Public Notice

TAKE NOTICE that Council for the City of Toronto intends to designate the property, including the lands, buildings and structures thereon known municipally as 74-76 Henry 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 properties at 74-76 Henry Street are 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 categories of design/physical and contextual value.

Description

Located on the west side of the street between Cecil and College streets, the properties at 74-76 Henry Street comprise a pair of semi-detached house form buildings that were first recorded in 1887 in the City Directory.

Statement of Cultural Heritage Value

The properties at 74-76 Henry Street have design value as a surviving example of a pair of late-19th century house form buildings on Henry Street, south of College Street, whose design is typical of the Bay-and-Gable style with their 2-1/2-storey form and massing organized as a mirrored pair of two buildings, each with two vertically-oriented bays on the primary elevations. The Bay-and-Gable style draws from popular architectural styles of the Victorian era, including the Italianate and Gothic Revival, which are evident in the cross gables with surviving decorative wood detailing.

Contextually, the properties at 74-76 Henry Street are valued for their role in defining, supporting and maintaining the historical character of College Street, west of McCaul Street, which originally developed as a residential neighbourhood.

The semi-detached buildings at 74-76 Henry Street are historically, visually and physically linked to their setting in the block on the west side of Henry Street where they are part of a series of complementary late-19th century house form buildings.

Heritage Attributes

Design and Physical Value

The following heritage attributes contribute to the cultural heritage value of the properties at 74-76 Henry Street as representative examples of semi-detached house form buildings in the Bay-and-Gable style from the late-19th century:

• The setback, placement and orientation of the buildings on the west side of Henry street, south of College Street
• The scale, form and massing of the 2½-storey buildings on raised bases
• The gable roof on the front portion of the buildings, with the ridgeline parallel to Henry Street 
• The materials, with the red brick cladding and wood, brick and stone detailing (the masonry on 76 Henry has been painted)
• The rough-faced cut-stone bases on the street-facing elevations
• The principal (east) elevations, which are organized as mirror images of each other and comprise:
  • Raised entrances flanked by full height angled bays with cross gables that feature wood detailing including decorative gable screens, spindlework friezes and eave brackets
  • A single gabled dormer with half timbering, a decorative spindlework frieze and brackets on the east roof slope fronting Henry Street
  • Flat-headed window openings, with stone sills, brick voussoirs, label mouldings, and band courses, and leaded glass transoms
  • Front entrances with wood frames and transoms (the transom of 74 Henry Street is leaded glass)
• The north and south side elevations, which are viewed from Henry Street

Contextual Value

The following heritage attribute contributes to the cultural heritage value of the properties at 74-76 Henry Street as defining, supporting and maintaining the historic character of the area and being historically, visually, functionally and physically linked to their setting:

• The placement, setback and orientation of the buildings on the west side of Henry Street between Cecil and College streets
• The scale, form and massing of the 2½-storey properties
• The properties' material palette, consisting of brick with wood and stone detailing
• The subject properties' architectural detailing in the Bay-and-Gable style, one of the predominant styles of residential buildings in the immediate neighbourhood

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.PH2.13