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HomeMy WebLinkAboutKIN 84 4636 Designate 791 Princess St . . THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF KINCARDINE I I I BY-LAW NO. 4636 BEING A BY-LAW TO DESIGNATE THE HOME OF VERNON FRY AND SHIRLEY JOHNSTONE-HAY AT 791 PRINCES STREET AS BEING OF HISTORIC OR ARCHITECTURAL VALUE. WHEREAS the Ontario Heritage Act, 1980, authorizes the Council of a municipality to enact By-laws to designate real property including all the buildings and structures thereon, to be of historic or architectural value and interest; and WHEREAS the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Kincardine has caused to be served on the owner of the lands and premises known as the home of Vernon Fry and Shirley Johnstone-Hay at 791 Princes Street and upon the Ontario Heritage Foundation ~otices of intention to so designate the aforesaid real property and has caused such notice of intention to be published in a newspaper having general circulation in the municipality once for each of three consecutive weeks, and WHEREAS the reasons for designation are set out in Schedule "B" hereto, and THEREFORE, the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Kincardine ENACTS as follows: 1. There is designated as being of architectural value and interest the real property more particularly described in Schedule "A" hereto, known as the home of Vernon Fry and Shirley Johnstone-Hay at 791 Princes Street. 2. The Town's solicitor is hereby authorized to cause a copy of this By-law to be registered against the property described in Schedule "A" hereto in the proper Land Registry Office. 3. The Town is hereby authorized to cause a copy of the By-law to be served upon the owner of the aforesaid property and upon the Ontario Heritage Foundation and to cause notice of this By-law to be published in a newspaper having general circulation in the Town of Kincardine. READ a FIRST and SECOND time this 6th day of December, 1984. ~~ ~/11/~ Mayor READ a THIRD TIME and FINALLY PASSED this 20th day ~ /ar??1~- of December ,-l9?4. ~ ~ . . BY-LAW 4636 SCHEDULE "A" ALL AND SINGULAR that certain parcel or tract of land and premises, situate, lying and being in the Town of Kincardine and the County of Bruce and being composed of lot number FIVE (5) and the North half of lot number SIX (6) on the East side of Princes Street in the said Town of Kincardine, the said North half of lot number SIX (6) being more particularly described as follows:- COMMENCING at the North West angle of the said lot number Six (6), THENCE Easterly along the Northerly limit of the said lot number Six (6) a distance of One Hundred and Sixty-Five (165) feet more or less to the North East angle of the said lot: THENCE Southerly along the Easterly limit of said lot number Six (6) a distance of Thirty-Three (33) feet; THENCE in a Westerly direction parallel to the Northerly limit of the said lot a distance of One Hundred and Sixty-five (165) feet more or less to the Westerly limit of the said lot number Six (6), THENCE Northerly along the Westerly limit of the said lot a distance of Thirty-Three (33) feet to the Point of Commencement. SCHEDULE "B" REASONS: This house has a long standing historical and architectural importance to the Town: Mr. McKendrick, the first postmaster lived here as did his son, George, a druggist on the main street. Other notable owners included the Watson family which had ties with both the Malcolm and Coombe furniture plants. In later years, Mr. Watson ran the Watson Rattan Factory. ARCHITECTURAL REASONS: This house, built in the Queen Anne Revival style circa 1895, has many notable architectural features including: the three verandas -- two on the roof and one on the north side, the slate roof, three stained glass windows --two on the front and one oval window on the south side, two original wooden front screen doors and double front doors with bevelled glass, and two chimneys with decorative brick work. Also worthy of note is a frame carriage house behind the main house.