Heritage Designation of 130-132 William Street North, Town of Lindsay

Notice: Designation of Property under the Ontario Heritage Act

Take Notice that the Council of the City of Kawartha Lakes, on January 30, 2024, passed By-law 2024-016 to designate the following property under Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.18, as a property of cultural heritage value or interest:

130-132 William Street North, Town of Lindsay
PT LT 5 N/S FRANCIS ST PL TOWN PLOT PT 1 57R2208; CITY OF KAWARTHA LAKES

Statement of Reasons for Designation

Design and Physical Value
130-132 William Street North has cultural heritage value as a representative, but late, example of an Italianate commercial building in Lindsay. 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. This architectural style was the most popular style for urban commercial architecture throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth century and the subject property is a representative example of a detached structure of this type. It is also unique as a surviving industrial office building in Lindsay, at a time when most administrative offices integrated into larger industrial complexes and no longer survive with the departing of those industries from Lindsay throughout the twentieth century. 

Historical and Associative Value
130-132 William Street North has historical and associative value as the former Carew Lumber Company Office. 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. 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. The majority of the company’s complex, which once stood to the northeast of this site, is no longer extant and the subject property is the remaining built feature from this major industrial site. The site holds additional historical value in its direct historical association with John Carew and, more broadly, the Carew family on a personal level. In addition to his business activities, Carew served as the Member of Provincial Parliament for Victoria North and the family as a whole was a significant family in late nineteenth and early twentieth century Lindsay.

Contextual Value
130-132 William Street North has contextual value as a contributing feature to the historic landscape of William Street North which contains a range of late nineteenth and early twentieth century properties. the property is of a similar size, massing and age to its surroundings and contributes to the overall mature and developed character of the surrounding area. The property is historically linked to its surroundings as part of the turn of the century development of this area of Lindsay which includes a wide array of properties constructed in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The property is also linked historically and functionally to the nearby Scugog River which was integral for the operations of the lumber company and the wider lumber processing landscape of late nineteenth and early twentieth century Lindsay.

Further information respecting the designation is available at the City’s Economic Development Department. Interested parties may object to the designating by-law to the Ontario Land Tribunal. Any objection to this designation must be filed within 30 days of February 7, 2024 and include the reasons for objection to the designating by-law and the fee charged by the Tribunal. Objections should be directed to: Cathie Richie, Clerk, City of Kawartha Lakes, P.O. Box 9000, 26 Francis Street, Lindsay, ON K9V 5R8.

The by-law will come into effect on the day following the last day of the notice period.

For further information regarding the property, please consult the Heritage Evaluation Report.

Any inquiries may be directed to:

Economic Development Officer- Heritage Planning
City of Kawartha Lakes,
180 Kent Street West, Lindsay, ON  K9V 2Y6
(705) 324-9411 ext.1366
eturner@kawarthalakes.ca