Heritage Designation

Designation By-law: 2023-071

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15 Balsam Lake Drive has cultural heritage value an as evolved continuing cemetery landscape, containing a late nineteenth century Gothic Revival Church and associated rural cemetery. The church itself a representative example of a late nineteenth century rural Gothic Revival church and employs the key characteristics of a Gothic Revival church of this type, particularly as constructed by Anglican congregations, including lancet windows, a steeply pitched gable roof, and a chancel. The property has historical and associative value for its association with both the development of the Anglican Church in Bexley Township in the late nineteenth century and its relationship to businessman and railway magnate George Laidlaw. The property is a prominent local landmark and has direct historical links to the adjacent former Laidlaw Estate.

Designation By-law: 2021-103

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398 County Road 41, also known as Bexley Methodist Church, has cultural heritage value as a representative example of a late nineteenth century Methodist church in Bexley Township. Constructed in 1884, the church is built in a simplified version of the Gothic Revival style, which was typical for rural Methodist churches from the second half of the nineteenth century. The church has historical value in that it yields information regarding the role of religion in Bexley Township in the late nineteenth century. The church has contextual value as part of the hamlet of Bexley. It contributes to the historic character of the rural hamlet which is comprised primarily of a collection of nineteenth century buildings centred on the intersection of County Road 41 and North Mountain Road. The church is also a local landmark, due to its prominent location at the centre of the hamlet and the only church building in the community. 

Designation By-law: 2022-127

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6697 Highway 35 has cultural heritage value as the former Coboconk train station and is a good example of a rural railway station construction by the Grand Trunk Railway at the turn of the twentieth century in its standardized corporate plan. The building is demonstrative of the romantic and picturesque styles preferred by the Grand Trunk Railway for their rural and small town stations in the early years of the twentieth century. The property yields information regarding the railway in Coboconk and its role in the development of the community where it helped facilitated the lumber boom of the late nineteenth century as well as the shift in the economy in the early twentieth century with the development of the cottage country tourist industry which continues to be an important economic driver in the community today. It is an important local landmark.

Designation By-law: 2022-078

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33 North Water Street has cultural heritage value as an excellent example of a Victorian vernacular residential property. Built in 1888, the property displays typical characteristics of a vernacular gable front house and is also a representative example of balloon frame construction, the most prevalent form of wood construction in the late nineteenth century. It has historical and associative value through its original owners, Jon Harrison Harvey and his wife Alwilda Carl. Harvey was a prominent businessman in Coboconk in the late nineteenth century through his involvement in the lumber trade and grist milling, as well as serving as township treasurer and Justice of the Peace. The property remained in this family until 2017. The property has contextual value as part of the late nineteenth century residential landscape of Coboconk and also forms part of the landscape of the Gull River, to which the property is adjacent, as it passes through the community.

Designation By-law: 1989-40

The Coboconk Jail was constructed in 1890 and has significance as the smallest jail in Ontario. Architecturally, it retains it original iron bars and limestone walls, which are two feet thick and were quarried locally in Coboconk. It has significant historical associations with the development and day to day life of the village of Coboconk. It was likely designed by Ontario Chief Architect Kivas Tully who designed a range of small jails and lock-ups across Ontario in the late nineteenth century.

35 Bolton Street has cultural heritage value as a rare example of a Romanesque Revival bank building in Kawartha Lakes. Constructed between 1913 and 1914, the bank is representative of the Romanesque Revival style and includes features, such as its rusticated coursed stone construction, rounded arch windows and cornice, which were prevalent feature in Romanesque Revival architecture. The use of the Romanesque Revival style in bank architecture was rare, as Classical styles were generally preferred, and the subject property is the only example in Kawartha Lakes. It has historical value through its direct association with the commercial development and banking in Bobcaygeon around the turn of the century. It was designed by architect William Alexander Langton and constructed by local contractor Peter Grant, an important local contractor whose family business was significant in the development of Bobcaygeon’s built landscape in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It supports the historic commercial character of Bolton Street as part of its historic streetwall and is also a local landmark.

Designation By-law: 2021-003

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28 Boyd Street has cultural heritage value as an excellent and unique example of a late nineteenth century dry stone wall. Dry stone wall construction, which has been identified by UNESCO as intangible cultural heritage of global value, was used in some areas of Kawartha Lakes to construct farm and retaining walls in the late nineteenth century and the wall at 28 Boyd Street is an excellent, well-known example that still survives in a significant form. Constructed around 1890 for W.T.C. Boyd, the son of lumber baron Mossom Boyd, as part of the landscaping of his Edgewood estate which once stood on this location, the property yields information about the Boyds and their influence on the village.

21 Canal Street, Bobcaygeon, was constructed in 1888 and is the former office of the Mossom Boyd Lumber Company. Likely designed by Peterborough architect John Belcher, the building has architectural significance as a good example of stacked plank construction, which is a relatively rare construction method but was commonly used in lumbering towns during the mid-nineteenth century. It also has historical significance because of its connections with the Mossom Boyd Lumber Company. The building is largely intact including original interior doors and woodwork.

The Palestine Community Hall is an excellent example of a rural one-room school house constructed around the turn of the century. The current structure was constructed in 1900 to replace an older 1877 building which was destroyed by a fire. It features the typical half-hip roof used on school houses of this type and retains its historic, and iconic belfry. The school is notable for its high level of craftsmanship on the windows which include coloured glass transoms and a decorative, arched window on the front elevation. The property has historical and contextual significance as the school for the local community and, after the closure of the school in 1964, the local community hall. It is a local landmark that is recognized throughout the area.

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16 Bolsover Road has cultural heritage value as a representative example of a Victorian-style one room schoolhouse constructed in Eldon Township. Built in 1901, the property it demonstrates key architectural features that were popular in the late nineteenth century for school design, including the standard rectangular plan and gable roof design, the use of polychromatic brickwork with pilasters, coursing and window hoods, large multi-pane windows, a rose-window motif on the front elevation of the building and the ornate belfry. It yields information regarding the historic of education and community growth as the former school serving the community of Bolsover and the surrounding area. The building, in its former role as the local school and its contemporary role as a community centre, is one of the key institutional structures in the local area and helps define the hamlet as a settlement area, while also speaking to the historic development of the surrounding rural area.

3740 Highway 7A, also known as Woodlawn or Seven Gables, has cultural heritage value through its architecture as a representative example of a Gothic Revival farmhouse in Emily Township and through its first two owners, William Cottingham and Arthur McQuade. Constructed in 1865, the house was built in the popular Gothic Revival style and demonstrates key architectural features that define this style and is a particularly large and ornate example of this style in Emily Township. The property has significant historic value as the home, in succession, of William Cottingham and Arthur McQuade. Cottingham was the owner of the original mill in Omemee and is widely regarded as the founder of Omemee. He was also a prominent political figure in the area, serving as the Reeve of Emily for twenty years. McQuade, a prominent local farmer, was also heavily involved in the political life of Emily Township and served as the Conservative MP for Victoria South from 1874 to 1882. The property maintains and supports the historic rural character of Emily Township and is historically linked to the adjacent village of Omemee through its former occupants. It is widely regarded as a local landmark.

The Emily Cemetery Chapel is an excellent and representative example of a cemetery chapel constructed in the English Gothic style. Designed by George Roper Gouinlock, It retains many of its original features that are key aspects of this architectural type including its stone wall structure, lancet windows, and bell-cote. The building has historical significance as part of the Emily Cemetery which opened in 1872 when the community identified the need for a non-denominational buried ground. The chapel was constructed in 1929 and donated to the cemetery by Flora McCrae Eaton, Lady Eaton, as a memorial to her family and was originally named the McCrea Memorial Chapel. Lady Eaton was born in Omemee in 1880 and is an important figure locally because of her significant impact on the architectural development of Omemee in the early twentieth century.  The property has contextual significance as a defining built feature of the Emily Cemetery and as a local landmark in Emily Township.

1884 Pigeon Lake Road has cultural heritage value as a representative example of a rural agricultural cultural heritage landscape in Emily Township. The property was first settled in 1825 and have evolved from this period as an agricultural property, through the clearance of the land in the nineteenth century, to a contemporary rural property and nature centre. The property contains an early twentieth century concrete block Edwardian Classical house which is an important example of this construction type and material, and a gambrel roof barn from around the same period. The property has significant historical value for its association with the history of Irish Catholic settlement in northern Emily Township, through its succession of owners who yield information as to Irish Catholic migration to the township and community and familial connections in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The property maintains and supports the rural and historic agricultural character of northern Emily Township through its retained buildings, natural heritage features and placement within the broader landscape.

Designation By-laws: 2024-021, 2024-022, 2024-023, 2024-024

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13-19 Colborne Street has cultural heritage value as part of the McArthur Block. The block is a representative example of Italianate commercial architecture and the largest extant nineteenth century commercial block in the community. The building, which was constructed in 1886 as a replacement for an older commercial block, demonstrates the key features of this architectural style which was the most popular architecture style for commercial construction in Ontario in the second half of the nineteenth century. It has historical and associative value in its historic relationship to the development of downtown Fenelon Falls throughout the 1870s and 1880s and has direct associations with prominent local businessman and politician, Joseph McArthur, the original owner of the building. It is a contributing feature to the historic commercial streetscape of downtown Fenelon Falls and forms part of the continuous commercial streetwall along the west side of Colborne Street.

This property is comprised of four separate legal parcels.

Designation By-law: 2024-025, 2024-026, 2024-027

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21-25 Colborne Street has cultural heritage value as  a representative example of Italianate commercial architecture from the last quarter of the nineteenth century. The building, which was constructed between 1884 and 1886 as a replacement for an older commercial block, demonstrates the key features of this architectural style which was the most popular architecture style for commercial construction in Ontario in the second half of the nineteenth century. It has historical and associative value in its historic relationship to the development of downtown Fenelon Falls throughout the 1870s and 1880s and has direct associations with several local businesses, including 21 Colborne Street’s consistent use as a pharmacy since the nineteenth century. It is a contributing feature to the historic commercial streetscape of downtown Fenelon Falls and forms part of the continuous commercial streetwall along the west side of Colborne Street.

This property is comprised of three separate legal parcels.

Designation By-law: 1981-08 (repealed); 1992-12 (repealed); 2018-142

37 Colborne Street was constructed in 1935 as the Fenelon Falls Post Office and was designed by Thomas W. Fuller, the Chief Architect for the federal Department of Public Works from 1927 to 1936. It is architecturally significant because of its clock tower and retained features, such as the stone stating the name of the town, and has contextual significance as the town’s former post office. It is an integral part of the streetscape and a local landmark. 

Designation By-law: 2024-013

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38-40 Colborne Street has cultural heritage value as a representative example of Italianate commercial architecture in Fenelon Falls. The building, which served as a local hotel and was constructed in 1877 as a replacement for an older hotel building, demonstrates the key features of this architectural style which was the most popular architecture style for commercial construction in Ontario in the second half of the nineteenth century. It was formerly the home of the Mansion House Hotel and yields information regarding Fenelon Falls’ economic growth near the end of the nineteenth century, specifically with regard to the need for hotel accommodations and the growing hospitality sector in the community with its burgeoning tourist economy. It has direct historical associations with prominent local businessman and landowner, Jeremiah Twomey, the original owner of the building. It is a contributing feature to the historic commercial streetscape of downtown Fenelon Falls.

Designation By-law: 2024-014, 2024-015

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39-43 Colborne Street has cultural heritage value as the Jordan Block. It is a representative example of Italianate commercial architecture in Fenelon Falls. The building, which was constructed in 1884 as a replacement for an older commercial block that burned down earlier that year, demonstrates the key features of this architectural style which was the most popular architecture style for commercial construction in Ontario in the second half of the nineteenth century. The property yields information regarding Fenelon Falls’ economic growth near the end of the nineteenth century. More specifically, the property has historical value as a bank, which has been located in the southern half of this property since 1902, first as the Bank of British North America and later as the Bank of Montreal. It is a contributing feature to the historic commercial streetscape of downtown Fenelon Falls.

This property is comprised of two separate legal parcels.

Designation By-law: 2022-108

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15 Dodd Street has cultural heritage value as a good example of a Regency-style cottage in Fenelon Falls and in its historical role as a local hospital. The house is believed to have been constructed around 1873 and, although it has been modified with new additions, retains the basic form and characteristics of a Regency-style cottage. These include its one-storey construction, hipped roof, rectangular form, sash windows, and a central entrance with side and fan lights. The house also has historical significance as a late nineteenth century hospital operated by a Dr. A. Wilson, who opened the hospital here in 1895 and yields information regarding the development of medical care in Fenelon Falls in the late nineteenth century. The property supports and maintains the historic character of the local neighbourhood which is comprised of a range of single detached homes, primarily dating to the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. 

The gazebo located at 72 Francis Street West in Fenelon Falls is significant as a rare intact example of an early twentieth century gazebo. Constructed in 1904, the gazebo retains its original form and massing including its final and lattice work.

13 Lindsay Street was constructed around 1860 and is significant as the oldest stone structure in Fenelon Falls. It is constructed in the style of an Ontario Gothic cottage with a gable roof, a central gable, central entrance and a symmetrical massing of windows and doors. It is a rare example of this structural type built in stone. The building also has historical significance through its associations with R.C. Smith, a local lumber merchant, and with the Lindsay Light, Heat and Power Company which purchased the building in 1892 to serve as its office. It has contextual significance in its connection to the historic landscape of the Fenelon River.

The former CNR Railway station in Fenelon Falls was constructed 1885 to replace an older station, constructed in 1876. It is architecturally significant as a representative example of a late nineteenth century rural railway station, as it was constructed in the same style and layout as the other stations along the line that ran from Lindsay to Haliburton which had been completed in 1878. The building has historical significance as the former rail station in the town of Fenelon.

Designation By-law:2024-020

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4 May Street has cultural heritage value as a unique example of a late nineteenth century livery stable in Fenelon Falls. Known as the McArthur Livery Stable, for its association with the adjacent McArthur House Hotel, the building was constructed as a utilitarian structure to house horses, tack, and carriages for the use of both locals and visitors to the community. Architecturally, the building is plain in its execution, but is unique in the community for its use of stone as the primary construction material where the majority of livery stables were typically constructed with wood or brick. Constructed in 1883, it yields information the important roles of livery stables in nineteenth century communities where horses were integral for communication and labour. It also has direct historical associations with local businessman and politician Joseph McArthur, its original owner, who was a prominent member of Fenelon Falls’ late nineteenth century business community and is widely regarded as a major player in the development of the village during this time. It is a longstanding local landmark in Fenelon Falls.

Designation By-law: 1979-06

Maryboro Lodge in Fenelon Falls was constructed in 1837 and is a significant property in the town, both architecturally and historically. The house is a good example of a Regency-style residence with a wide verandah, large windows, timber construction and roughcast exterior. It was constructed for James Wallis, an Irish immigrant who came to the area in 1834, and named after his father’s estate in Ireland, Maryborough near Glanmure. It is one of a number of large estate houses constructed in the region during this period by upper class immigrants. It was later converted into a boarding house and lodge and became a significant social centre in the town before being converted into a museum in 1963.

Designation By-law: 1983-19

13 Short Street, Fenelon Falls, is a good example of a late nineteenth century Italianate residence. Constructed in 1885, the house has a number of key features of this style including the two storey bay, decorative frieze and brackets. It also features a rare interior spiral staircase.

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Pleasant Point Union Church is an excellent, representative example of a cottage community church constructed in the early twentieth century. Constructed on a rectangular plan, the rustic timber interior and plain exterior with simplified forms and minimal decorative elements speaks to the wilderness aesthetic prevalent in cottage architecture during this period which aimed to integrate structures into the natural landscape and which reflects its roots as a non-denominational worship space. Historically, the church has importance as part of the development of Pleasant Point in the early twentieth century and is reflective of the architectural and cultural development of cottage communities during this period. It also has important historical associations with former Ontario Premier Leslie M. Frost who attended the church while cottaging in Pleasant Point and who wrote its constitution in 1922. The church is an important defining feature in the Pleasant Point community and a local landmark.

The former Norland School, or S.S.#1 Laxton, was constructed around 1908 to replace an earlier wooden structure. The building is an excellent example of a rural school house and unique in its stone construction which used both limestone and granite, a both types of stone are found in the local area. Although the building has undergone a number of changes, it retains many of its important original design elements including the wooden belfry, arched tripartite front window and lintels and voussoirs. It has important historical associations in the community of Norland as the community school and is a recognizable, landmark structure.

23 Adelaide Street North was constructed in the mid- nineteenth century and is a good example of an Italianate residence. It includes a number of features commonly found on Italianate houses during this time period, including ornate window hoods, a hipped roof with wide eaves, and decorative brackets. The house also retains a front verandah with chamfered columns and decorative woodwork. Historically, the house has association with John Langton who originally owned the property, and Dr. Joshua Fidler, a local doctor and coroner who contributed significantly to the religious life of Lindsay in the mid-nineteenth century. It forms part of a wider Victorian residential streetscape and maintains the character of the local area.

28 Albert Street South is a good example of a Queen Anne style house. Constructed in 1875, the property has architectural value through its use of the typical asymmetrical massing and eclectic design that characterized this style in the late nineteenth century. Its most prominent feature is its turreted tower. Other key features include the decorative bargeboard, shingled gable, and brackets

55 Albert Street North is an excellent example of a stone Ontario Gothic cottage. Originally constructed on a farm west of Oakwood and moved to Lindsay in 1934, the house retains key original features that characterize the Ontario Gothic style including the centre gable with lancet window; central entrance with sidelights and transom; and decorative gingerbread with drop finial.

57 Albert Street North was constructed in 1933 and is a representative example of an interwar Colonial Revival house. The house, which was designed by Peterborough architect John Hornsby, retains a number of key features that characterize this style including the entrance with Classical portico; half-moon windows on the gable end; gable roof; and symmetrically placed chimneys. The house also has historical value as the home of Dr. H.D. Logan, who became mayor in 1937, and his son, Judge H.D. Logan. It maintains the character of the streetscape which is characterized by larger homes from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

40 Bond Street West was likely constructed around 1870 and is a good example of a buff brick Victorian house. It integrates elements that were popular in a number of different styles during this period including its decorative hood moulds, drop finial and bay window. It also retains a Classical verandah, likely added around the turn of the century.

46 Bond Street West was constructed in 1853 and has important architectural and historical significance to the town of Lindsay. It is an excellent and intact example of a Regency cottage, a rare house type in this area, and retains key features of this architectural style including: single-storey construction with a hipped roof; symmetrically massing; and French doors. The house also had historical significance as it was built by Captain Charles Rubidge for his sister; Rubidge was a crown land agent based in Peterborough responsible for several townships in the Newcastle District and wrote extensively about emigration and settlement in Upper Canada in the 1830s.

54 Bond Street West in Lindsay was constructed in 1875 and is an excellent, representative example of a Queen Anne style residence. It demonstrates many of the key design ideas prevalent in the Queen Anne style, including the eclecticism and asymmetry associated with this residential design type. Important features including: the turreted tower; the wraparound verandah with paired columns; a two-storey bay and gable; stained glass transoms; chimneys; and stone archway. It maintains the character of the streetscape which features historic homes, many of which are on large lots with the house set back from the street.

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60 Bond Street West is a good example of an Italianate house constructed in the late nineteenth century. Built around 1875, it is constricted on a symmetrical Georgian plan with a central entrance and includes a number of important features which mark it as an Italianate structure. These include the hipped roof with wide eaves; windows with hood moulds; brackets; and verandah with pediment. The house has historical value through its first inhabitant, John McLennan, who was the Sherriff of Victoria County from 1875 to 1915. It maintains the character of the streetscape which features historic homes, many of which are on large lots with the house set back from the street.

78 Bond Street West was constructed in 1870 and is a good example of an Italianate House. Constructed on a Georgian plan with a central entrance and symmetrical massing, the house is notable for its buff brick details including the quoins and window hoods. It has historical associations with local merchant James Lovell, its first occupant, who worked as a saddle and harness maker in Lindsay in the late nineteenth century.

The Lindsay Fire Hall is an important, landmark building in the town of Lindsay. A fire brigade was established in the town in the 1860s after the fire of 1861 that devastated large sections of the downtown and was housed in a variety of buildings. The current fire hall was constructed in 1901 as part of a wider program of municipal civic improvements around the turn of the century. The building is architecturally significant for its prominent tower as well as other prominent Edwardian features such as the front gable and rounded windows. The building has contextual significance as part of the historic civic precinct in downtown Lindsay comprised of the fire hall, town hall, the library, armoury and Victoria Park. 

Cambridge Street Baptist Church was constructed in 1872 and is an excellent example of a Gothic Revival style church. The church is a good example of the use of the Gothic Revival style by a non-conformist denomination which, in general, often used more simplified version of this style and it reflects a type of church design that was prevalent in this period which included a gable front with central tower and spire. This church is notable for its buff brick details, unique spire with tin work and stained glass. The church is a landmark structure that originally housed Lindsay’s first town clock in its tower.

31 Cambridge Street North has heritage value as a representative and unique example of a gable front Victorian house. Constructed in 1871, it features the typical one and a half storeys of this house type with an offset entrance and sash windows. It demonstrates a high level of craftsmanship in its decorative bargeboard, ornate verandah, and entrance. The house has important historical associations with local artist and writer W.A. Goodwin whose paintings and writings give significant insight into life in the area in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.

51 Cambridge Street North is a unique example of a Queen Anne style house in Lindsay. Constructed in 1888, it features the typical asymmetry and eclectic design of the Queen Anne style; the eclectic elements in this house include: decorative hood moulds; decorative wooden bargeboard with a drop finial; and oversized decorative brackets. The house has historical value through one of its occupants, George Wilson, who owned the home from 1898 to 1954 and was the publisher of the Lindsay Daily Post. The property is a contributing feature to the historic landscape of Cambridge Street North.

58 Cambridge Street North is an excellent example of a Queen Anne style house in Lindsay. Constructed in 1880, the house demonstrates the typical asymmetrical massing and eclecticism of the Queen Ann style. The house particularly notable for its half timbered gables with pebbledash finish; two-storey bay; decorative bargeboard and wooden trim; and its verandah with Eastlake-style woodwork. It forms part of a three building row of similar houses on the east side of Cambridge Street North, all constructed around the same period in this style.

4 Colborne Street East in Lindsay is a unique example of a Queen Anne style house. The property, which was constructed in 1890 for Isabel and Freemont Crandel, demonstrates the typical asymmetrical massing and eclectic design elements of this style. Unique elements of the house include: a tower with mansard roof and decorative dormer window surround; wraparound verandah with Doric columns; two-storey bay; shingled gable; and decorative bargeboard. The interior also retains some of its original elements including its curved staircases and wood flooring.

22 Elgin Street in Lindsay is a good example of an Ontario Gothic cottage. The house is a representative example of this structural type and retains the key elements which define the style. These include the gable roof; central gable with window; central entrance; and rear kitchen addition. The house also has a number of unique and important decorative elements such as the moulded brick window hoods, the verandah with turned columns and decorative woodwork and the entrance surround with transom and sidelights.

19 Francis Street is an excellent example of an Edwardian Classical house. The property, which was constructed around 1900, retains key elements of the Edwardian Classical style. These include: the hipped roof; the shingled front gable with tripartite window; the frieze with dentils and brackets; the upper storey bay windows; the picture window with coloured glass transom and sidelights; and the wraparound verandah with columns, entablature and piers. The property maintains the historic character of the surrounding neighbourhood which is comprised primarily of nineteenth and early twentieth century homes.

21 Francis Street is an excellent example of an Edwardian Classical house. Constructed in 1900, the house has a number of key features which identify it as this stylistic type which was becoming popular around the time it was constructed. Some of the key features include the hipped roof; the front gable with shingles and tripartite window; the frieze with dentils and brackets; the picture window with coloured glass transom and sidelights; and the verandah with columns, entablature and piers. This property is particularly notable for its upper storey window which is framed by four pilasters. The property maintains the historic character of the surrounding neighbourhood which is comprised primarily of nineteenth and early twentieth century homes.

26 Francis Street, the current City Hall for the City of Kawartha Lakes, has important architectural and historical value. The building was constructed in 1863 as the Courthouse for the newly created County of Victoria and has evolved as one of the key civic and institutional structures in Lindsay. It was designed by Toronto architectural firm Cumberland and Storm, which also designed Osgoode Hall. It is an excellent example of a Neoclassical judicial building and retains many of the key features of this architectural type. These include: the pedimented façade with cornice and brackets; pilasters; rounded windows; coursing; and a rusticated foundation.

9 Glenelg Street was constructed around 1870 and is a representative example of an Italianate style residence. The house is constructed on a Georgian plan with a central entrance and has a number of features typical of this style including the hipped roof, wide eaves and symmetrical massing. The property is notable for its elaborate verandah which includes grouped columns, decorative brackets, and dentils as well as its entrance surround with transom and sidelights. The property has historic value as the home of John Kennedy and his son Peter, who both served as treasurer for the Township of Ops.

2 Kent Street West in Lindsay is a representative example of a Victorian commercial block with features that set it apart from many of the other commercial structures from this period in Lindsay’s downtown. Like much of the downtown, it was constructed in the 1860s after the 1861 fire that destroyed much of the town’s centre. The building is a simplified version of the Italianate commercial style that became popular during this period and includes decorative features such as brackets, dentils and quoins, but is unique for its use of a hipped, as opposed to flat, roof. The property is notable for its intact storefronts including recessed entrances and large windows with muntin bars. It has contextual significance as part of the row of two- and three storey commercial buildings that characterizes Lindsay’s downtown.

3 Kent Street West is a representative example of a Victorian commercial block constructed in the Italianate style. Like most of the buildings in the downtown, it was constructed after the 1861 fire that destroyed much of downtown Lindsay and resulted in the reconstruction of the streetscape in this style. 3 Kent Street West is a three-storey Italianate structure with notable features that include its decorative brickwork, pilasters, rounded central windows with hoods and keystones, and its storefront. The property contributes to the overall streetscape of downtown Lindsay which is comprised primarily of two- and three-storey commercial structures in this style.

The Grand Hotel, at 171 Kent Street West, is a rare example of a Second Empire style commercial building in Lindsay. Typical of the Second Empire style, the structure has a mansard roof with decorative dormer windows. The property also features pilasters; decorative brickwork including dentils; an upper and lower storey arched entrance and a recessed lower storey. The property appears to have always been operated as a hotel, at least as far back as 1875 which is likely soon after it was constructed. It is a contributing property to the historic landscape of downtown Lindsay.

180 Kent Street West is the former Lindsay Town Hall and is a good example of a mid-nineteenth century institutional building constructed using Classical features. The building was designed by Toronto architect William Kauffman in 1864 with an addition the following year by Thomas Bradburn. Key architectural features of the building include: its grouped rounded windows and doors with moulded hoods; the belfry; pilasters; coursing; and the projecting bay with rusticated entrance. The property has significant historical value as Lindsay’s Town Hall beginning in the mid-nineteenth century and contextual significance as both a landmark building and as part of the downtown civic precinct which includes the town hall, library, armoury, fire hall and Victoria Park.

190 Kent Street West has architectural and historical significance as one of the earliest Carnegie libraries in Canada. Constructed between 1902 and 1902, it was designed by Toronto architect George Martell Miller in the Beaux Arts style typical of the Carnegie libraries. Some of its key architectural features include: the portico with pediment, frieze, paired Doric columns, and rusticated piers and stairway; the rusticated foundation; the windows with decorative surrounds; corner quoins; and symmetrical massing. The property has contextual significance part of downtown Lindsay’s historic civic precinct which also include the armoury, town hall, fire station and Victoria Park.

The Lindsay Armoury was constructed in 1913 and has significance as an excellent example of an early twentieth century armoury. Constructed as part of the wave of drill hall building initiated in the early twentieth century by Sir Sam Hughes, Minister of Militia and Defense during the First World War and the local MP, it is constructed in a version of the Romanesque Revival style that was frequently used for drill halls at this type and drew heavily from the fortified architecture of Norman England. Its key architectural features which mark it as this structural type include: heavy massing; crenelated towers; buttresses; and rusticated foundation, door and windows surrounds, and coping. It is a landmark building and a key part of Lindsay’s historic civic precinct which includes the armoury, the library, the old town hall, the fire hall and Victoria Park.

The Academy Theatre, located at 2 Lindsay Street South, has heritage value as a historic venue for arts and culture in Lindsay. The building was constructed in 1892 as a theatre called the Academy of Music and the first performance took place in January 1893. It was also one of the original silent movie houses in Ontario outside of Toronto. The building is a good example of a simplified Romanesque Revival building with a parapet gable, chimneys and windows with lintels and lug sills and was designed by Peterborough architect William Blackwell who was one of the first architects to use the Romanesque Revival style in central Ontario. The theatre is a contributing structure to the historic character of downtown Lindsay and a local landmark.

10 Lindsay Street South is an excellent, representative example of an Italianate commercial building in downtown Lindsay. Constructed in 1863 as part of the reconstructed of the downtown, it retains important and unique details that are consistent with this building style. These include the brick cornice with decorative brickwork and central arch, the rounded second and third storey windows grouped between pilasters, and ground floor storefront. It has historical significance as the home of one of Lindsay’s first newspapers, The Canadian Press, which located to the town in the 1860s from Beaverton. It is a landmark building in downtown Lindsay and contributes to the historic character of the streetscape through its continuation of the dominant style and massing of the surrounding structures and as part of the Kent Street terminal vista.

41 Melbourne Street West is an excellent example of a Queen Anne Revival style house constructed in wood. It is unique in its constructed material as the vast majority of Queen Anne houses in the local area are constructed from brick. It has a number of important features that identify it as being of this style including the asymmetrical massing; corner turret with awning roof; decorative woodwork in the gable; entrance porch; and front bay window with brackets and hood. It is contributing property to the historic landscape of Melbourne Street.

29 Regent Street, Lindsay was constructed in 1875 and is a representative example of a vernacular hipped roof dwelling from this period. The house includes important, retained features of this house type such as a hipped roof, moulded window hoods, and an offset entrance with transom and sidelights. The property is notable for its intact verandah with square columns, brackets and decorative woodwork. It is a contributing property to the historic character of Regent Street.

Designation By-law: 2013-102 (repealed); 2018-165

46 Regent Street, Lindsay is an excellent, intact example of an Regency cottage. Constructed in 1874, the house retains many of its original features on both the exterior and interior of the building. Exterior features which mark it as a Regency cottage include: the hipped roof; symmetrical massing; one-storey construction; quoins; rounded windows with voussoirs; central entrance with transom and sidelights; and the Classical entrance porch. The house also retains many original interior features including original woodwork, moulding, wainscoting, and parlour fireplace. The house has historic significance as it was reportedly used as a ticket office for the rail line that ran along Victoria Avenue in the nineteenth century. It is a contributing property to the historic character of Regent Street.

63 Regent Street, Lindsay has architectural value as a representative example of an Ontario Gothic cottage. Constructed in 1870 by William Laidley, the house demonstrates the key elements of the Ontario Gothic cottage style. These include: a gable roof; a central gable with rounded window; buff brick quoins and details; symmetrical massing; central entrance with transom and sidelights; and verandah. The verandah is a particularly notable feature of this property with an awning roof, chamfered columns, and decorative brackets.  It contributes to the historic character of the local neighbourhood.

10 Russell Street East is a unique example of an Ontario Gothic cottage in Lindsay. The property features many of the typical characteristics of the style including the symmetrical massing, the central entrance with sidelights and transom, central gable and decorative bargeboard. The house is unique because of its projecting front gable and Classical entrance porch. The property has important historical significance through William Needler, who built the house. Needler was a key figure in the early development of Lindsay, arriving in 1862 and building a mill and donating the property for St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church and Sunday School.

12 Russell Street East is an excellent example of a Georgian building in Lindsay. Constructed between 1857 and 1858, the property demonstrates the key characteristics of the Georgian style including a central hall plan, a hipped roof; windows with hood moulds; pilasters; a projecting front bay with pediment; and a Classical entrance porch. It has historical significance as the location of the first bank in Lindsay with the Bank of Upper Canada opening in this location in 1853. It subsequently housed the Ontario Bank before becoming a private residence in 1873. The building was designed by prominent Toronto architectural firm Cumberland and Storm, which also designed such buildings as University College and the Osgoode Hall Law Courts, as well as the Victoria County Court House and Gaol.

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Designation By-law: 1984-34 (repealed); 2018-170

St. Mary’s Catholic Church, located at 29 Russell Street East, is an excellent example of a Gothic Revival ecclesiastical building and is the oldest church in Lindsay. Constructed in 1858, the church demonstrates the key features of a Gothic Revival church with a frontal tower and spire, a design that was popular in towns and cities at this time. Important defining features of the building include: the lancet windows and doors; the buttresses; the bell tower with rose windows; and the spire. The spire, which was added in 1884, is a notable and recognizable feature in the streetscape of downtown Lindsay with its tin exterior, cross and decorative details. The church has important historical associations with the history of the Catholic community in the town and it is a landmark building in Lindsay.

45 Russell Street East has historical and architectural significance as an early building in the town of Lindsay and one of the first houses built on Russell Street. The house is a representative example of a mid-Victorian residence that uses Gothic Revival elements such as the gable roof and cross-gable plan. The property has some unique architectural elements including the verandah with decorative woodwork and the side bay with gingerbread, a drop finial and windows with moulded hoods. It has historical significance because the house was constructed by James Knowlson by his father John, who was one of the founders of the Lindsay land tract.

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45 Russell Street East has historical and architectural significance as an early building in the town of Lindsay and one of the first houses built on Russell Street. The house is a representative example of a mid-Victorian residence that uses Gothic Revival elements such as the gable roof and cross-gable plan. The property has some unique architectural elements including the verandah with decorative woodwork and the side bay with gingerbread, a drop finial and windows with moulded hoods. It has historical significance because the house was constructed by James Knowlson by his father John, who was one of the founders of the Lindsay land tract.

17 Sussex Street North was constructed in 1900 and has both architectural and historical significance. It is a good example of a turn of the century home built in the English cottage style. The defining architectural attributes of the house are its cross-gable plan with steep roofs, asymmetrical massing and decorative details, such as the brackets on the side entrance, which are reminiscent of vernacular English design. The property has important historical associations in the town of Lindsay as the home of Leslie M. and Gertrude Frost, who purchased the house in 1941. Leslie M. Frost served as the MP for Victoria-Haliburton beginning in 1937 until 1961, becoming premier of Ontario in 1949. He lived in the house until his death in 1973.

37-39 Sussex Street North has historical and architectural significance as the first Baptist church constructed in Lindsay. Known originally as the Wellington Street Chapel, the church was built in 1867 using frame construction by a local contractor; the church was painted by a group of volunteers that fall. This structure was typical of early chapels constructed by small congregations during this period with timber log beams, which have been retained, a steep gable roof, and few decorative features. The Baptist congregation occupied this building until 1885 when they purchased the current church on Cambridge Street and the chapel was converted into a semi-detached dwelling. The property has significant historical associations with the growth of the Baptist community in Lindsay.

45 Victoria Avenue North is a unique example of a Second Empire style residence in Lindsay. Constructed in 1880 by Thomas Bradburn, the house is an excellent example of the use of the Second Empire style in large estate houses during this period. It features the typical mansard roof with dormer windows of this style as well as many important and retained decorative elements. These include: a cornice with dentils; brackets; decorative brickwork such as coursing and window hoods; and the verandah with wooden columns and brackets.

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The Old Lindsay Gaol is an important institutional building in the history of Lindsay and a recognized local landmark. The jail was completed in 1863 and designed by Toronto architect William Storm who also designed the neighbouring Court House (now City Hall) at the same time. The building is typical of nineteenth century jail design with large, imposing limestone walls and Classical design features including the symmetrical massing, rounded windows and doors, and rusticated stonework. The building has significant historical associations because of its former role as the jail in the town of Lindsay constructed as part of the creation of the independent County of Victoria in 1863.

17 Sussex Street North was constructed in 1900 and has both architectural and historical significance. It is a good example of a turn of the century home built in the English cottage style. The defining architectural attributes of the house are its cross-gable plan with steep roofs, asymmetrical massing and decorative details, such as the brackets on the side entrance, which are reminiscent of vernacular English design. The property has important historical associations in the town of Lindsay as the home of Leslie M. and Gertrude Frost, who purchased the house in 1941. Leslie M. Frost served as the MP for Victoria-Haliburton beginning in 1937 until 1961, becoming premier of Ontario in 1949. He lived in the house until his death in 1973.

37-39 Sussex Street North has historical and architectural significance as the first Baptist church constructed in Lindsay. Known originally as the Wellington Street Chapel, the church was built in 1867 using frame construction by a local contractor; the church was painted by a group of volunteers that fall. This structure was typical of early chapels constructed by small congregations during this period with timber log beams, which have been retained, a steep gable roof, and few decorative features. The Baptist congregation occupied this building until 1885 when they purchased the current church on Cambridge Street and the chapel was converted into a semi-detached dwelling. The property has significant historical associations with the growth of the Baptist community in Lindsay.

Designation By-law: 2023-198

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65 Sussex Street North has cultural heritage value as a representative example of an early twentieth century Beaux-Arts school in Lindsay. The building was constructed between 1910 and 1911 as a replacement for an older school and demonstrates the key characteristics of Beaux-Arts educational design as executed in urban areas, including symmetrical massing with a central hall, large banks of windows on upper and lower storeys, heavy cornices and Classical design elements. It is particularly notable for its Classical entrance surround with oversized Corinthian columns and highly formalized symmetry. It yields information regarding the development of education in Lindsay throughout the twentieth century. The building also reflects the work of Toronto-area architect James Ellis who designed and executed a substantial number of educational facilities in the Beaux-Arts style in Ontario. It is an important local landmark.

11 Victoria Avenue North has cultural heritage value as a unique example of a late Victorian Gothic Revival residential property in Lindsay and for its associations with Lindsay businessman Richard Sylvester. Constructed in the late 1880s, the property is a very large example of the Gothic Revival style applied to an urban residential building and demonstrates key features of this popular nineteenth century architecture style. These features include its steeply pitched gables, lancet windows, decorative bargeboard, polychromatic roof and ornate entrance porch. The property has historical value as the home of Richard Sylvester, the founder and owner of the Sylvester Manufacturing Company, one of Lindsay’s major turn of the century industrial employers and a manufacturer of agricultural implements. Sylvester himself was an important inventor and innovator in the field of agricultural equipment and is specifically known for his development of the Sylvester Auto-Thresher, an early precursor to the modern combine. The house is a local landmark and also contributes to the historic residential landscape of Lindsay north of Kent Street West.

45 Victoria Avenue North is a unique example of a Second Empire style residence in Lindsay. Constructed in 1880 by Thomas Bradburn, the house is an excellent example of the use of the Second Empire style in large estate houses during this period. It features the typical mansard roof with dormer windows of this style as well as many important and retained decorative elements. These include: a cornice with dentils; brackets; decorative brickwork such as coursing and window hoods; and the verandah with wooden columns and brackets.

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The Old Lindsay Gaol is an important institutional building in the history of Lindsay and a recognized local landmark. The jail was completed in 1863 and designed by Toronto architect William Storm who also designed the neighbouring Court House (now City Hall) at the same time. The building is typical of nineteenth century jail design with large, imposing limestone walls and Classical design features including the symmetrical massing, rounded windows and doors, and rusticated stonework. The building has significant historical associations because of its former role as the jail in the town of Lindsay constructed as part of the creation of the independent County of Victoria in 1863.

86 Wellington Street is an representative example of a late nineteenth century vernacular residence with Queen Anne Revival details. It is constructed on an L-shaped plan with steep gables and rounded windows. Its most notable feature is its wraparound verandah on two sides of the building which features decorative Eastlake-style woodwork and a bandshell corner. The property maintains and supports the heritage character of the local neighbourhood.

37 William Street North has architectural and historical value and is an important building in downtown Lindsay. Likely constructed in the 1880s, it is an excellent example of a Second Empire style commercial block. The property features the typical mansard roof with dormer windows of this style and is particularly notable for the high level of craftsmanship exhibited in the dormer windows which retain their elaborate decorative surrounds. The property also retains its decorative brickwork below the cornice line and above the second storey windows. The property was originally the Tremont Hotel and is a contributing property to the downtown streetscape of Lindsay’s historic commercial core.

Designation By-law: 2024-079
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91 William Street North has cultural heritage value as a unique example of a mid-twentieth century telephone exchange in Lindsay. Constructed between 1948 and 1949 as the new exchange for the Bell Telephone Company of Canada, the building is designed in the Stripped Classical style popular in government and commercial buildings in the first half of the twentieth century. From a technological perspective, it demonstrates the shift from manual to automatic switching in telephone operations occurring in the middle decades of the twentieth century and the resultant changes in architecture that the new technology requires. The property has direct historical associations with the historic of telecommunications in Lindsay and yields information regarding mid-century developments such as mass adoption of the telephone after the Second World War and the role of women in the workforce. The property supports the evolved and mature landscape of the William Street North corridor.

130-132 William Street North has cultural heritage value as the former Carew Lumber Company Office and is a representative, but late, example of an Italianate commercial building. Originally constructed prior to 1908 as a one storey building and enlarged, likely in the early 1910s with a second storey, the building includes a range of features typical of a commercial building of this type which include its flat roof, ornate cornice brick work and pilasters. It is one of Lindsay’s few remaining freestanding industrial offices. The building served as the administrative office for the Carew Lumber Company during the early years of the twentieth century when the company was one of Lindsay’s largest employers and a major economic driver. As its administrative office, the property has direct historical associations with this important industry. The property yields information on the lumber industry in Kawartha Lakes around the turn of the twentieth century when it was the largest sector of the regional economy and a key factor in the economic development of the region. It is a contributing property to the historic streetscape of William Street North. 

155 William Street North is a unique example of a Queen Anne Revival style house in Lindsay and has both architectural and historical significance. Constructed in 1908, the house is a typical Queen Anne Revival style estate house and its architectural elements make it representative of this style. Its is notable for its corner tower with awning roof, windows with lintels and lug sills, prominent dormers, classical entrance porch and oculus window. The house has historical significance as the home of local lumber merchant and politician John Carew. Carew was an important figure in the turn of the century business community in Lindsay and served as MP for Victoria South between 1914 and 1919.

8-12 William Street is a good example of a commercial building in Lindsay’s downtown core. The property was likely constructed in the mid- to late nineteenth century as part of a larger block on William Street South. The brick building retains its decorative details including rusticated quoins and band of corbels and dentil below the roofline. It is a contributing property to the historic landscape and commercial character of downtown Lindsay.

73 William Street South has architectural significance as a representative example of a mid-Victorian home with Italianate details. The house is built on an L-shaped, cross-gable plan with steeply pitched roofs and buff brick. It is notable for its decorative features which are executed with a high degree of craftsmanship. These include: rusticated quoins; moulded window hoods and surrounds; the canted bay window; and entrance.

Ballyduff Presbyterian Church was constructed in 1853 and is the oldest church in Manvers Township. It is an excellent example of a mid-century rural church that integrated both Georgian and Gothic elements into a simple design that was consistent with Presbyterian aesthetics during this period. It features both return eaves and lancet windows which are indicative of the two different architectural styles respectively and a simple interior that retains its original tin ceiling. It is an important building in the early history of the community of Ballyduff and a local landmark.

1185 Ballyduff Road, known as Fallingbrook Farm, is significant because it houses an example of a mid-nineteenth century Ontario Gothic farmhouse. Architecturally, the property displays the key characteristics of this house type including: the gable roof; centre gable with lancet window; central entrance with transom and sidelights; and verandah with columns and decorative wooden brackets. The property was settled in 1844 by William Fallis and his family, immigrants from Ireland and the brick and timber for the construction of the house were made and harvested on the property. The Fallis family was one of the first families to settle in Manvers and the property is an important part of the township’s early history.

Designation By-law: 2024-017

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1473 Highway 7A, also known as the Bethany General Store, is a representative, but rare, example of false façade commercial architecture in Bethany. Constructed in 1859, the property displays key characteristic of a false façade commercial building, an ubiquitous mid-nineteenth century vernacular building type which is typified by the use of a large false façade, often including decorative elements, covering a plain, vernacular building to the rear to lend an air of permanence and size to an otherwise non-descript building. It is one of the few buildings of this type remaining extant in Bethany, and in Kawartha Lakes more generally. It is a key commercial establishment in downtown Bethany. It has direct historical associations with the commercial development of Bethany in the mid-nineteenth century after the arrival of the railway in 1856 when the community grew up as the major settlement, commercial and service hub for the surrounding rural agricultural area and yields information regarding the role of the general store in nineteenth century Ontario communities. It is a defining feature of downtown Bethany and a local landmark.

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1474 Highway 7A has cultural heritage value as the former Manvers Township Hall and municipal office. The building was constructed in 1912 as a replacement for an older municipal building from the 1870s and is directly related to the development of local government in Manvers Township in the nineteenth and twentieth century. It is a representative example of a small town municipal building constructed in the Romanesque style and was designed by noted Peterborough architect William Blackwell. The property is a local landmark as a longstanding and continuously operating municipal building, in its former role as a town hall and contemporary role as the local library, as well as the location of the local cenotaph and is also a defining historical feature of downtown Bethany.

Designation By-law: 2024-018

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1475 Highway 7A has cultural heritage value as the former Bank of Toronto and Bethany’s only purpose built bank building. It is a representative example of a small-town bank branch constructed in the early twentieth century. Constructed in 1920 to the design of noted Peterborough architect W.R.L. Blackwell, the building demonstrates key features found in bank design at this time, including the use of a restrained Edwardian Classical style in the first two decades of the twentieth century. Through its historical role as the Bank of Toronto and later TD Bank, the property yields information regarding the commercial development of Bethany throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth century as a primary settlement area and commercial hub for Manvers Township as well as the development of banking in rural Ontario around the turn of the twentieth century when banks expanded into smaller communities through the construction of new branches. It is a defining feature of downtown Bethany and a local landmark.

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1480 Highway 7A, also known as the Old Bethany Post Office, has cultural heritage value as a late nineteenth century vernacular commercial building and former post office in the village of Bethany. Constructed in 1875, the building has architectural value as a representative and rare surviving example of a false façade commercial structure in the village and is one of the few commercial buildings to survive the 1911 fire that destroyed much of downtown Bethany. It has important historic associations in its former roles as both a grain office for the Midland Railway from 1875 and as the Bethany Post office from 1938. It yields key information regarding the economic and social history of the village through these roles. The property has contextual value as a contributing property to the historic main street of downtown Bethany and as a long landmark known both within the community and regionally.

746 Janetville Road was constructed in 1880 and is an excellent example of an Italianate residence. The home, which is a landmark in the local area, is notable particularly for decorative elements, including its ornate verandahs, window surrounds and brackets. It also retains many of its original interior features such as inlaid flooring, a Jacobean-style staircase, and fireplaces, including an Eastlake fireplace on the second floor. It was constructed for Dr. John McAlpine at a time when Janetville was expected to grow into a significant center with the expansion of the rail line.

The Pontypool Grain Elevator has significant architectural and historical importance in the village of Pontypool. The elevator was constructed in the early 1900s and is only one of two surviving freestanding grain elevators from this period in Ontario. Built of post and beam constructed with an exterior cladding of plank and cedar shingles, it was erected by the Good Grain Company and facilitated the movement of local agricultural good along the Canadian Pacific Railway. It is an important marker of the agricultural history of Pontypool and Manvers Township and it is a well-known local landmark.

Designation By-law: 2024-083

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479 Eldon Road has cultural heritage value as a unique example of a rural continuation school in Little Britain and the only building of this type in Mariposa Township. Constructed in 1929 as the Little Britain Continuation School, it was designed in the Beaux-Arts style and is representative of school architecture during the early decades of the early twentieth century although it has been modified since its original construction. It has substantial historical value as the former local school in Little Britain. It yields information regarding the history of education in Mariposa Township and Little Britain more specifically and provides information regarding the role and development of continuation classes in rural Ontario to address gaps in secondary education across the province. It maintains and supports the historic hamlet character of Little Britain and is a local landmark as the former public and continuation school.

Cameron’s Store was constructed in 1864 by Archibald E. Cameron and has architectural and historical importance in the community of Oakwood. It is a good example of a mid-nineteenth century gable front structure. Constructed on a cross gable plan, the building has distinctive buff brick quoins and voussoirs and return eaves. It is an important structure in the development of the commercial core of Oakwood and a part of the community’s historic streetscape.

Salem United Church was constructed in 1885 as the Salem Methodist Church. The building is an excellent example of a rural church constructed using simplified Gothic Revival forms. The building itself is designed on a basic rectangular plan with a central lancet doorway and four bays with lancet windows. The church is minimal in its decorative elements, reflecting the general approach to many rural Methodist churches at this time, with the primary decoration coming from the buff brick quoins, pilasters, and polychromatic window hoods. The property is a landmark building in the local area and, historically, an important meeting point for the local Methodist congregation and community.

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932 Highway 7 has cultural heritage value as the former school house for Mariposa School Section 12, which covered the community of Oakwood beginning in the mid-nineteenth century. It is a representative example of an early twentieth century schoolhouse in Mariposa Township. The school was constructed in 1913 in the Beaux-Arts style which was popular in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries for educational architecture in Ontario and demonstrates a high degree of craftsmanship through its well-executed elements, something that was recognized at the time of its construction. The property is a local landmark and contributing feature to the historic hamlet of Oakwood.

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761 Salem Road is a rare example of a surviving Georgian-style log residence in Mariposa Township. Constructed in the mid-nineteenth century. it is unique in its use of the Georgian style as opposed to the more utilitarian methods of log construction usually found in early settler dwellings. The property was constructed by James Pogue for his family, who settled in Mariposa Township in 1846 and, through the family, yields information regarding the social, demographic and religious development of the township as well as the everyday life of its early settlers. The property contributes to the historic agricultural landscape of Mariposa Township as a surviving nineteenth century farmstead.

1201 Salem Road is a rare and unique example of a Queen Anne style property in Little Britain. The house is unique in its interpretation of the Queen Anne style through its use of a central entrance flanked by two two-storey bays and gables. The house exhibits a high level of craftsmanship throughout, but particularly in the treatment of the gables which feature carved, decorative bargeboard, brackets, fish scale shingles and central windows with decorative surrounds.

Designation By-law: 2024-019

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1 King Street East has cultural heritage value as the former Bank of Toronto and Omemee’s only purpose built bank. It is a representative example of a small-town bank branch constructed in the early twentieth century. Constructed around 1923 likely to the design of noted Peterborough architect W.R.L. Blackwell, the building demonstrates key features found in bank design at this time, including the use of a restrained Edwardian Classical style in the first two decades of the twentieth century. Through its historical role as the Bank of Toronto and later TD Bank, the property yields information regarding the commercial development of Omemee throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth century as the primary settlement and commercial hub in Emily Township, as well as the development of banking in small-town Ontario around the turn of the twentieth century when banks expanded into smaller communities through the construction of new branches. It has direct historical associations with the history of banking and commercial growth in Omemee. It is a contributing feature to the historic downtown streetscape of Omemee and a landmark property.

Designation By-law: 2024-082

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13-17 King Street East has cultural heritage value as a representative example of a Second Empire style commercial block in Omemee. Constructed in 1892 as a replacement for an older commercial block, the property displays key characteristics of the style, including its distinct mansard roof, ornate dormer windows, decorative brickwork and pilasters. It has historical value as the former home of the Omemee post office and through its associations with the Grandy family who both owned the building and served as the postmasters. It yields information regarding the economic development of Omemee in the late nineteenth century and the impact of the three major fires of the early 1890s that destroyed most of the downtown, as well as the role of the post office in community life. It has contextual value as a contributing feature to the historic streetscape of downtown Omemee which is comprised of a range of late nineteenth century commercial buildings that together form a cohesive whole. In particular, it is linked to its surroundings as one of a collection of Second Empire building in the downtown core of the village.

Designation By-law: 2024-158

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16-22 King Street East has cultural heritage value as a representative example of Second Empire style commercial architecture in Omemee and as a former hotel, the Commercial House Hotel. Constructed in 1893, the property displays key characteristics of the Second Empire style as executed in commercial architecture in Ontario in the second half of the nineteenth century, particularly with regard to its distinctive mansard roof with dormer windows. The property has historical value as the former Commercial House Hotel where it is directed related to both Omemee’s economic development throughout the second half of the nineteenth century and the role of the hospitality industry in the community during this period. It also yields information regarding the adoption of the local option in Omemee in 1908 and the impact of the temperance movement in early twentieth century Ontario. The property is a contributing feature to the historic landscape of downtown Omemee as one of a collection of late nineteenth century Second Empire style commercial buildings along King Street East.

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19-21 King Street East has cultural heritage value as a representative example of Italianate commercial architecture in Omemee and as a long-standing pharmacy, known at the time of its construction as Mulligan’s Drug Store. Constructed beginning in late 1891, the property displays key characteristics of the Italianate style as executed in commercial architecture in Ontario in the second half of the nineteenth century, including its flat roof, cornice, and recessed Victorian storefront. The property has historical value in its longstanding role as a drug store in Omemee. The current building was erected on this site after the 1891 fire that swept much of downtown Omemee to replace an older pharmacy on the same site and has functioned in that capacity since that time. The current property was constructed for prominent local businessman and community leader R.J. Mulligan and yields information regarding the pharmacy business in turn-of-the-century small town Ontario. The property is a contributing feature to the historic landscape of downtown Omemee as one of a collection of late nineteenth century Second Empire style commercial buildings along King Street East.

Designation By-law: 2024-159

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24-26 King Street East has cultural heritage value as a unique example of a Victorian commercial building in Omemee. Constructed around 1868, the building is based in the Italianate commercial style, the most popular style for downtown commercial architecture in the second half of the nineteenth century, but is unique for its flattened gable roof with eyebrow dormer windows, an uncommon feature on this type of building. It includes key features of the Italianate style including its two-storey construction to the front and side lot lines, decorative brickwork and division into bays by pilasters. The property has historical value as a former general store run by local businessman Isaac McNeely, a prominent Omemee resident throughout the second half of the nineteenth century. It yields information regarding Omemee’s economic development throughout the second half of the nineteenth century and the role of the general store in nineteenth century communities. The property is a contributing feature to the historic landscape of downtown Omemee and one of only five extant commercial buildings in the downtown that predate 1890.

Designation By-law: 2024-080; 2024-081

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31-37 King Street East has cultural heritage value as a representative example of a Second Empire style commercial block in Omemee. Constructed between 1890 and 1891 as a replacement for an older commercial block, the property displays key characteristics of the style, including its distinct mansard roof, ornate dormer windows, decorative brickwork and pilasters. It has historical value as the home of two former Omemee businesses: T. Ivory & Sons General Store and Williamson’s Harness and Shoe Shop. It yields information regarding the economic development of Omemee in the late nineteenth century and the impact of the three major fires of the early 1890s that destroyed most of the downtown. It has contextual value as a contributing feature to the historic streetscape of downtown Omemee which is comprised of a range of late nineteenth century commercial buildings that together form a cohesive whole. In particular, it is linked to its surroundings as one of a collection of Second Empire building in the downtown core of the village.

This property is comprised of two separate parcels (31-35 King Street East and 37 King Street East), each with its own designating by-law.

Designation By-law: 2024-142

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34-36 King Street East has cultural heritage value as a representative, but unique example of an Italianate commercial block in downtown Omemee. Constructed in 1863, the property displays key characteristics of the Italianate commercial style including three storey construction with a flat roof, decorative brickwork, pilasters and ground floor commercial units, alongside its cast iron storefront. It is one of only five extant commercial buildings in downtown Omemee that predate the early 1890s. the property has historical value as the site of McPherson’s General Store, and important late nineteenth and early twentieth century Omemee business. The property is a contributing feature to the historic streetscape of downtown Omemee.

Coronation Hall was constructed in 1911 and has significant architectural, historical and contextual importance in the village of Omemee. The building is an excellent example of an early twentieth century music hall and is also a rare example of a Prairie style building in Ontario. The building displays key elements of the Prairie style including its flat roof, wide eaves, combination of stucco and brick in a neutral colour palette, and horizontal bands of windows. Like most examples of Canadian Prairie style architecture, it differs from its American counterparts because it has a more vertical massing but still reflects the horizontal lines that characterize this style. The property has an important association with Flora McCrae Eaton, Lady Eaton, who was born in Omemee and who donated the building to serve as the village’s town hall and performance centre. It is named in honour of the 1911 coronation of King George V and Queen Mary. The property is an important landmark building on the main street of Omemee.

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1590 Elm Tree Road has cultural heritage value as an early and representative example of a Georgian style residence constructed in stone in Ops Township. Believed to have been built around 1840, the house demonstrates the key elements of the Georgian style include three-bay construction, symmetrical massing, large sash windows and symmetrical massing. The property yields information regarding the growth of the township in the early part of the nineteenth century in its initial role as an inn, and later as a farmhouse which was largely rented out and provides information on agricultural tenancy in Victorian Ontario. It supports and maintains the rural agricultural landscape of Ops Township and is a local landmark, as a well known structure located in a prominent location at the intersection of Highway 7 and Elm Tree Road.

52 Somerville 2nd Concession is architecturally significant as an excellent example of a traditional and extremely well-preserved nineteenth century log cabin. The cabin is a good example of squared log construction with dovetailed joints. The property also has significant historical value in the history of Somerville Township where it was used as a base for the logging camp on the Burnt River, which was a key part of the area’s early economy. It was also home to the Graham family, some of the earliest settlers in Somerville Township who constructed the property in 1860.

The Austin Sawmill is a landmark structure in the village of Kinmount as one of a number of sawmills constructed in the Kinmount area in the nineteenth century and one of the largest in the region. The first sawmill was constructed here in 1874 by William Craig and John Austin; the current sawmill, constructed in 1942, is the third on this site after the first two burned down in 1908 and 1942 respectively. The sawmill is an important structure in the history of the village, because of the importance of the local lumbering industry which drove the growth of the town beginning in the nineteenth century. It also has historical connections to the Austin family who operated the mill.

The Kinmount Rail Station was first constructed in 1876 as part of the expansion of the rail system from Lindsay to Haliburton in the late 1870s and reconstructed in the early twentieth century after the Grand Trunk Railway takeover of the line. It is architecturally significant as a surviving example of a standard plan GTR rural railway statio from the early twentieth century. The station has historical and contextual value as the key transportation hub in the village of Kinmount and remains an important landmark in the community.

Kinmount United Church was constructed between 1866 and 1867 and is an important historic structure in the village of Kinmount. The church has important architectural significance as a balloon frame structure, a structural type that had developed in the early to mid-nineteenth century as a more cost effective and easier to erect alternative to post and beam construction. In addition, it retains some important decorative features including the church bell, stained glass, unique wainscoting and globe light fixtures. First constructed as the Presbyterian Church of Scotland, it has historical significance as the oldest publically used building and first church constructed in the community. It is a landmark building in the community, located at the top of East Hill.

4983 Monck Road, known locally as Gilmour House, has architectural significance as an excellent example of a vernacular Ontario Gothic Cottage. Constructed in brick, it has the typical centre hall plan with a central gable and rounded window. It retains it front verandah with decorative wooden gingerbread and the decorative bargeboard in the front gable of the house. The house was occupied by Ivy Gilmour from 1930s to the 1950s and was the location of a locally significant event, namely the creation of a quilt to honour the visit of King George VI in 1939.

Designation By-law: 2023-153

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353 Bury’s Green Road has cultural heritage value as a representative example of a rural Presbyterian church from the second half of the nineteenth century and associated cemetery. Constructed in 1874 to replace an older log building, the church displays typical features of a rural Presbyterian church from this period, integrating both Classical and Gothic Revival features onto an overall plain structure. The property has direct historical associations with the history and development of the hamlet of Bury’s Green which developed in this area as a scattered agricultural settlement beginning around 1860 and yields information regarding religious life in the area in the late nineteenth century. It also has historical associations with local farmer and politician John Fell, who was both the longstanding Reeve of Somerville Township and MPP for Victoria North and donated the land and were heavily involved in the church. The church and cemetery have long been recognized as a local landmark and are contributing features to the historic landscape of Bury’s Green.

Sturgeon Point Union Church has important architectural, historical and contextual value. Architecturally, it is one of the few octagonal structures in Kawartha Lakes and is of a unique post and beam structure with a central pillar and windows on seven sides of the structure. It has historical and contextual value as part of the historic community of Sturgeon Point and was funded by one of its early cottaging families, the Flavelles. It is a landmark building and an important part of the community’s historic landscape.

The Sturgeon Point rain shelter is a rare, intact example of an Edwardian rain shelter constructed as a passenger waiting area for steamboat transport. Constructed around 1903, it has significant historical connections to the history of steamboats in the Kawartha Lakes and their importance in the growth of Sturgeon Point as a holiday destination in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Designation By-law: 2023-154

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797 Martins Road has cultural heritage value as a representative example of a rural Anglican church constructed in the Gothic Revival style and associated cemetery. Constructed in 1876, the church displays typical features of a Gothic Revival church constructed in the late nineteenth century, despite its small size and rural location. These include its steeply pitched gable roof, distinct chancel, group of lancet windows on the east elevation and a side entrance porch. The property has direct historical associations with the history and development of the hamlet of Bury’s Green which developed in this area as a scattered agricultural settlement beginning around 1860 and yields information regarding religious life in the area in the late nineteenth century. It also has historical associations with local farmer and politician John Fell, who was both the longstanding Reeve of Somerville Township and MPP for Victoria North and attended this church, as well as with the Lamb family who donated the land and were heavily involved in the church. The church and cemetery have long been recognized as local landmarks and is a contributing features to the historic landscape of Bury’s Green.

100A King Street, Woodville is known locally as the Woodville Town Hall and has historical and architectural significant. The building was constructed in 1903 and features a rusticated foundation, red brick construction and a distinctive octagonal tower. The interior displays a high degree of craftsmanship in its retained interior woodwork. The building has historically been used as a gathering place by residents of Woodville and the surrounding rural hamlets for community events and is a local landmark as a key civic structure.

121 King Street is one of the oldest and most ornate Victorian homes in Woodville and is an excellent and representative example of this building type. It features a Queen Anne style wraparound verandah on three sides which contains decorative brackets, gingerbread trims and railing and ornate stained glass windows. It has historical significance because of its associations with the Stoddart family and their funeral businesses in both Woodville and Victoria County more broadly which were, at one time, run from this house. The property forms part of the historic landscape of King Street in Woodville.

124 King Street in Woodville is a good example of a Victorian vernacular residence. It is a red brick building with distinctive buff brick detailing that shows a high degree of craftsmanship. This detail includes the rusticated quoins and moulded window hoods. The property has historical and contextual significance in Woodville having been constructed by nineteenth century postmaster John Morrison for his daughter. It is a contributing property to the historic landscape of King Street in Woodville.

145 King Street is an excellent and unique example of a Victorian residential buildings. Constructed in 1867, the plans for the house came from Scotland and it was considered such an exemplary structure that a drawing of it appeared in the 1881 Victoria County Atlas. It includes a number of architecturally significant features including decorative gingerbread, bay windows, and decorative brick window surrounds. It has historical significance as the home of John Morrison, who served as Reeve of Eldon between 1860 and 1861 and was elected to the first Dominion Parliament as the representative for Victoria North.

56 King Street was constructed in Woodville in 1837 and is an excellent, representative example of a Georgian-style house. It features a number of important historic architectural attributes including its chimneys, windows, and return eaves. The property has also retained a number of original interior features which include three fireplaces, original pine floors, original Peter Robinson windows, and a spiral staircase. The property also has historical significance as the Presbyterian manse in the community of Woodville and contextual significance as part of the historic landscape of King Street and in its links to the former Presbyterian church.

Designation By-law: 2023-144

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109 Nappadale Street has cultural heritage value as a representative example of Beaux-Arts educational architecture in Kawartha Lakes and the only one in Woodville. The building, which was constructed 1923 as a replacement for an older Victorian public school, demonstrates the key characteristics of Beaux-Arts educational design as executed in urban and village areas, including symmetrical massing with a central hall, and Classical design elements. It has direct historical associations with the history of education in Woodville and the surrounding area and yields information regarding the development of rural education in Kawartha Lakes throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It is a representative example of the work of Lindsay-based architect John Thomson Hornsby who executed a wide array of public buildings in Kawartha Lakes and the surrounding region. The school is a local landmark and contributes to the historic hamlet character of Woodville.