Notice of Intention to Designate 101 King Street, Town of Lindsay

Statement of Reasons for Designation
Design and Physical Value 
101 King Street has design and physical value as a representative example of an Ontario Gothic cottage in Lindsay. Likely constructed in the early 1870s, it displays key characteristics of this extremely popular domestic architectural style which developed in the middle decades of the nineteenth century and became pervasive across the province throughout the second half of the century in both rural and urban settings. Its key features include its one-and-a-half storey construction, gable roof, projecting front gable and unique ogee feature window in the front gable. It is demonstrative of the execution of this style across Ontario and Kawartha Lakes in the second half of the nineteenth century and retains an array of decorative features from its initial construction.

Historical and Associative Value
101 King Street has historical and associative value through its direct associations with Indigenous leader and First World War veteran Johnston Paudash who purchased the house in 1925. Paudash was born at Hiawatha in 1875 and became one of Canada’s most decorated and effective snipers during the First World War. Paudash was an important community leader and integral participant in the commission hearings of the Williams Treaties in 1923 to which he was a signatory. Through its association with Paudash, the property yields information regarding the negotiations of the Williams Treaties and Indigenous treaty rights in Kawartha Lakes, as well as the role of Indigenous people in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War.

Contextual Value
101 King Street has contextual value as a contributing property to the historic residential landscape of Lindsay’s East Ward. As one of a collection of residential properties constructed on the east side of the Scugog River in the second half of the nineteenth century, it reflects the historic nature of this area of the community as a working-class neighbourhood defined by smaller, plainer historic homes than in other areas of Lindsay located in close proximity to the historic industrial area along the Scugog River. Through its history, size, massing and style, the subject property support and maintains the historic working-class residential character of this area of Lindsay and is historically, visually and functionally linked to its surroundings as part of the nineteenth and early twentieth century development of this area.

Further information respecting the proposed designation is available at the City’s Economic Development Department. Any objection to this designation must be filed within 30 days of November 26, 2025. Objections should be directed to: Cathie Richie, Clerk, City of Kawartha Lakes, P.O. Box 9000, 26 Francis Street, Lindsay, ON K9V 5R8. Objections may be filed electronically at clerks@kawarthalakes.ca.

For more information regarding the property, please refer to its 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

The last date for objection is 4:00 p.m. on December 26, 2025.