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.
87-89 REYNOLDS ST Built Year: 1915 Designation Year: 1994 ByLaw: 1994-187 Status: Part IV History: The property was purchased by Charles McDermott in 1907 and in 1915 he built this house. The McDermotts are one of Oakville’s long established families who are active members of the St. Andrew’s Church congregation. Charles McDermott founded C.A. McDermott's Coal and Ice Company. Description: Edwardian Classicism style with Queen Anne influences. |
Built Year: 1909 Designation Year: 1994 ByLaw: 1994-011 Status: Part IV History: The property was purchased by the School Board in 1908. In 1909 the Oakville High School first opened, designed by the noted firm Chapman and McGiffin Architects, and built by Carson and Elliot Builders. After WWII, the Oakville and Trafalgar High School Districts were amalgamated. As a result, the school added the Township to its original name and became the Oakville Trafalgar High school. Description: Well-proportioned composition with the main street elevation featuring three prominent stepped gables and a central revised entrance with stone trim in the Collegiate Gothic form. End elevations feature a much smaller gable above a canopied student entrance. |
Built Year: 1882 Designation Year: 1989 ByLaw: 1989-233 Status: Part IV History: James Freestone, a bricklayer, purchased the property in 1877 and built the existing house which he rented out. In 1924 the Freestones sold the property to Frederick McCallum, a local banker. The McCallums lived in the house until 1977. Description: L-shaped Ontario farmhouse with Victorian elements. Notable features include buff coloured quoins, round headed windows, a bracketed bay and decorative bargeboard. |
Built Year: 1852 Designation Year: 1987 ByLaw: 1987-082 Status: Part IV History: Built by James O’Connor, carpenter and joiner in 1852. Descendants of James O’Connor lived in this dwelling until the 1960s. James O’Connor was responsible for creating a curved altar rail for his church and was renowned for creating hanging staircases in many homes. Description: 1 1/2 storey clapboard house with elaborate woodwork by a skilled builder. Features a formal neoclassical entranceway and a multiple light transom. |
Built Year: 1920 ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V Description: Edwardian Four Square 2 1/2 storey brick house with front gable roof, front porch, multipaned wood windows. |
ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V Description: Trafalgar Road Heritage Conservation District |
ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V Description: Trafalgar Road Heritage Conservation District |
Built Year: 1983 ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V Description: Modern 2-storey brick house with Classical Revival influences, horizontal siding on upper level, half round fanlight in front gable, attached garage. |
Built Year: 1939 ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V Description: Edwardian Four Square 2 storey stucco house with hip roof, 6/1 windows, stone sills. |
Built Year: 1840 ByLaw: 1981-144 Status: Part V History: St. Andrew's Church. The first mass was celebrated in this church in October 1840. Description: A simple frame building, the church's plan and building profile with its pedimented gable reflect the traditional Greek Revival style while the pointed arched windows signal the beginning of the Gothic Revival period which dominated church architecture for the remainder of the century. |
Built Year: 1915 ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V Description: 1 1/2 storey stucco house with 2/2 wood windows, front dormer, front verandah. |
ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V Description: Trafalgar Road Heritage Conservation District |
ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V Description: Trafalgar Road Heritage Conservation District |
Built Year: 1972 ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V Description: Modern 2 storey stucco 5-bay house with attached garage, front portico, side gable roof. |
Built Year: 1928 ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V Description: 2 storey stucco house with modern additions. |
ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V Description: Trafalgar Road Heritage Conservation District |
Built Year: 1922 ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V Description: 1 storey frame bungalow with hip roof, horizontal cladding. |
Built Year: 1940 ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V Description: Tudor Revival 2 storey brick and frame house with stone lintels and door surround, half timbering on upper level, front bay window, brick and stone 'buttress' at front façade. |
Built Year: 1930-1955 ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V History: Mayfair Apartments Description: International Style 4 storey brick apartment building with flat roof, decorative stone door surround. |
Built Year: 1949 ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V Description: 1 1/2 storey Victory House, stucco, 2 front dormer windows, concrete sills. |
Built Year: 1941 ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V Description: Colonial Revival Bungalow 1 1/2 storey stucco with front gables and window dormer, lead glass windows. |
Built Year: 1983 ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V Description: Modern 2-storey frame house with wood shingles, side gable roof, attached garage. |
Built Year: 1882 ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V History: Associated with George Freestone. Description: Italianate L-shaped 2 storey stucco house with gable roof. Round headed windows, decorative bargeboard on front gable and front porch, bay window, decorative frieze over front windows. |
Built Year: 1870 ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V Description: Classical Revival 2 storey stucco house with half arched window in front gable, eave returns, neoclassical door surround. |
Built Year: 1919 ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V Description: Tudor Revival 2 1/2 storey brick house with stucco and half timbering above front door. Front bay windows with stone window surrounds, hip roof, stone lintels and sills, bracketed eaves. |
Built Year: 1922 ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V Description: Edwardian Four Square 2 storey stucco house with influences of Arts and Crafts. Multipaned wood windows, wide bracketed eaves and large front verandah. |
Built Year: 1939 ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V Description: Colonial Revival 2 storey frame house with side gable roof, window dormers, front porch, bay window, side garage. |
Built Year: 1992 ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V Description: Modern 2 storey brick house with Tudor Revival influences, stucco and half timbering in front gables, intersecting gable roof, attached garage. |
ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V Description: Trafalgar Road Heritage Conservation District |
ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V Description: Trafalgar Road Heritage Conservation District |
Built Year: 1919 ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V Description: Vernacular frame 2 storey stucco house. Modern upper and lower bay windows, front porch. |
Built Year: 1928 ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V Description: 1 storey brick bungalow with hip roof, 6/1 wood windows, stone sills, brick voussoirs, small front overhang with large brackets. |
Built Year: 1915 ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V History: Associated with John Freestone. Description: Period Revival 2 storey brick house with stucco and half timbering on upper level, stone sills, brick voussoirs. |
Built Year: 1929 ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V Description: Period Revival 2 storey brick house with hip roof, multipaned wood windows, rick sills, wide eaves with brackets. |
Built Year: 1850 ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V Description: Vernacular 2 storey stucco house with front gable roof, 2/2 wood windows, neoclassical door surround, 2 storey rear wing with vertical board and batten. |
Built Year: 1948 ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V Description: Colonial Revival 2 storey frame house with side gable roof, bay window, wood shingle siding. |
Built Year: 1890 ByLaw: 1981-144 Status: Part V Description: Unique features of this house include semi-circular eyelid dormers in the flat-topped hipped roof and decorative herring bone pattern below the eaves. |
ByLaw: 1981-144 Status: Part V Description: This is a large 1 1/2 storey 3 bay central gable Ontario Style house. Unique features include decorative bargeboard, round-headed gable window and tiny keystones. |
ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V Description: Trafalgar Road Heritage Conservation District |
Built Year: 1925 ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V Description: Craftsman 1 storey frame house with 6/1 wood windows, wide eaves with brackets, deep front porch. |
Built Year: 1952 ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V Description: Colonial Revival 2 1/2 storey stucco house with gambrel roof. |
ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V Description: Trafalgar Road Heritage Conservation District |
Built Year: 1860-1870 ByLaw: 1981-144 Status: Part V Description: Unique features of this house include the paired, round-headed windows. |
ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V Description: Trafalgar Road Heritage Conservation District |
ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V Description: Trafalgar Road Heritage Conservation District |
ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V Description: Trafalgar Road Heritage Conservation District |
Built Year: 1940 ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V Description: Period Revival 2 storey brick with hip roof, lead glass windows, large brick chimneys. |
Status: Listed Description: This property has potential cultural heritage value for its 19th century brick Italianate style house. |
Status: Listed Description: This property has potential cultural heritage value for its c.1914 Edwardian style brick house with Tudor Revival style influences. |
Status: Listed Description: This property has potential cultural heritage value for its 19th century brick Italianate style house. |
Status: Listed Description: This property has potential cultural heritage value for its c.1919 Craftsman style frame bungalow. |
Status: Listed Description: This property has potential cultural heritage value for its c.1910 Tudor Revival style stucco house. |