed, rectangular
structure has a principal (south) elevation facing Mimico Avenue and a
secondary (west) elevation facing Station Road. Clad in buff brick, the
structure features brick quoining on the street facing elevations and
decorative cornice and parapet that extend along the street facing elevations
and the southern half of the east elevation. The principal elevation features a
wide tripartite window and double entrance with decorative door surround at the
first storey with three symmetrically organized double sash windows at the
second storey. The secondary elevation features three windows followed by a
side entrance towards the northerly (rear) corner at the first storey and four
double sash windows at the second storey.
The property was identified as a potential
heritage resource in the Mimico 20/20 Revitalization Cultural Heritage Resource
Assessment prepared in 2012 by URS Canada for the City of Toronto.
Statement of Cultural
Heritage Value
Design or Physical Value
The property at 86 Mimico Avenue is a
representative example of a commercial financial building from Mimico's
streetcar period. Constructed between 1923 and 1924, the subject property's
two-storey massing with masonry cladding, cornice, quoining and voussoirs,
large first storey windows, and stately entrance reflect the property's
original use as a bank.
Contextual Value
The subject property at 86 Mimico Avenue, along
with the adjacent properties at 78 and 80 Mimico Avenue, is important in defining,
maintaining, and supporting the predominantly early twentieth century
small-scale mixed-use character of Mimico Avenue, which includes a mix of
early-twentieth century residential and commercial structures which continue to define the historical local main street
character of the streetscape today.
The subject property at 86 Mimico Avenue is
physically, visually, and historically linked to its surroundings. Displaying a
high level of architectural cohesion with the adjacent properties at 78 and 80
Mimico Avenue to the east, the properties form a collection of commercial
buildings constructed in the 1920s that anchor the northeast corner of Mimico
Avenue and Station Road and signal the early urban development of this
historical local main street.
Heritage Attributes
Design or Physical Value
The following heritage attributes contribute to
the cultural heritage value of the property at 86 Mimico Avenue as a
representative example of a commercial financial building from Mimico's
streetcar period:
·
The two-storey scale,
form, and massing of the 1923-1924 structure on a rectangular plan
·
On the principal
(south), east and west elevations, the material palette including buff brick
and stone
·
The decorative
cornice and parapet that extend along the (south and west) street facing
elevations and the southern half of the east elevation
·
On the principal
(south) elevation, the organization of the first-storey openings with the
double entrance with solid wood panelled doors set within a wooden door, and
tripartite window with transom, stone lintel, and sill
·
On the principal
(south) elevation, the three symmetrically-organized
windows at the second storey level with stone sills and vertical brick
voussoirs containing six-over-one double sash windows with four paned storm
windows.
·
On the principal
(south) elevation, the brick quoining at the east and west corners
·
On the secondary
(west) elevation, the three windows of matching height with transoms and side
entrance at the first storey with their stone sills and vertical voussoirs
·
On the secondary
(west) elevation, four windows with six-over-one double sash windows, the
southerly three with four paned storm windows, at the second storey
·
On the secondary
(west) elevation, the detailing with the brick quoining at the north and south
corners
Contextual Value
The following heritage attributes contribute to
the cultural heritage value of the property at 86 Mimico Avenue in defining,
maintaining, and supporting the predominantly early 20th century small-scale
mixed-use character of Mimico Avenue:
·
The two-storey scale,
form, and massing of the 1923-1924 structure
·
The material palette
including buff brick and stone
·
The existing
arrangement of window and door openings on the principal (south) and secondary
(west) elevations
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 (30) days of March 26, 2024, which is April 25, 2024. 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=2024.PH9.12
Dated at the City of Toronto on March 26, 2024.
John D. Elvidge
for City Clerk