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DN: HERITAGE.GPA REPORT
Meeting General Purpose and Administration Committee File Aol.443) (SL
Date Monday, November 2, 1992 Reo,
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Report 9 225 -92— File ff PLN
Subject PROPOSED HERITAGE DESIGNATIONS
ONTARIO HERITAGE ACT
FILE: PLN 19.1
Pecommenclations-
It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and
Administration Committee recommend to Council the following:
1. THAT Report PD-225 -92 be received;
2 . THAT the request of the Town of Newcastle Local Architectural
Conservation Advisory Committee to designate as a Historical
Structure, the Newcastle Village Community Hall as indicated on
Attachment No. 1, be approved;
3 . THAT the Clerk prepare, the required notices 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 Town of Newcastle 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
by the Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee
(L.A.C.A.C. ) to designate a property as having historic and/or
architectural value or interest. The subject property is described
in Attached No. 1 and is listed below:
• Newcastle Village Community Hall
20 King Street West, Newcastle Village
Part Lot 28, Concession 2, former Village of Newcastle
The property has been identified in the Town of Newcastle's
L.A.C.A.C. inventory as being a structure of "primary" heritage
value. The inventory number for the property is H452 .
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1.2 The Ontario Heritage Act empowers a municipality to pass a by-law
designating a property to be of historic or architectural value or
interest. The Act stipulates that the owner of property so
designated cannot alter the property where such alteration is
likely to affect the reason for the designation, without the
written consent of Council. Council is required to consider any
application for alteration of a designated property in consultation
with L.A.C.A.C.
1. 3 The L.A.C.A.C. notified the Community Hall Board on its intention
to request designation and provided the relevant information
related to the designation of the property, including any
restrictions which may be placed on the property as a result of the
designation.
During the March 31, 1992 meeting of the Newcastle Village
Community Hall Board a unanimous motion was passed endorsing the
L.A.C.A.C. 's recommendation for designation. The property is
currently owned by the Town of Newcastle and was left to the people
of Newcastle Village by the Massey family in the 19201s . The
structure is a landmark feature in the Newcastle Village
streetscape and is one of the most significant non-residential
structures in the municipality. The Town of Newcastle Community
Services Department has been informed of this request and has
responded with no objection.
2. COMMENTS
2 . 1 The designation request is based on both exterior and interior
elements of the structure. The designation process will protect
these features from being altered and will preserve the structure
for the community residents, as intended by the Massey family. If
designated, the Preserving Ontario's Architecture program of the
provincial government may be able to provide funding which may be
used to restore features mentioned in the reason for designation.
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2 .2 Staff has reviewed the property in terms of its Official Plan and
Zoning By-law designation. In addition, external visual
inspections of the property were conducted. Staff concurs with the
LACAC's recommendation to designate the subject property pursuant
to the Ontario Heritage Act.
2 . 3 In addition to the features identified in Attachment #1 the LACAC
had requested that the following additional features be designated:
• the Memorial Library including the bookshelves with
glazed doors, newspaper racks, library tables and chairs
• the portraits of Mr. Chester Massey and Mr. Thos.
Montegue
• the jail cell
• the 2 flag poles
The Ministry of Culture and Communications has confirmed that
moveable items such as portraits and tables and chairs cannot be
designated under the Ontario Heritage Act. However, the Community
Services Department has developed a policy on the Disposition/
Retention of Town Historical Furniture and Documents which could
work towards the conservation of the library bookshelves and
newspaper racks, tables and chairs and the two portraits .
Having reviewed the request staff is concerned that the designation
of the flag poles, the jail cell, and the entire Memorial Library
may be a hinderance to the adaptive reuse of the property.
However, the ornate brickwork of the Library is considered a
notable feature and staff has added it to the list of interior
features to be designated. It is staff's desire to support
heritage preservation within the municipality, but staff also
recognizes that heritage buildings must conform to the needs of
today's society and must be able to evolve (within reason) in order
to be viable structures within their community. Therefore, staff
would recommend that the flag poles, the jail cell, and the entire
Memorial Library not be included in the reasons for designation.
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Based on the above comments, staff request that Council consider
both the eminent significance of the property to the people of
Newcastle and the ability of the structure to fulfil its intended
purpose of serving the needs of current and future residents of the
community.
2 .4 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.
Respectfully submitted, Recommended for presentation
to the Committee
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Franklin Wu, M.C. I .P. Lawrence E. Kotsoff
Director of Planning Chief Administrative
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Interested parties to be notified of Council and Committee's decision:
Mrs . Phyllis Dewell
L.A.C.A.C.
5050 Main Street
Orono, Ontario. LOB 1M0
Mr. Brenton Richard
Chairman
Newcastle Village Community Hall Board
507 Mill Street South
Newcastle, Ontario. L1B 1C2
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ATTACHMENT NO.1
THE NEWCASTLE VILLAGE COMMUNITY HALL - 20 KING STREET WEST
This Neo-Georgian brick and stone building was designed by Sproat and
Rolfe, Architects, who were also responsible for such significant
structures as Hart House and Bishop Strachan School in Toronto.
Constructed in 1923 , it was a gift to the community by Mr. Chester
Massey, a native of Newcastle, and the grandson of Daniel Massey of the
Massey Harris Company.
This structure is recommended for designation based on its historical
significance and the following architectural features:
Exterior:
• the symmetry of the elevation with its fine stone detail
• the facade with entablature and embrasure at entrance,
including the heraldic stone carving and motto
• the main entrance doors and the arched east entrance door
• the west cloister with its four open arches
• the Great Hall windows, 16 over 16, topped with six-segment
fanlights, stone mouldings and keystones
• the three Palladian windows with central fanlights and arched
stone mouldings
• the many original rectangular windows, all with segmented
lights and detailed stone mouldings
• the slate roof and dormers with their round 9 paned windows
• the clock and clock tower with its slate spire
• the cenotaph and the ornate cast iron garden urns
Interior:
• the four Great War Memorial tablets in the entrance lobby
• the arched doorways, two on the main floor having fanlights
and stone mouldings
• the stone staircases with their wide brick and stone balusters
• the entrance doorway to the Great Hall with its decorated
glazed panels and transom lights
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• the concave ceilings in the Great Hall, Council Chamber and
Masonic Lodge Room
• the finely detailed interior brick work particularly in the
Great Hall
• the wood panelling in the Great Hall, Council Chamber and
Masonic Lodge Room
• the Art Deco lights throughout the building
• the Memorial Library's ornate brick work
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