This dataset includes over 910 heritage properties included in the Oakville Heritage Register. Each heritage property information contains street address location, ByLaw, designated year, built year, status, history and description. This heritage property dataset is linked to Oakville address point dataset, and other datasets such as various bulding permits, property information, etc.
| Subject | Landuse and Development |
| Jurisdiction | Planning & Development, Town of Oakville, Province of Ontario |
| Data Provider | Town of Oakville |
| Source | https://portal-exploreoakville.opendata.arcgis.com/ |
All heritage properties in Oakville are included in the Oakville Heritage Register, an official list of properties which are identified by the town as having cultural heritage value or interest. This is required in accordance with the Ontario Heritage Act (OHA). The Heritage Register includes the following types: (1) individually designated properties which fall under Part IV of the OHA; (2) properties designated within Heritage Conservation Districts which fall under Part V of the OHA; (3) properties which are not designated but believed to be of cultural heritage value or interest (listed properties).
This dataset includes 910 heritage properties in the Oakville Heritage Register. The data fields of properties include street address location, ByLaw, designated year, built year, status, history, description, etc. Each property data is linked to its address point data, and also other data such as various building permits.
Built Year: 1916-17 Designation Year: 2010 ByLaw: 2010-098 Status: Part IV History: The Peterkin House is associated with Charles Peterkin, a local Fenian Raids veteran and Toronto businessman, who purchased the property in 1915. Peterkin, along with his wife Annie Josephine, had the house constructed c.1916-1917 as a home in which to retire. The house is also associated with Albert Edward Gooderham, a philanthropist and member of the prominent Gooderham family of Toronto, who owned the house in the 1930s and 1940s. Gooderham created a home for children with tuberculosis, and funded the University of Toronto’s Anti-Toxine farm, which supplied serum for the Second British Army during World War I. The house reinforces the character of an area of Oakville known locally as “Millionaire’s Row” where a number of wealthy Toronto residents built estates in the early 20th Century. Description: The Peterkin House is a rare and early example of a stone house inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement, with elements of both Queen Anne and Bungalow style architecture, built circa 1916-17. It features stone exterior walls, a 2 1/2 storey form with a front and side porch, chimneys, lintels and sills all executed in stone. The house features a gambrel roof, corner tower, dormers and wood windows with decorative lead-pane glass. |
Built Year: 1860 Designation Year: 2010 ByLaw: 2010-129 Status: Part IV History: The Coté House is associated with Louis B. Coté, a carriagemaker who is believed to have built the house in the late 1860s. The most prominent owner of the house was Coté's son, Louis Vincent Coté, who became Oakville’s fifth Postmaster in 1904. Coté lived in the house until 1919 and continued his prominent position as Postmaster until his death in 1937. Description: The Coté House is a two storey vernacular interpretation of a Classic Revival Style residence. It features a two storey form with a symmetrical 3 bay front façade. The house may have originally been a one storey house with a full second storey added later. |
Built Year: 1907 Designation Year: 2009 ByLaw: 2009-080 Status: Part IV History: In 1906, James Ryrie, a famous Toronto jeweller, purchased the subject property, later naming it “Edgemere”, meaning the edge of the sea. Ryrie commissioned Edmund Burke and John Horwood of the renowned Burke & Horwood firm in Toronto to design the estate mansion. Three years later, prominent Canadian landscape architect Charles Ernest Woolverton was commissioned by Ryrie to complete the landscape plan for the estate. After the development of this estate, others followed to lay out large estates along the lakeshore in what became known as “Canada’s Newport.” Description: The elements included in this designation are the prominent entrance gates and wall along Lakeshore Road. The highly visible gate and wall serve as a unique example of a construction method which displays a high degree of craftsmanship and is representative of an early style. The main entrance is an English style timber gate constructed of wooden pegs and includes a brass plaque that reads “Edgemere”. The property wall has a rubble stone foundation and is crowned with cut stone and at regular intervals its length is interrupted by rubble stone pillars with cut stone caps. |
Built Year: 1921 Designation Year: 1999 ByLaw: 1999-058 Status: Part IV History: Ballymena Estate. Lieutenant Colonel William Fletcher Eaton, son of Timothy Eaton, purchased the property in 1916 and named the estate Ballymena after the Eaton family's ancestral home in Ireland. The gatehouse was built in the Tudor style in 1916. In 1943, the Honourable Ray Lawson purchased the property and the building served as his personal residence during his term as Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario. Description: This designation includes the entrance gates and fence and the gatehouse building. The decorative wrought iron entrance gates were built c.1917 and flanked by stone side walls. The gateposts are Credit Valley stone and bear the name "Ballymena". The gatehouse is clad with Roman Stone architraves and sills and rough stucco with half timbering. |
Built Year: 1903 Designation Year: 1996 ByLaw: 1996-012 Status: Part IV / Part V History: Davis Block. Originally occupied by W.S. Davis, successful businessman and real estate agent, and by Oakville’s third post office. In 1910, the Bank of Hamilton established a branch in the building and Davis became bank manager until 1922 when the Bank of Commerce took over the branch. Other businesses occupying the building included Dominion Grocery, Eaton’s Order Centre, H.E. Carley Shoe Repair, Reward Shoes, Braddock Optical, Carberry-Davis Insurance Brokers. The 2nd floor was a residential apartment for many years before becoming offices in the 1950s. Description: Commercial vernacular demonstrating an Italianate influence. The "temple effect" created by the front gable is accentuated by the introduction of a circular window with foil in the brick veneer which was subsequently applied to this early frame and weatherboard building. Important contributor to the downtown and part of an uninterrupted heritage streetscape. |
Built Year: 1903 Designation Year: 1996 ByLaw: 1996-012 Status: Part IV / Part V History: Davis Block. Originally occupied by W.S. Davis, successful businessman and real estate agent, and by Oakville’s third post office. In 1910, the Bank of Hamilton established a branch in the building and Davis became bank manager until 1922 when the Bank of Commerce took over the branch. Other businesses occupying the building included Dominion Grocery, Eaton’s Order Centre, H.E. Carley Shoe Repair, Reward Shoes, Braddock Optical, Carberry-Davis Insurance Brokers. The 2nd floor was a residential apartment for many years before becoming offices in the 1950s. Description: Commercial vernacular demonstrating an Italianate influence. The "temple effect" created by the front gable is accentuated by the introduction of a circular window with foil in the brick veneer which was subsequently applied to this early frame and weatherboard building. Important contributor to the downtown and part of an uninterrupted heritage streetscape. |
Built Year: 1866 Designation Year: 1993 ByLaw: 1993-023 Status: Part IV History: Originally patented from the Crown in 1828 to King’s College which was given substantial land grants in Trafalgar Township in the 1820’s to finance their learning institution. In 1831, the property was sold to Robert Kelley, and later ownership was transferred to Robert Kelley’s wife Mary who later was remarried to Richard Hopgood. During Hopgood’s ownership the building that exists now was built. The Hopgoods lived in a farmhouse north of Lakeshore Road E. and rented the house to W. E. Hagaman, who ran the firm of Gage and Hagaman Company with James Gage. These men imported grain and manufactured American goods. From 1880 the property had many owners including John Robinson, a farmer from Ireland, Phillip Triller Kelley, Sarah Page, wife of one of Oakville’s respected doctors, Dr. Andrew William Porte, and Melville Ross Gooderham. In 1959 the property was subdivided with the main house retained on one of the lots and the barn on its own lot later converted into a residence. Description: This 2 storey stucco clad house was built in Italianate style with features of the Neoclassical Revival style. Recorded for the Canadian Inventory of Historic Buildings as the "The Bush House". |
Built Year: 1886 Designation Year: 1993 ByLaw: 1993-051 Status: Part IV History: The house was built by brothers John, James and Peter Morrison in 1886. It was the second house on the property. The Morrison brothers were natives of Scotland and were large exporters of cattle to Scotland. They ran a butcher shop next to the Romain Block on Lakeshore Road and kept their stock on their farm surrounding the house at 1189 Lakeshore Rd E. The farm and house were later run by William Morrison, a son of one of the brothers. Description: Victorian Gothic Revival style. The house is L-shaped, 2 storeys with a centre hall plan, steep pitched gables, decorative bargeboards, projecting bay windows and an ornate verandah and balcony. |
Built Year: 1844 Designation Year: 1993 ByLaw: 1993-052 Status: Part IV History: Joshua Leach House. Joshua Leach, a carpenter, bought the original 200 acres of the property and built his home, a sawmill and a threshing mill. In 1844, the mill was taken over by his son William. In 1922, the house was moved to its current location by Mr. James Ryrie for use by his estate manager. Description: One and a half storey cottage with Georgian details. |
Built Year: 1922 Designation Year: 1993 ByLaw: 1993-47 Status: Part IV / Part V History: Built on the Lunau Block. Prior to the construction of the building the site was occupied by Oakville¿s second post office for 47 years beginning in 1856 until the building was moved to a new foundation on Church Street in 1903. The property was then left vacant until 1921 when it was purchased and then built upon by E.P Lunau. The Lunau Block is an important contributor to the downtown streetscape. Description: Commercial architectural style of the 1920's, based on Italianate influence. |
Built Year: 1835 Designation Year: 1993 ByLaw: 1993-049 Status: Part IV / Part V History: Built in 1835 by Richard Tucker. In 1839, the store was sold to William Creighton, a general merchant. In 1853, the store was sold to David Arnott, a prominent merchant. Due to economic depression, the building remained vacant from 1869 to 1873 when it was purchased by William Joyce, a general merchant. In 1924 the William Joyce General Store closed. In the following years, the building was occupied by a series of merchants. Description: Classical Revival style 2-storey frame building clad in siding. |
Built Year: 1910 Designation Year: 1993 ByLaw: 1993-045 Status: Part IV / Part V History: Former Bank of Montreal. Originally the location of the first St. Jude’s Anglican Church which served Oakville for over 45 years until the congregation outgrew the church in 1879. The church was then sold to Samuel McGiffin who converted it into a hardware store until 1898 when the building was secured by the Merchant’s Bank. Eventually the bank was torn down and the existing building was constructed on the site, designed by Robert McGiffin. In 1922 the Merchant's Bank amalgamated with the Bank of Montreal. Description: Beaux Arts style, typical for many bank buildings during the early part of this century. Notable features include stone sills, brick voussoirs and keystones and large pilasters on the front façade. |
Built Year: 1910 Designation Year: 1993 ByLaw: 1993-045 Status: Part IV / Part V History: Former Bank of Montreal. Originally the location of the first St. Jude’s Anglican Church which served Oakville for over 45 years until the congregation outgrew the church in 1879. The church was then sold to Samuel McGiffin who converted it into a hardware store until 1898 when the building was secured by the Merchant’s Bank. Eventually the bank was torn down and the existing building was constructed on the site, designed by Robert McGiffin. In 1922 the Merchant's Bank amalgamated with the Bank of Montreal. Description: Beaux Arts style, typical for many bank buildings during the early part of this century. Notable features include stone sills, brick voussoirs and keystones and large pilasters on the front façade. |
Built Year: 1921 Designation Year: 1993 ByLaw: 1993-046 Status: Part IV / Part V History: Built in 1921 for the Bank of Toronto, founded in 1844. The bank closed down in the depression of 1860. In 1902, the Bank of Toronto returned to Oakville and in 1921 moved to the new building at the present location. Before the bank was built, the site was occupied by Colonel Chisholm’s house, William F. Romain’s store and Gullege’s Saddlery store. Description: French Beaux Arts style based on interpretation of numerous classical elements. The polychromatic masonry consisting of cut stone and red brick accentuates the corner quoins, window surrounds and jack lintels with keystone. |
Built Year: 1903 Designation Year: 1993 ByLaw: 1993-048 Status: Part IV / Part V History: Built in 1903 in conjunction with the adjacent Davis Block. This building housed a number of businesses over the years including a dental office, a private school for girls established in 1914 by Miss Willis and Miss Boulton, and Byers Drug Store, owned by John R. Byers an active figure in the public life of Oakville. Description: Italianate style brick commercial building with stone details. |
Built Year: 1835 Designation Year: 1993 ByLaw: 1993-049 Status: Part IV / Part V History: Built in 1835 by Richard Tucker. In 1839, the store was sold to William Creighton, a general merchant. In 1853, the store was sold to David Arnott, a prominent merchant. Due to economic depression, the building remained vacant from 1869 to 1873 when it was purchased by William Joyce, a general merchant. In 1924 the William Joyce General Store closed. In the following years, the building was occupied by a series of merchants. Description: Classical Revival style 2-storey frame building clad in siding. |
Built Year: 1903 Designation Year: 1991 ByLaw: 1991-187 Status: Part IV History: Isaac Cort Wilson bought the property where the building now stands in the 1880s and established a market garden farm on the 100 acre property providing such crops as raspberries, beets, peas etc. In 1902-03 he built the present building. Isaac Wilson was active in church life and was a founder, Sunday School leader and superintendent of the Non-Denominational Church called St. Cuthberts which eventually became an Anglican Church. In 1918 Ernest Lancaster Wilson, son of Isaac Wilson, took ownership of the farm, house and property. The property may be the location of a prehistoric Aboriginal encampment. Description: Excellent example of the Canadian-Italianate style with its square form, richly decorated boxed cornice with frieze, large brackets, original slate hip roof and paired tall chimneys. |
Built Year: 1830 Designation Year: 1991 ByLaw: 1991-048 Status: Part IV History: Originally purchased in 1806 by John Bradley Sr. and sold to Barnett Griggs, who constructed the building. Griggs used it as an inn called the Halfway House, given its name because of its halfway location between Toronto and Hamilton. Barnett Griggs sold the property to Thompson Smith, and in 1866 Smith sold it to Barnett Griggs Moore (grandson of Barnett Griggs). James Ryrie, a jeweler from Toronto, purchased the property and moved the house back from the road. His son Harry occupied the house and developed excellent orchards on the property. Description: Characteristics of the Georgian style and some Neoclassical features. |
Built Year: 1835 Designation Year: 1991 ByLaw: 1991-165 Status: Part IV / Part V History: Built by Dr. John Urquhart, one of Oakville's most distinguished early citizens. Dr. John Urquhart was a teacher in West Gwillimbury Township until the Asiatic Cholera Epidemic in 1832 when he gave up his teaching position to assist with the sick in the hospital in Toronto. Dr John Urquhart then became qualified to practice medicine and assisted in various epidemics that periodically swept the country in a building he constructed at 182 Lakeshore Road called the Medical Hall. He was also an active participant in other areas of community life in Oakville including the Presbyterian Church, Oakville Council, and Mayor. After John Urquhart's death in 1933, the Medical Hall was discontinued and purchased by Mat and Tony Palumbo for a fruit and vegetable stand. Description: Classical Revival style 2-storey stucco building. |
Built Year: 1834 Designation Year: 1991 ByLaw: 1991-073 Status: Part IV / Part V History: Fraser Hardware and Ironmonger Store, one of the first commercial buildings to be constructed in Oakville. Built by William Creighton, a general merchant. In 1851 the property was sold and occupied by a number of owners and tenants until 1869 when Charles Coote opened a hardware store. Coote was an active member of the Oakville community and served on the Oakville Town Council. In 1947 the store was purchased by Spencer Fraser who ran a hardware store until 1984 when Frid and Russell Company purchased the property. Description: Oakville vernacular style 2-storey red and buff brick building. Example of an early commercial building. |
Built Year: 1887 Designation Year: 1991 ByLaw: 1991-164 Status: Part IV History: Originally the White Oak Hotel existed at this site. The church was built in 1887 by James McDonald Jr., son of the builder of the first Presbyterian Church in Oakville. It is the tallest heritage structure in Oakville and is an important landmark along Lakeshore Road in Old Oakville. Description: An example of the Gothic Revival period with a traditional English Plan, consisting of narthex, a central nave with galleries on either side, chancel and transept. The frontal elevation is of asymmetrical design, characteristic of the later "Gothic Revival" period, with a central entry portal and corner bell tower. |
Built Year: 1870 Designation Year: 1991 ByLaw: 1991-163 Status: Part IV / Part V History: Erected in 1870 as the home and bakery shop of the Ferrah family. The business was operated for three generations of Ferrahs. Within the building the first soda fountain in Town was installed. Description: Commercial vernacular style with Italianate influence. Symmetrical design and masonry detail are typical of 1870's main street buildings. |
Built Year: 1881 Designation Year: 1991 ByLaw: 1991-075 Status: Part IV / Part V History: William Busby Store. In 1884 William Busby purchased the lot and joined two old buildings together to create a long narrow structure, the existing building. William and his family lived over the shop. William Busby served on the Board of Education for 40 years and was a member of the Board of Trustees of St. John’s Church. He was interested in beautifying Oakville and after his death Busby Park was constructed in his honour. Description: Built in the Picturesque style with decorative cornice, large paired brackets, and wood shutters. |
Built Year: 1881 Designation Year: 1991 ByLaw: 1991-075 Status: Part V History: Known as the William Busby Store. The lot was purchased in 1831 by William Uptegrave and a tavern was built. In 1884 William Busby purchased the lot and joined two old buildings together to create a long narrow structure. William and his family lived over the shop. William Busby served on the Board of Education for forty years and was a member of the Board of Trustees of St. John¿s Church. He was interested in beautifying Oakville and after his death Busby park was constructed in his honor. Description: International style 1-storey concrete building. Contributor to cultural landscape. |
Built Year: 1878 Designation Year: 1991 ByLaw: 1991-186 Status: Part IV / Part V History: Known as Hewson’s Grocery Store, started in 1878 by William G. Hewson, a clerk. Hewson operated a grocery in the James Reid building for 17 years until 1897 when his son James Langeley Hewson took over the business. In 1907, James moved the entire business to this 2-storey building which was designed by Mrs. Hewson. The grocery store developed a reputation for quality. The store was taken over in 1945 by James Hewson's daughter and son-in-law, Isobel and James Black, well known Oakville residents. Description: Commercial vernacular with Italianate influence. Notable features include heavy brick corbelling which forms a detailed cornice on the façade and brick voussoirs over the windows. |
Built Year: 1887 Designation Year: 1990 ByLaw: 1990-228 Status: Part IV / Part V History: Known as the "Anderson Block". Stands on lands that were once the easterly portion of the original "Romain Block". Cyrius W. Anderson built the two-storey structure which abutted the existing Odd Fellow's hall in 1887. The eastern part of the building was let out to the Morden Fuel Company and Ashton Drugs. The upper storey provided the Town with a hall which could be used for parties and dances. C.W. Anderson used the lower porition of the westerly-half of the building for 2 banks which he and his sons operated. The building has had many tenants since Anderson's day. Description: Italianate Influences. |
1409 LAKESHORE RD E (Highway 2) Built Year: 1850 Designation Year: 1990 ByLaw: 1990-109 Status: Part IV History: The original owner of the property was John C. Harris in 1823. In 1847 John Moore purchased the property. In 1909 the property was purchased by James Ryrie, a jewelry and silverware merchant who held many directorships and was involved in humanitarian activities in the City of Toronto. In 1914 James Ryrie sold the property to Herbert Coplain Cox, President and General Manager of Canada Life Assurance Company. The property remained in the Cox family until 1988. Description: This 2-storey T-shaped stucco house is setback from Lakeshore Road. The door is centrally located with a flat transom and the porch is open at the front and sides with metal treillage. |
Built Year: 1820 Designation Year: 1990 ByLaw: 1990-001 Status: Part IV History: The building was originally constructed in the 1820s by John C. Harris. In 1850 George W. Griggs, an early settler, purchased the property and undertook the first major renovation. The second renovation occurred when the property was owned by William Blackwell during the time 1871-1873. After 1910 the house was stuccoed. In the 1900s the house was converted into a residence for the elderly, operated by the Independent Order of Oddfellows. Description: Loyalist/Georgian style with interior detailing. |
Built Year: 1883 Designation Year: 1990 ByLaw: 1990-230 Status: Part IV / Part V History: Former site of the Romain Block, or Navy Block, erected by W.F. Romain in 1855. In 1883, this block was destroyed by fire and the existing structure was built in its place. John Barclay, who dealt in dry goods, groceries and clothing, occupied the lower westerly portion of the building while the Masons occupied the space above the store. The Oddfellows occupied the upper easterly half of the block with the local newspaper The Star below them. Description: Ornate example of the Commercial Vernacular period with influences of Renaissance Revival. Notable features include a strongly articulated parapet cornice supported on paired brackets, formal spacing of the ground floor windows and the broad architrave with projecting cornice banding on the original shop fronts. There is a strong symmetrical order created from classical elements, with a central pediment and supporting pilasters. |
Built Year: 1883 Designation Year: 1990 ByLaw: 1990-230 Status: Part IV / Part V History: Former site of the Romain Block, or Navy Block, erected by W.F. Romain in 1855. In 1883, this block was destroyed by fire and the existing structure was built in its place. John Barclay, who dealt in dry goods, groceries and clothing, occupied the lower westerly portion of the building while the Masons occupied the space above the store. The Oddfellows occupied the upper easterly half of the block with the local newspaper The Star below them. Description: Ornate example of the Commercial Vernacular period with influences of Renaissance Revival. Notable features include a strongly articulated parapet cornice supported on paired brackets, formal spacing of the ground floor windows and the broad architrave with projecting cornice banding on the original shop fronts. There is a strong symmetrical order created from classical elements, with a central pediment and supporting pilasters. |
Built Year: 1887 Designation Year: 1990 ByLaw: 1990-228 Status: Part V History: Anderson Block. C. W. Anderson, a Town Councillor, built the 2-storey structure in 1887. The easterly part of the building was let out to the Morden Fuel Company and Ashton Drugs. Anderson used the lower portion of the westerly-half of the building for two banks which he and his sons operated. During the 1950s, the building served as Town Clerk's office and the police station, while the 2nd storey was the meeting place for Town Council. Description: Italianate style commercial building with influences of Romanesque Revival. Notable features include brick voussoirs with keystones, architraves above the upper windows, and other decorative brickwork. |
Built Year: 1887 Designation Year: 1990 ByLaw: 1990-228 Status: Part IV / Part V History: Anderson Block. C. W. Anderson, a Town Councillor, built the 2-storey structure in 1887. The easterly part of the building was let out to the Morden Fuel Company and Ashton Drugs. Anderson used the lower portion of the westerly-half of the building for two banks which he and his sons operated. During the 1950s, the building served as Town Clerk's office and the police station, while the 2nd storey was the meeting place for Town Council. Description: Italianate style commercial building with influences of Romanesque Revival. Notable features include brick voussoirs with keystones, architraves above the upper windows, and other decorative brickwork. |
Built Year: 1917 Designation Year: 1989 ByLaw: 1989-287 Status: Part IV History: "Rycroft". The building was built in 1917 for Ryland H. New and Isabel New. Ryland founded the National Sewer Pipe Company in 1929. The property was later occupied by their son Ryland J. "Kelly" New, a prominent citizen of Oakville. He served as a Town Councillor and a member of the Halton Region Conservation Authority. Description: The structure has a Mediterranean appearance with a stucco exterior and a truncated hip roof, which is punched with hipped dormers. The driveway approach, wrought iron gates and fence contribute to the estate character prevalent along Lakeshore Road East. |
Built Year: 1855 Designation Year: 1988 ByLaw: 1988-075 Status: Part IV / Part V History: Built by James Reid, a local leader in the grain trade. It was sold in 1868 to W. H. Young, a cabinetmaker and undertaker, who held many civic positions including Mayor. Description: 3 storey Italianate style commercial structure with sloped roof, dormers, and raked parapet. Other notable features include the bracketed cornice, corbelled banding, detailed pilasters, and broad frieze. |
Built Year: 1923-24 Designation Year: 1986 ByLaw: 1986-192 Status: Part IV History: Built by Colonel W. G. MacKendrick. In 1960, the property was bought by Mr. James Gairdner and in 1972 he bequeathed the Estate to the Town of Oakville. The main house is now part of the Oakville Galleries, and the gardens are open to the public. Description: Entire property provides an excellent example of a Lake Estate. Unique features include a meandering stream, a pond and formal areas such as the rose garden. |
Built Year: 1939 Designation Year: 1985 ByLaw: 1985-096 Status: Part IV / Part V History: This fine stone building was constructed in 1937 as Oakville's fifth post office. It later served as the Oakville Public Library from 1956 to 1967. Description: Beaux Arts style. The temple-like front space, one-piece cut stone window surround, lintel with a decorative keystone motif, and the rigid symmetry of the balanced façade denote the architectural significance of the building. Other features include the deep bracketed soffit and cornice boards, the applied decorative motifs over the front door, dressed sandstone, combined with the steeply pitched copper clad, and hipped roof with battens. |
Built Year: 1832 Designation Year: 1984 ByLaw: 1984-130 Status: Part IV History: Constructed by George Griggs, a Loyalist. Later purchased in 1847 by Bartholomew Beardsley, Chief Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of New Brunswick and passed to his son James J. Beardsley in 1855. Property consists of 50 acres and is usually referred to as “Beardsley’s Grove”. Description: Vernacular Loyalist architecture. Building has low ceilings supported by hand-hewn Ontario White Pine beams and exterior finish of stucco on lath walls. Some of the early glass window panes remain and all window sashes date back to 1832. |
Status: Listed History: Grenvella Lodge Description: Grenvella Lodge - this property has potential cultural heritage value for its c.1900 cottage along Lakeshore Road, once the residence of W.H. Brouse. |
ByLaw: 1987-108 Status: Part V Description: First Second Street Heritage Conservation District |
Built Year: 1850; 1863 ByLaw: 1987-108 Status: Part V History: Reputed to be built by George Griggs in 1850. Thompson Smith, owner of a planing mill in Oakville. remodelled and enlarged the house in 1863. Medical doctor D.D. Wright owned the property and used the back portion of the house, which is now 88 Second Street, as his office. Description: 2-storey stucco house with gable roof. Architectural details include projecting eaves, moulded soffit, plain frieze, projecting verges, 12/12 windows and entranceway with entablature supported by squared columns. |
ByLaw: 1987-108 Status: Part V Description: First Second Street Heritage Conservation District |
ByLaw: 1987-108 Status: Part V Description: First Second Street Heritage Conservation District |
ByLaw: 1987-108 Status: Part V Description: First Second Street Heritage Conservation District |
ByLaw: 1987-108 Status: Part V Description: First Second Street Heritage Conservation District |
ByLaw: 1987-108 Status: Part V Description: First Second Street Heritage Conservation District |
Status: Listed History: (Report to L.A.C.A.C. Sept 92) Description: This property has potential cultural heritage value for its early 20th century house and garage built with Tudor Revival and Arts and Crafts influences. |
ByLaw: 1987-108 Status: Part V Description: First Second Street Heritage Conservation District |
ByLaw: 1987-108 Status: Part V Description: First Second Street Heritage Conservation District |
Status: Listed History: c.1828The William Uptegrave House Description: William Uptegrave House - this property has potential cultural heritage value for its c.1828 house. |
Status: Listed History: c.1900 The Alec Chisholm House Description: Alec Chisholm House this property has potential cultural heritage value for its c.1900 brick house. |
Built Year: 1860 ByLaw: 2013-004 Status: Part V History: Historically used as the H. Wilson Grocery and by Obediah Marlatt, grain merchant. Description: Greek Revival style 3-storey commercial building with contemporary changes. |
Status: Listed History: c. 1870 The W. S. Speers house Description: W. S. Speers house - this property has potential cultural heritage value for its c.1870 Victorian house. |
Status: Listed History: Part of White Oak Hotel - Garage Description: This property has potential cultural heritage value for its historic commercial building once used as a garage by the White Oak Hotel. |
Status: Listed History: "Bungalow Style House" Description: This property has potential cultural heritage value for its Bungalow style house. |
Status: Listed History: c. 1912 Isaac Warcup (Gristmill Owner) Description: This property has potential cultural heritage value for its Queen Anne style brick house built c.1912 by Isaac Warcup. |
Status: Listed History: c.1804 The Dingle Family House Description: Dingle Family House - this property has potential cultural heritage value for its c.1894 frame shingle house. |
Status: Listed History: c.1900 MacDonald the Blacksmith's House Description: MacDonald the Blacksmith’s House - this property has potential cultural heritage value for its c.1900 brick house. |
Built Year: 1840/1887 Status: Part V History: Historically used as the White Oak Hotel and O'Reilly's Tavern Description: Classical Revival style 2-storey frame building clad in siding. |
Built Year: 1860 Status: Part V History: c. 1870 The Phoebe Baker Store Description: Vernacular style 2-storey frame building with siding. |
Status: Listed History: c.1856 Peter Kelley's Furniture Store Description: Peter Kelley’s Furniture Store - this property has potential cultural heritage value for its historic commercial building built c.1856. |
Built Year: 1850 ByLaw: 2013-003 Status: Part V History: Historically used as Moulton's Candy and Grocery Store. Alterations were made to the windows and cladding in the 1950s. Description: Italianate style 2-storey brick building. |
Status: Listed History: c. 1880The Fairfield-Decker House Description: Fairfield-Decker House - this property has potential cultural heritage value for its c.1880 house. |
Status: Listed History: c.1865 Joseph Mitchell's Grocery Description: Joseph Mitchell’s Grocery - this property has potential cultural heritage value for its historic commercial building built c.1865. |
ByLaw: 1987-108 Status: Part V Description: First Second Street Heritage Conservation District |
Built Year: 1860 ByLaw: 1987-108 Status: Part V History: Built by Captain William Wilson, originally from Belfast, Ireland. Wilson died in 1873. Subsequent owners included Wilson's daughter Mary Jane and Edmund Gulledge. Description: 2-storey brick house with a 3-bay façade. Architectural details include segmental window openings with brick voussoirs and stone sills, 6/6 windows, entranceway with open porch supported by Doric columns. |
Status: Listed History: The Justus Wright Williams Store Description: Justus Wright Williams Store - this property has potential cultural heritage value for its historic commercial building. |
Status: Listed History: Grenvella Lodge Description: Grenvella Lodge - this property has potential cultural heritage value for its c.1900 cottage along Lakeshore Road, once the residence of W.H. Brouse. |
165-169 LAKESHORE RD E Built Year: 1850/1878 Status: Part V History: Originally the Wesleyan Methodist Church which was moved here in 1850 and converted into 3 stores. Later used as Gilliland's Barber shop. Description: Vernacular style 2-storey frame building faced with brick and stucco. |
Status: Listed History: The Justus Wright Williams Store Description: This property has potential cultural heritage value for its historic commercial building. |
Built Year: 1850/1878 ByLaw: 2013-004 Status: Part V History: Originally the Wesleyan Methodist Church which was moved here in 1850 and converted into 3 stores. Later used as Gilliland's Barber shop. Description: Vernacular style 2-storey frame building faced with brick and stucco. |
Status: Listed History: The Justus Wright Williams Store Description: Justus Wright Williams Store - this property has potential cultural heritage value for its historic commercial building. |
Built Year: 1840/1887 Status: Part V History: Historically used as the White Oak Hotel and O'Reilly's Tavern Description: Classical Revival style 2-storey frame building clad in siding. |
Status: Listed Description: This property has potential cultural heritage value for its historic commercial building. |
Status: Listed Description: This property has potential cultural heritage value as an example of Oakville's historic lakefront estates. |
Status: Listed Description: This property has potential cultural heritage value for its c.1917 Four Square style brick house. |
Status: Listed Description: This property has potential cultural heritage value for its c.1900 Tudor Revival style house. |
Built Year: 1942 Status: Part V History: Historically used as the Oakville Inn Hotel and Halton Hotel. Constructed on the former site of Hotel Decker, also known as Gibson House Hotel which was destroyed by fire. Description: 2-storey stucco commercial building influenced by the Art Moderne style. |
Status: Listed Description: This property has potential cultural heritage value as a remnant of a former lakefront estate. |
Status: Listed Description: This property has potential cultural heritage value for its c.1930s vernacular frame house. |
Built Year: 1984 ByLaw: 2013-004 Status: Part V History: Replica of original Oakville House Hotel on the site. Description: 3-storey stucco commercial building. |
Status: Listed Description: This property has potential cultural heritage value for its historic commercial building, historically used as a hardware store. |
Status: Part IV |
Status: Listed Description: This property has potential cultural heritage value for its c.1920s frame house and garage with Arts & Crafts influences. |
Status: Listed Description: This property has potential cultural heritage value for its c.1920s Colonial Revival style brick estate house. |
Status: Listed Description: This property has potential cultural heritage value for its c.1920s Arts & Crafts style frame house and garage. |
LAKESHORE RD E Status: Listed Description: This property has potential cultural heritage value for its stone wall, a remnant of a former estate (stone wall only). |
LAKESHORE RD E Status: Listed Description: This property has potential cultural heritage value for its stone wall, a remnant of a former estate (stone wall only). |
Status: Listed Description: This property has potential cultural heritage value for its c.1920s Bungalow style house with Arts and Crafts influences. |
Status: Listed Description: This property has potential cultural heritage value for its 1930s estate house built in the Colonial Revival style. |
Built Year: 2000 Status: Part V Description: Contemporary 2-storey stucco commercial building. |
Built Year: 1920-1930 Status: Part V Description: Edwardian style 2-storey brick commercial building with wood cornice, stone details and contemporary glass atrium. |
Built Year: 1920-1930 Status: Part V Description: Edwardian style 2-storey brick commercial building with wood cornice, stone details and contemporary glass atrium. |
Built Year: 1950 Status: Part V Description: Vernacular style 2-storey brick commercial building. |
Built Year: 1930-1950 ByLaw: 2013-004 Status: Part V History: Constructed in the 1930s with the portion at 137 Lakeshore Road East constructed in the 1950s. Description: Vernacular style 2-storey brick commercial building. |
Built Year: 1981 ByLaw: 2013-004 Status: Part V Description: Contemporary 2-storey stucco commercial building. |
Status: Part V Description: Formerly Italianate style 4-storey stucco building with contemporary alterations. |
Built Year: 1950 Status: Part V Description: Vernacular style 2-storey brick commercial building. |
Built Year: 1930-1950 ByLaw: 2013-004 Status: Part V History: Constructed in the 1930s with the portion at 137 Lakeshore Road East constructed in the 1950s. Description: Vernacular style 2-storey brick commercial building. |