PUBLIC NOTICE - Notice of Intention to Designate - 61 Cambridge Street

In the matter of the Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter O.18 and in the matter of the property located at 61 Cambridge Street, City of Cambridge, in the Province of Ontario

TAKE NOTICE THAT the Council of the Corporation of the City of Cambridge intends to designate the property municipally known as 61 Cambridge Street under Section 29, Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter O.18, as a property of cultural heritage value or interest.

Legal Description

PT PKLT 4 PL 444 CAMBRIDGE PT 2, 67R878; CAMBRIDGE

Description of Property

The property at 61 Cambridge Street is located on the east side of Cambridge Street (formerly known as Market Street) in the historic Town of Galt and now the City of Cambridge. The property contains a two-storey yellow brick residence, built in the Italianate architectural stye in the late 19th century, circa 1880 and contains several additions and modifications but the original form is preserved.

Statement of Cultural Heritage Value or Interest

Design and Physical Value

The subject property of 61 Cambridge Street contains a two-storey brick building built in the Italianate architectural style built in the late 19th century in Galt, circa 1880. The Italianate style, inspired by Tuscan architecture during the Italianate Renaissance, was seen as an alternative to the Classical Revival and Gothic Revival styles according to the Ontario Architectural Style Guide 2009. The style tended to be highly decorative or with controlled ornateness with elements such as overhanging eaves with decorative brackets, verandahs or porches, tall and narrow arched windows, and bay windows.

Representative attributes of the Italianate style by the buff brick exterior, medium-pitch cross-gable roof with overhanging eaves and trim, decorative bargeboard on the front facing gable, decorative brackets on gable ends, one-storey bay windows with decorative brackets and trim, narrow arched window openings, brick voussoirs, sills, entrance with transom and sidelight, brick chimney, covered front one-storey verandah along the front façade, and stone foundation.

The subject property displays a high degree of craftsmanship through the decorative bargeboard on the front facing gable.

Contextual Value

The subject property at 61 Cambridge Street maintains and supports the late 19th century residential-commercial character of Cambridge Street from the south of the intersection of Park Hill Road East onwards, as well as the overall historic character of the Town of Galt, through its Italianate architectural style, construction materials, form, and setback which helps to give a visual setting and character.

The subject property is visually linked to 65 Cambridge Street and 67 Cambridge Street as the subject property’s architectural style, construction materials, orientation and form, used to build all three houses are incredibly similar, aside from modern additions and the removal of the verandah from 67 Cambridge Street.

Description of Heritage Attributes

The identified heritage attributes of the property municipally known as 61 Cambridge Street that contribute to its physical and design value include:

• Two-storey, Italianate style brick building, built circa. 1880
• Buff Brick exterior;
• Medium-pitch cross-gable roof with overhanging eaves and trim;
• Decorative bargeboard on the front facing gable;
• Decorative brackets on gable ends;
• One-storey bay windows with decorative brackets and trim;
• Narrow arched window openings;
• Brick Voussoirs;
• Sills;
• Entrance with transom and sidelight;
• Brick chimney;
• Covered front one-storey verandah along the front façade; and
• Stone foundation

The identified heritage attributes of the property at 61 Cambridge Street that contribute to its contextual value include:

• The property’s legibility as a late-19th century, two-and-a-half storey Italianate building along Cambridge Street in the historic Town of Galt
• The setback, location, and orientation of the late 19th century Italianate building on Cambridge Street in the historic Town of Galt
• The scale, form, and massing of the original building on Cambridge Street in the historic Town of Galt

These features contribute to the cultural heritage value of the property by reflecting physical/design value in the house’s original layout, original building material, and historic architectural and design features. The assemblage of these architectural elements forms a representative example of the Italianate architectural style.

The property’s heritage designation does not extend to any interior features

Further information regarding the proposed designation may be obtained from the Policy Planning Division (Heritage Planning) at heritageinfo@cambridge.ca.

Objection

Any person may, within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice, serve on the City Clerk of the City of Cambridge a Notice of Objection to the proposed designation. The notice must set out the reason(s) for the objection and all relevant facts.

Notice of Objection should be addressed to:

City Clerk, The Corporation of the City of Cambridge
50 Dickson Street
P.O. Box 669, Cambridge, Ontario N1R 5W8
Email: clerks@cambridge.ca

The property’s heritage designation does not extend to any interior features nor any additions or outbuildings.