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Home My WebLink AboutPD-79-96DWHERi- DES.GPATHE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON REPORT Meeting: General Purpose and Administration Committee File # Date: Tuesday, May 21, 1996 Report #: IBM File #: PLN 19.1 Res. By -law #. Subject: PROPOSED HERITAGE DESIGNATIONS 192 LOVEKIN ROAD, PART LOT 35, CONCESSION 1, FORMER TOWNSHIP OF CLARKE; 166 SIMPSON AVENUE; 27 BEECH AVENUE; 39 AND 43 KING STREET WEST, BOWMANVILLE FILE: PLN 19.1 Recommendations: It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and Administration Committee recommend to Council the following: 1. THAT Report PD -79 -96 be received; 2. THAT the request of the Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee to designate as a historical structure the properties listed on Attachments 1 through 4 be approved; 3. THAT the Clerk prepare the required notice of intent pursuant to the provisions of the Ontario Heritage Act and report back to Council following the prescribed notification period; and 4. THAT the Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee be advised of Council's decision. 1. BACKGROUND 1.1 The Planning Department has received a copy of a request submitted to the Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee (LACAC) to designate as having historic and /or architectural value or interest the following properties: • 27 Beech Avenue, Bowmanville • 166 Simpson Avenue, Bowmanville • 39 and 43 King Street West, Bowmanville • 196 Lovekin Road Part Lot 35, Concession 1, former Township of Clarke 561 Ram The subject properties are described in Attachments one (1) through four (4). All properties have been listed in the former Town of Newcastle LACAC inventory as being of heritage value to the Municipality. 27 Beech Avenue is recorded as a "secondary" structure and the remaining three as "primary". Their inventory numbers are H526, H317, H651 and H389 respectively. 1.2 The Ontario Heritage Act empowers a municipality to pass a by -law designating a structure to be of historic and /or architectural value or interest. The Act stipulates that the owner of a structure so designated cannot alter the structure where such alteration is likely to affect the reasons for designation, without the written consent of Council. Council is required to consider any application for alteration of a designated property in consultation with the LACAC. 1.3 The Chairperson of the LACAC has advised that the designation request has been made in response to requests submitted by the respective property owners. The LACAC has provided the property owners with relevant information related to the designation of the property, including the restrictions placed on the property as a result of designation. 2. COMMENTS 2.1 Staff have reviewed the properties indicated on Attachments 1 through 4 in terms of their Official Plan and Zoning By -law designations. In addition, both external and internal visual inspections of the properties were conducted. Staff has no objection to designating the structures pursuant to the'Ontario Heritage Act as having historic and /or architectural significance. 2.2 It is therefore recommended that the Clerk prepare, send and publish the required notice of intent pursuant to Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act and report back to Council following the prescribed notification period. N VA .9. � Respectfully submitted, d Franklin Wu, M.C.I.P., R.P.P. Director of Planning and Development IL *FW *df 9 May 1996 Attachment Nos. 1 A to 4A: Attachment Nos. 1 B to 4B: Reviewed by, 3 -fit W.H. Stockwell Chief Administrative Officer Features to be Designated Key Maps Interested parties to be notified of Council and Committee's decision: Ms Janie Dodds Mr. Dan Hooper LACAC Chairperson Hoopers Jewellery Ltd. 3917 Concession Road 8 39 King Street West R.R. #1 Bowmanville, Ontario. ORONO, Ontario. L1 C 1R2 LOB 1 MO Mr. and Mrs. Duane Berry 27 Beech Avenue Bowmanville, Ontario. L1 C 3A1 Mr. and Mrs. Alan Tibbles 166 Simpson Avenue Bowmanville, Ontario. L1C 2J1 Judge and Mrs. Lovekin Kilcolman Farms 196 Lovekin Road Newcastle, Ontario. 1-113 11-9 E Attachment #1A 27 Beech Avenue, Bowmanville This vernacular Italianate house was built in 1878 for William Forsyth Allen, a former mayor of Bowmanville in the 1890s. Constructed with a projecting central bay, the structure boasts a wide front verandah and original slate roof. During the 1950s it was divided into two dwelling units. Fortunately, the conversion did not destroy the original interior features and the home has since been converted back to a single detached use. It is recommended for designation for its historical significance and the following architectural features: Exterior: • the original brick facade • the slate roof Interior: ® the original hardwood and pine floors • the central staircase with its newel post, bannister and railings • the plaster crown mouldings and medallions on the first storey ® the matching marble fireplaces in the living and dining rooms • the original wooden doors and trim, and window trims through -out 564 LOT 11 L I ON( SSI � J�TRE(T W(S� i 421 z O (n V) w U Z O U Attachment #2A The John Frank House 166 Simpson Avenue, Bowmanville In the early 1800s John Frank purchased a tract of land stretching from Liberty Street east to Simpson Avenue and from Jane Street south to the lake. Soon after the construction of the Grand Trunk Railway was begun in 1852 a quarry was opened just south of Baseline Road on the Frank farm. The limestone produced there was used for bridge construction and culverts on the rail line from Frenchman's Bay to Port Hope. In 1856 the quarry's limestone was used to build this dwelling and today it is the only surviving limestone house in Bowmanville. The structure is three bays wide with a Gothic centre gable. Its original French doors, a Regency feature, have been modified into windows. Much of the interior has been altered over the years but its limestone facade still remains. it is recommended for designation for its historical significance and the following exterior architectural features: Exterior: • the original limestone facade • the gothic centre gable • the projecting limestone quions 566 i D Z O rV) V W U Z O U Attachment #3A The Buckler Block 39 & 43 King Street West, Bowmanville In 1848 Aaron Buckler, a jeweller and watchmaker, arrived in Bowmanville and bought the east half of Lot 6 of the Grant Plan. Here he built a business outlet for himself with . living quarters above. In 1872 Buckler purchased the west half of Lot 6 and had this pair of stores constructed circa 1880. The difference between the two structures is striking. Built approximately forty years apart, the east building is a Georgian vernacular while the west building, pictured below, is quite Italianate in format. Its predominant hood mouldings, projecting cornice, segmentally arched windows and fret moulding of the cornice depict the change in architectural fashion over the course of a few decades. The Buckler Block is recommended for designation for its historical significance and the following exterior architectural features: Exterior: • the original brick facade • the segmentally arched two over two sash windows • the window hood mouldings • the projecting cornice over the store fronts • the roof cornice and fret moulding • I 569 Attachment #4A Kilcolman, 196 Lovekin Road Part Lot 35, Concession 1, Former Township of Clarke This property was once part of a 1200 acre site which was granted to Richard Lovekin Sr. in 1796. Lovekin was the first settler in Clarke and his grandson, Richard Atwood Lovekin, has been recorded as the first white child born in the Township. James Patrickson Lovekin, grandson of Richard Lovekin Sr., built Kilcolman for his bride Isabella Shaw. The house was constructed in two phases, the first being a one storey structure built in 1845 and the second being a second storey addition which was added a few years later. The house was designed in the Neo- classical style with predominant pilasters and lintels, and shows influences of the Regency format in its low hipped roof. It is recommended for designation for its historical significance and the following architectural features: Exterior: • the pilasters and lintel of the front entrance • the original glazing of the front entrance sidelights and transom • the two original French windows of the south facade Interior: • the dining room cornicing • the wide wooden baseboards through -out • the original pine floors and central hall staircase • the built in china cabinet and three ornate wooden valances • the original doorway trims with their plaster acanthus leaf corner blocks • the main entrance doorway trim with its plaster lion's head corner blocks J70 D ry ry Y U LAKE ONTARIO 571 Attachment +4B W_ ATE me 'V !! V W U Z O U Z O V) W U Z O U