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: 1870 Designation Year: 1998 ByLaw: 1998-012 Status: Part IV History: This property was first built on in 1833 by John Forman. He operated the frame inn on the site as the Oakville Temperance House until 1859 when it was purchased by Jacob Barnes and operated as a licensed premises. After Barne's death the building was acquired by Hugh Coyne in the early 1870s. At this time the lot was divided and the homes presently located on them were built. The properties went through a number of owners including William Sinclair Davis, a local realtor and financier who was instrumental in the development of the Park Avenue area. Description: The building appears to be the older of the pair of very similar buildings at 136 and 140 Trafalgar Road. The house is 1 1/2 storey stucco saltbox with a central gable. It is influenced by Greek Revival style. Other notable features include semi-circular round headed windows, central pedimented doorway and projecting bay windows. |
Built Year: 1870 Designation Year: 1998 ByLaw: 1998-013 Status: Part IV History: This property was first built on in 1833 by John Forman. He operated the frame inn on the site as the Oakville Temperance House until 1859 when it was purchased by Jacob Barnes and operated as a licensed premises. After Barne's death the building was acquired by Hugh Coyne in the early 1870s. At this time the lot was divided and the homes presently located on them were built. The properties went through a number of owners including William Sinclair Davis, a local realtor and financier who was instrumental in the development of the Park Avenue area. Description: Characteristics of the Colonial, Gothic Revival and Greek Revival styles. One and one half storey saltbox design with front Gothic gable and gently arched windows. |
Built Year: 1881 Designation Year: 1992 ByLaw: 1992-164 Status: Part IV History: Built by William Biggar Chisholm, the son of the founder of Oakville. William was a very active member of the Oakville community specifically in politics and he lived in this house until his death in 1889. His family continued to live in the house for an additional 16 years until the property was sold to Thomas Granger Wilson. In 1919 it was sold again to William Thomas Merry who owned the property until 1944. Description: Victorian Architecture with influences of the late Classic Revival style and Italianate style. Notable features include a medium pitched roof, centered gable façade, an ogee-shaped medallions in the gables, intricate leaded glass, double doorway with full length transom panel and side panels with flush lights. |
Built Year: 1870 Designation Year: 1988 ByLaw: 1988-078 Status: Part IV History: Captain Francis Brown House. The house was built by Captain Francis Brown from England. Brown established a brewery in Oakville in 1867 and was a ship captain. The house was threatened by fire in 1893, which destroyed the McDonald Planing Mill situated across the street. Description: Built in Italianate style with 18" stucco-covered walls constructed of random beach stones set in thick mortar. Notable features include a decorative cupola, casement windows, shutter blinds and decorative door surround. |
Built Year: 1891-94 Designation Year: 1987 ByLaw: 1987-133 Status: Part IV History: Property was originally owned by William Chisholm and then in 1839 it was sold to his son, John Alexander Chisholm followed by John's wife, Sarah and then her son Charles Pettit Chisholm in 1891. The house was built by Charles between 1891 and 1894. Description: Gable ends are faced with decorative wooden shingles. Enormous bargeboards are composed of complex geometric design with fans, quatrefoils and sunburst patterns. |
Built Year: 1870 Designation Year: 1986 ByLaw: 1986-913 Status: Part IV History: Built around 1870 and known as “Potter’s Folly” after the builder John Potter, a carpenter who worked as a shipwright for William Chisholm. The building was rented to the Presbyterian Congregation until they bought it in 1881 and numerous other ministers dwelt there over the years. In 1927 the property was sold to William Robert Adamson, an active member of the Knox Church Board of Managers. Description: Italianate Villa style house with central third storey tower and ornate detailing. Notable features include richly detailed cornice and roof brackets, classical window and door crowns, 6/6 double hung windows and original shutters. |
Built Year: 1876 Designation Year: 1984 ByLaw: 1984-172 Status: Part IV History: Property was originally owned by James Williamson, a farmer. The property was then acquired in 1876 by Henry Gulledge, a crafter of harnesses and leather saddles. The dwelling was constructed in 1876 by the Freestone Brothers, George and John, plasterers, and James, a mason. Description: Victorian Picturesque architecture. Notable features include the round headed paired windows on the second floor, brick buff coloured quoins, multiple gables and the detailed woodwork over the bay windows. |
Built Year: 1839 Designation Year: 1984 ByLaw: 1984-172 Status: Part IV History: Referred to as the Melancthon Simpson House. The property was bought by Melancthon Simpson in 1846. Melancthon and his brother John built some of the finest ships to come from Oakville and area shipyards between 1849 and 1864. The builder of the house is unknown. Description: Regency Cottage. Earliest known example of Regency design in Oakville. Medium pitched hip roof and symmetrically located bays on the front facade. The front verandah is decorated with finely crafted treillage. Main entranceway is accentuated by the entablature above the opening and the flanking sidelights. |
Built Year: 1870 Designation Year: 1980 ByLaw: 1980-069 Status: Part IV History: In 1980 the existing building was slated to be demolished and replaced by a brick retirement home. At that time the property was designated by LACAC and developed into the MacLachlan School. Description: Built in the Second Empire style with a bell-cast mansard roof, a tall central tower and an oriel window. There have been three additions made to the original building. |
Built Year: 1870 Designation Year: 1980 ByLaw: 1980-069 Status: Part IV History: In 1980 the existing building was slated to be demolished and replaced by a brick retirement home. At that time the property was designated by LACAC and developed into the MacLachlan School. Description: Built in the Second Empire style with a bell-cast mansard roof, a tall central tower and an oriel window. There have been three additions made to the original building. |
Built Year: 1860 ByLaw: 1981-144 Status: Part V Description: Old Oakville Heritage Conservation District |
Built Year: 1950 ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V Description: Mid 20th century 1 storey stucco bungalow with hip roof, Colonial influenced arches. |
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: 1922 ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V Description: Colonial Revival brick and frame 2 storey house with half gambrel roof and front gable. |
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: 1920 ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V Description: Tudor Revival 2 storey stucco house with lead-pane windows, brick sills, small front portico with sloped front gable roof. |
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: 1910 ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V Description: Tudor Revival 1 storey stucco house with half timbering on front gable, wide eaves, gable roof with intersecting truncated hip roof. |
ByLaw: 1981-144 Status: Part V Description: Old Oakville Heritage Conservation District |
ByLaw: 1981-144 Status: Part V Description: Old Oakville Heritage Conservation District |
ByLaw: 1981-144 Status: Part V Description: Old Oakville 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: 1948 ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V Description: Mid-century frame bungalow with hipped roof, concrete foundation, modern siding. |
ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V Description: Trafalgar Road Heritage Conservation District |
Built Year: 1947 ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V Description: 1 storey frame bungalow with hipped roof, two front gables, front bay window. |
Built Year: 1914 ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V History: Built by Blakelock brothers, associated with R.E. Hore. Description: Edwardian 2 1/2 storey brick house with Queen Anne influences. Front gable roof, eave returns, stone sills, brick voussoirs, front bay window, large front verandah. |
Built Year: 1900 ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V History: Associated with Charles F. Doty. Description: Queen Anne 2 1/2 storey brick house with front verandah, lead pane glass windows, stone sills, brick windows. |
Built Year: 1876 ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V History: Associated with the Ford family. Description: Italianate 2 storey brick house with front gable roof, decorative cornice with brackets, front bay window, multipaned wood windows, small front portico. |
Status: Listed History: c. 1848 Clements family Description: This property has potential cultural heritage value for its historic farmstead, including the c.1870s stucco farmhouse, and for its associations with the Clements family. |
Status: Listed History: C. 1910 Description: This property has potential cultural heritage value for its c.1910 Edwardian style brick house. |
Built Year: 1850 ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V History: Associated with Moses McCraney. Description: Italianate 2 storey brick with multipaned wood windows, side portico with decorative bargeboard. |
Built Year: 1915-1930 ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V Description: 2 storey brick Edwardian house with Arts and Crafts influences. Front bay windows, stone sills, brick voussoirs, front porch. |
Built Year: 1920 ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V History: Associated with Charles Johnston. Description: Period Revival 2 storey brick house with two front gables, front bay windows, brick voussoirs, stone sills. |
Built Year: 1870 ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V History: Associated with Phillip Thompson. Description: Vernacular frame farmhouse, L-shaped with horizontal wood cladding, wraparound front porch. |
Built Year: 1914 ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V History: Built by Blakelock Brothers, associated with Roy Smith. Description: Edwardian 1 1/2 storey brick house with Queen Anne influences. Intersecting gable roof, eave returns, front bay window, large front verandah. |
Built Year: 1870 ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V History: Associated with W.N. Kyle. Description: Trafalgar Road Heritage Conservation District |
Status: Listed History: C. 1920 Description: This property has potential cultural heritage value for its c.1900 Edwardian style brick house. |
Built Year: 1887-88 ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V History: Associated with Gailbraith family. Description: 2 storey symmetrical vernacular stucco house with 2/2 wood windows, front enclosed porch. |
Status: Listed History: c. 1850 Dr. J. a. Johnstone Description: This property has potential cultural heritage value for its c.1890 Queen Anne style house and for its associations with Dr. Johnstone and the former hamlet of Trafalgar. |
Built Year: 1869 ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V History: Associated with John Porquin who built the original house on the property in 1839. This house was rebuilt by Molly Minhear c.1869, resulting in the existing structure. Description: Gothic Revival 1 1/2 storey stucco house with round headed windows, decorative bargeboard and finial in gables, large front verandah. |
Built Year: 1890 ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V History: Associated with the Cordingly Family. Description: Late Gothic Revival 2 storey brick house with front bay window, decorative bargeboard in gables and front porch, wood shutters, cornice with paired brackets, brick voussoirs, stone sills |
Built Year: 1870 ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V History: Known as "Cedarhedgeholm" when owned by Alexander Coote in late 19th and early 20th century. Description: Vernacular 2 storey stucco house with front gable roof. Enclosed front porch, open side porch with decorative woodwork, 6/6 and 2/2 wood windows, wood shutters. |
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 |
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: 1932 ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V Description: Colonial Revival 2 storey stucco house with symmetrical façade, side gable roof with front dormer, small front portico. |
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 |
ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V Description: Trafalgar Road Heritage Conservation District |
Status: Listed History: c. 1850 The James Morrison Farm Description: This property has potential cultural heritage value for its historic farmstead, including the stucco farmhouse, and for its associations with the rural development of Trafalgar Township. |
Status: Listed History: c. 1857 Alfred Conder (Foreman at Factory) Description: This property has potential cultural heritage value for its c.1857 brick house, once part of a larger row house. |
Built Year: 1914 ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V Description: Edwardian four square 2 1/2 storey brick house with front dormer, multipaned wood windows, stone sills, front porch with brick columns. |
Built Year: 1850 ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V History: John A. Chisholm farmhouse moved closer to Trafalgar Road. Description: Frame and stucco vernacular 2 storey house with Tudor Revival influences. Lead glass windows, half timbering on the upper storey, rounded vent in front gable. |
ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V Description: Trafalgar Road Heritage Conservation District |
ByLaw: 1981-144 Status: Part V Description: Old Oakville Heritage Conservation District |
Built Year: 1860 ByLaw: 1981-144 Status: Part V Description: LT E, BLK 30, PL 1 ; PT LT A,B,D, BLK 30, PL 1 , PART 2,3,5 , 20R8368 |
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: 1890 ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V History: Associated with the Hannah family. Description: Vernacular 2 storey frame house with side gable roof, horizontal wood cladding, 2/2 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 |
ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V History: George's Square. Was set aside for public use in 1835 in the Edward Palmer Plan of Oakville. In 1875, it became a public park and a fence was erected to keep cattle out. In 1888, Wilfred Laurier spoke here to a crowd of 1500. The cenotaph was erected after WWI and the benches were added by the Royal Canadian Legion after WWII. Description: Public square with gardens, cenotaph, bandstand and fountain. Many of the trees in the park represent rare species in the area |
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: 1858 ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V History: Associated with Robert Farley. Description: Gothic Revival 2 storey brick house with arched gothic window in front gable, brick voussoirs, stone sills, decorative wood portico with bargeboard. 1 and 2 storey frame rear wings with horizontal wood siding. |
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: 1915-1930 ByLaw: 1994-134 Status: Part V Description: 2 storey brick Edwardian house with Arts and Crafts influences. Front bay windows, stone sills, brick voussoirs, front porch. |
Status: Listed Description: This property has potential cultural heritage value for its frame house and for its association with the 19th century settlement of the hamlet of Trafalgar. |
Status: Listed Description: This property has potential cultural heritage value for its early 20th century vernacular style frame house. |
Status: Listed Description: This property has potential cultural heritage value for its historic farmstead, including the frame farmhouse, and for its associations with the rural development of Trafalgar Township. |
Status: Listed Description: This property has potential cultural heritage value for its c.1940s brick building, part of the commercial streetscape. |