TOWN OF GRAVENHURST MUNICIPAL REGISTER - 2018

Year By-law Property Address & Statement of Cultural Heritage Value & Description Comments / Notes No. Legal Description 1982 82-48 1002 Cowbell Lane The Severn River Inn is a 2½-storey, brick veneer building built in 1907; Severn River Inn Designated its predecessor burned down in 1906 but was rebuilt the following year. Lot 1, Range E.M.R. being Parts 1 An inn was located here from 1858. It is situated on the site of the Portion of the porch removed in and 2, Plan 35R-7645, Morrison original Severn Bridge General Store (1858), Post Office (1861) and 2014 telephone exchange (1894), and architecturally is a significant example Roll #030-003-003 of the early Muskoka store and inn construction. 1983 83-130 275 & 295 Muskoka Rd S. Built in 1901 to replace original Town Hall which burned down in 1897. Opera House Designated Plan 8, Pt. Lot 11, 12, 13 Multipurpose building with theatre. Example of Gothic Revival designed Gravenhurst by J. Frances Brown. Nicknamed “Mickle’s Folly” after mayor of the time. Plaqued October 2014 Its future was decided by plebiscite in December 1967. Addition in 1972 Roll #010-009-018 by Howard Walker. ______Unassuming brick building built 1888. Served as the Town Clerk’s office ______and housed the Library from 1906-1919. One time lawn bowling Former Clerk’s Office clubhouse, as well as office and storage space for the Muskoka Festival. Re-opened as OPP Office in June 1982. Building was removed from site Removed from site during during construction of the new Library ca. 2001. construction of new library ______A library association with the Town began in 1883 and came under Carnegie Library Town jurisdiction in 1895. Funding first sought from the Carnegie Foundation to build a town library in 1906; Town Council felt it could not Plaqued October 2014 meet the Foundation’s requirements to underwrite ongoing operational costs and the project was dropped; in 1922 Gravenhurst reapplied and Renamed to Terence Haight was granted a special dispensation since Gravenhurst had first applied Carnegie Centre October 2011 when grants were still being disbursed. Library completed in 1923 by contractor Andrew Ferguson. Last library in to be funded by the Foundation. Addition designed by Howard Walker in 1975. One of only 90 “Carnegies” left in Ontario. It was renamed the Terence Haight Carnegie Centre in October 2011. Year By-law Property Address & Statement of Cultural Heritage Value & Description Comments / Notes No. Legal Description 1984 83-05 100 Muskoka Road North The first Albion Hotel was a frame structure built by George Washington Albion Hotel Designated Lots 18, 19 & 22, Plan 2, Taylor. At the start he leased the unfinished structure to Alexander Gravenhurst McKinnon and Frank Wasley. The latter purchased it outright in 1880. It Plaqued October 2016 was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1887. Wasley rebuilt it in 1888, this Roll #010-010-001 time in red and buff brick. It was 3 storeys with approximately 25 rooms. It had an elaborate balcony with Romanesque arched windows on the top floor. Example of 19th century hotel architecture of the Gothic Revival period. Situated at the main intersection of the Town and has been part of life and heritage in Gravenhurst since the lumber and steam era to present. The Albion was renovated in the 1980s. Guy Gagnon from Bracebridge bought the building ca. 2011. It was plaqued by the Town in 2016. Arts at the Albion has given the building new life. 1985 2012-27 150 Second Street The arrival of the Northern Railway Extension in 1875 was the most Gravenhurst Train Station Designated Part of Lots 18, 33, and 36 to 38, important development within the community in the late 19th century. It Plan 6 and Part of N.R.Co. Station enabled settlement, lumbering and the connection to a lively summer Plaqued June 2012 Grounds Part of Main Street, Plan resort industry. The original Gravenhurst station burned down in 1913. 35R-6467 and Part 1, Plan 35R- This, the third (the second being at the wharf) was opened by the 18614 and Part 1, Plan 35R-19960 Prince of Wales in 1919. It was operated by CNR and Ontario Northland but is now a museum and bus depot. It is one of the few remaining Roll #010-017-101 early railway stations in and is an excellent example of railway architecture in the early twentieth century. 1989 89-140 Part of Lots 22 and 23, Con. 6 and Constructed circa 1898, the Joss House or Gazebo was a popular Muskoka Centre Gazebo Designated 7, Muskoka relaxation site with patients. Visitors to the Gage/ Muskoka Hospital TB Sanitorium overlooking Muskoka Bay often used it for picnics. Repaired Roll #020-021-053 to its former glory in 1988 under the Ontario Heritage Properties Program. The Gazebo is now on the list of Historic Sites in Ontario and a proud reminder of the significant role that Gravenhurst played in the fight against tuberculosis. 1991 2010-133 235 Steamship Bay Rd. Built in 1907, one of new steel-hulled “Palace Steamers” - built mostly of Wheelhouses of the RMS Designated native Muskoka red pine, with white cedar cladding wainscoting and Cherokee and RMS Islander Part of Lots 23 and 24, Concession some red oak moldings. The RMS Cherokee was retired in 1950. By-law 91-83 and 91-84 4 Range W.M.R. and Part of Shore Repealed by 2004-143 (July Road Allowance and Part of Water ______27/04) Lots A and C Plan 35R-21581 and Built in 1900, the RMS Islander was a handsome little auxiliary steamer. Re-designated under By-law Parts 2 and 3, Plan 35R-22073, Plied the for over half a century retiring in 1950. 2010-133 Muskoka Wheelhouse was built mostly of red pine and cedar. Artifacts are typical of those found during the running of the ship. Plaqued February 2013 Roll #010-013-028 2 | Page December 2018 Year By-law Property Address & Statement of Cultural Heritage Value & Description Comments / Notes No. Legal Description 1991 2009-103 Archway at South Entrance One of a few civic archways to survive in Ontario. Built by the Gravenhurst Arch Designated Gravenhurst Board of Trade in 1925. Illustrates a time of optimism and By-law 91-206 Repealed by prosperity. Demonstrates the popularity of motoring for pleasure in the 2005-151 1920’s and 30’s. The Gateway advertises Gravenhurst as the Gateway to Muskoka Lakes. Rebuilt in 2009. Re-designated under By-law 2009-103 2014 2014-033 315 Bay St Rosehurst (aka Mickle House/ Garner Lodge) was built in 1884 by Rosehurst/Garner Lodge Designated Charles Mickle Sr., president of Mickle Dyment Lumber Co. and two time Plan 8 Lots 8 T0 10 S/S Bay Mayor of Gravenhurst who championed the building in 1901 of the Plaqued August 2015 St N Halves Lots 8 To 10 Ns Gravenhurst Opera House/Town Hall. Rosehurst became the social hub Hotchkiss St Gravenhurst of Gravenhurst where countless community celebrations including garden parties, weddings, and amateur theatricals were hosted. Stately Roll # 010-008-029 home sold to the Garners in the 1940s and it provided tourist accommodations and long term lodgings over the next sixty years. Surviving original features include the mansard roof, the bay window and 3 garden arches. 2014 2014-034 315 Muskoka Road N. Knox Presbyterian Church is the oldest church in Gravenhurst. The Knox Presbyterian Church Designated congregation was formed in 1875 and held services in North Ward Lot 1, Plan 4 Gravenhurst School. In the fall of 1876, the foundations of Knox were laid and the Plaqued September 2014 building was finished circa 1878. The church is a fine example of Roll #010-011-014 Carpenter’s Gothic style using board-and-batten wall construction. The one time steeple housed an 800-pound bell to summon churchgoers but also raise the alarm for firefighters. The bell was removed in 1932. Reverend Malcom Bethune was minister from 1889 to 1893. His son, Dr. , who was born at the Manse in 1891, became famous for his dedication to social causes in and for his medical care to victims of war in Spain and China. 2014 2014-032 180 Phillip St. W. This two storey brick residence reflects the prominence of James Clipsham House Designated Clipsham, town councillor and school board trustee, who owned the Part 1, Plan 35R7412 Gravenhurst adjacent carriage works, blacksmith shop and livery. He built this home Plaqued October 2015 in 1877 and, unlike his business properties, it survived the Great Fire of Roll #010-009-025 1887. The home has a large porch, contrasting brick trim, gable windows and a single storey annex which was added. It is considered the oldest building in town.

3 | Page December 2018 Year By-law Property Address & Statement of Cultural Heritage Value & Description Comments / Notes No. Legal Description 2015 2015-104 101 Muskoka Road North Gravenhurst’s post office stands on the most prominent intersection of Gravenhurst Post Office Designated town, emblematic of a federal presence in the community. Built in 1926, Part of Lot 6, Plan 8 Gravenhurst more than three decades after the spurt of Thomas Fuller designed Plaqued April 2016 postal outlets which appeared across the country. A series of hotels Roll # 010-011-001 preceded it on this lot, including Dugald Brown’s Steamboat and Stage House and David Lafranier’s Fraser House. A second storey featuring a clock tower angled to the crossroads was added to the building in 1935. 2016 2017-104 No address The Narrows at only 80 feet in width and 20 feet in depth is a difficult Narrows Lighthouse Designated and dangerous channel to navigate. As it is the only way in and out of Part of Island A (Lighthouse Island), Muskoka Bay, the site of the lighthouse has always been important for Plaqued August 2018 Lake Muskoka, former Township of navigation. In 1905 contractor George Brown of Bracebridge built a Muskoka light tower on Denison Island to replace an 1884 beacon. This square, wooden structure was mounted on a masonry base while a lantern and Roll # 020-039-03101 walkway sat on top. Keepers from the Schell, Readman and Barnes family maintained the light for decades. The light can be seen from up to eight miles away. For decades it secured the safe passage of steamers delivering tourists to resorts, the mail, freight, and lumber rafts. In 2017, the Canada Coast Guard substituted white vinyl siding and an aluminum frame for the deteriorated wooden frame. The Narrows Lighthouse is one of only two on the Muskoka Lakes. 2012 2018-62 3411 Southwood Rd. This log church structure was built circa 1928 on land donated by the Church of Our Lady, Designated Chapman family. The present latch gate sign near the road marks the Southwood Part of Lot 5, Concession 15 Wood location of the first church building. It was rebuilt in 1936 and renovated in 2010 when threatened with demolition. The close proximity Plaqued September 2018 Roll # 020-043-081 of this Anglican church to the and its location at the half-way point on Southwood Road has made it a favoured stopping-off point. Its reconstruction by Southwood volunteers is a shining example of a community conservation project.

4 | Page December 2018 Year By-law Property Address & Statement of Cultural Heritage Value & Description Comments / Notes No. Legal Description 2012 Listed 180 Hughson St. Lafranier House (built circa 1887) is a two storey Victorian Cottage of Lafranier House/Blaincroft restrained Gothic Revival style. David Lafranier paid $1100 for the Lot 6 and Part of Lot 7, Plan 8 property in 1896. He operated the hotel where the post office now sits. Gravenhurst In 1912, J.J. McNabb, an accountant for the Mickle Dyment Lumber Company, acquired the residence. Frederick Freeman bought it in 1939 Roll #010-011-10800 upon his appointment as Postmaster of Gravenhurst. He renamed it Maple Hall. In 1991 the Freemans sold to Andrew Griffith who established a Bed & Breakfast. Lafranier House is sheathed in vinyl with additions on its north and east sides. Its peaked gable windows recall the Ontario vernacular central gable cottage. It is representative of the brick buildings which sprang up in town as a response to the Great Fire of 1887. 2012 Listed 181 Bay St. Built in 1887, was home to former Mayor Albert Hill (1913-1914). He Albert Hill’s/ Gadsby’s operated a major livery stable in town. The wrought iron fence which is Part of Lot 1, Plan 8 Gravenhurst still in place was his work. The building received a Muskoka Heritage Foundation Stewardship Award in 2001. Roll #010-009-039 2012 Listed 320 Bay St. This Victorian, two storey, red brick residence dates to the 1870s. B.R. Mowry/ East Residence Mowry was original owner and builder and it was he who owned the iron (Lorenz/Westover’s) Lot 9, Plan 8 Gravenhurst foundry, source of the Great Fire of 1887. Later owners the East’s bought Muskoka Sands (which became Taboo). Currently a Bed and Roll # 010-012-061 Breakfast operated by the Westovers. 2012 Listed 190 Mary St. North The property was originally part of Dugald Brown’s land grant. Built Lindsell House/Finch House around 1880 in a ‘Stick Style’ of architecture developed in New England. Part of Lots 6 & 7, Plan 8 It resembles the and represents stately Gravenhurst accommodation of a bygone era. Archdeacon Lindsell purchased the house and passed it along to his daughter May, a local newspaper Roll # 010-011-10901 columnist. One time resident Mr. Thibault was once a patient at a local tuberculosis sanatorium. 2012 Listed 220 Bay St. The bottling plant was established in 1873 utilizing a nearby spring of Brown’s Beverages crystal clear water. The owner, Dugald Brown was a popular Lots 3 to 5 and Part of Lot 5 and entrepreneur and hotel owner. It is one of the few remaining and N/S Bay St, Plan 9, and Lot 3 to 4 operating industrial buildings in the Town Centre. The two storey and Part Lot 5 and S/S Hughson St, brown brick section of this complex was added to the Municipal Plan 8 Gravenhurst Register in 2012.

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5 | Page December 2018 Year By-law Property Address & Statement of Cultural Heritage Value & Description Comments / Notes No. Legal Description 2012 Listed 1647 Highway 11 S This building in present-day Kilworthy on Highway 11 was once Malta Little Red Schoolhouse Schoolhouse #5. It was built in 1867 adjacent to the Malta Post Office Lot 17 Range WMR, being Part 1 (former White/Augustine House, now demolished, which was perhaps and 2, Plan 35R-7901 Morrison the oldest building in Gravenhurst). The former school was owned by Mary Counter of Toronto who operated it as an antique store, which it Roll # 030-007-053 remains to-day. An addition was made to accommodate furniture. 2012 Listed 140 First St. Long a focus of social life in rural communities and a religious and Orange Lodge political power in Ontario, The Orange Lodge declined after World War Lot 56, Plan 2 Gravenhurst II. Some of the most popular public Lodge activities were the July 12 parades down Muskoka Road. These continued into the 1960’s even Roll # 010-006-006 after the virtual demise of the organization. 2013 Listed 235 John St N Birthplace of Dr Norman Bethune, was a church manse until bought by Bethune Memorial House the Government of Canada in 1973. The 1880 two storey clapboard, Lots 3 to 4, Plan 8 Gravenhurst residence is typical of late 19th century rural Canada. Operated as a museum by and receives 20,000 visitors per annum. New Roll # 010-011-062 visitor centre with revamped exhibits opened alongside in 2012. Designated a national historic site in 1996. Bethune died in China in 1939 and because he is still venerated by the Chinese, is arguably the most famous Canadian. 2013 Listed 405 Brock St. Muskoka has pioneering electrical installations at Big Chute, Wasdell Public Utilities Commission Falls and Bracebridge. Hydro electricity is listed as a municipal asset on Lots 82 to 96, and Lots 100 to 107 The Arch. Our first steam generating station was built 1892 on Lake and Part of Lots 78 to 81, and 99, Muskoka. In 1898 the Gravenhurst Electric Light and Power Company and Part of Road Allowance, and opened a brick power plant at Gull Lake. It burned in 1900 and was Lots 116 to 119, 121 to 125 and replaced by this steam plant at the bottom of Brock Street. Town 193 and Part of Lots 192 and 194 acquired this PUC station in 1903 which served the municipality until and Part of Road Allowance, Plan 2 South Falls generating station opened in 1907.

Roll # 010-005-114 2013 Listed 191 Hotchkiss St Current St. James Anglican Church replaced frame church once at St. James Anglican Church corner of John and Hotchkiss Streets. Latter existed for 5 years before Part of Lot 9, Plan 8 Gravenhurst burning in Great Fire of 1887. F.A. Fowler was contracted as the architect of today’s church which was dedicated at Christmas in 1888. Roll # 010-009-033 Built of red brick, church features a noteworthy bell tower and vaulted gothic style windows. This bell tower was subject to fire but has been restored.

6 | Page December 2018 Year By-law Property Address & Statement of Cultural Heritage Value & Description Comments / Notes No. Legal Description 1006 Ben Lake Road East Holy Manger Anglican Church was built by the Methodists in 1890. It Holy Manger Church was purchased by the Cowley Fathers of the Society of St John the Barkway, Ryde Part of Lot 16, Concession 11, Ryde Evangelist in 1964. They resided in Bracebridge and had begun their outreach at Lewisham. The church is now a mission church attached to Roll #040-007-027 St James Anglican in Gravenhurst. Services are held twice a month in the summer and once a month in winter. The unique thing about the interior is the altar in the shape of a manger. There are also stained glass windows. 2018 Listed 405 Brock Street Gull Lake Rotary Park consists of 5 heritage elements. The lofty pines Gull Lake Rotary Park represent natural Muskoka. The Barge is a rare stage set up offshore, Plan 2, Lots 82 to 96, 100 to 107, where the audience looks out over water. It was completed in time for Part of Lots 78 to 81, 99 and 108. Queen Elizabeth’s visit in 1959. Music on the Barge continues each Plan 3, Lots 116 to 119, 121 to 125 Sunday night in the summer. Gull Lake used to be the site of an and 193, Part of Lots 192 and 194 important local source of income, ice harvesting, which took place here. and 35R-16725 The stairs and retaining wall at lakeside were constructed by German POWs from Calydor wartime prison. The Public Utilities Commission is Roll # 010-005-114 tied to the early provision of electrical power to the community. The utility building dates to circa 1902. 2018 Listed 1495 Muskoka Road North Scott Hall (aka F.R. Scott Memorial Building) at the Ontario Fire College Scott Hall is named for F.R. Scott who was Ontario Fire Marshall in 1958 when the Part of Lot 21 and 22, Concession 5, province acquired the property for the institution. Originally known as Muskoka , it was built ca 1915 and named for Chester Massey, a member of the elite family who operated the farm implements company. Roll #020-020-033 The family had a philanthropic connection to Muskoka’s tuberculosis sanatoria. Scott Hall survived when the adjacent TB infirmary (Muskoka Free Hospital) burned in 1920. 2018 Listed 1108 Clipsham Road One is hard pressed to find an older surviving building in Gravenhurst Clipsham-Everbeck than the Clipsham-Everbeck Residence on Sparrow Lake. It was built Residence Part of Lots 27 and 28, Concession 1858-1863 by German immigrant and pioneer John Everbeck. It was (Sparrow Lake) 5, Morrison bought by Michael Clipsham 1883 and remains in the Clipsham family. The stucco construction and central gable is reminiscent of the Ontario Roll #030-012-040 vernacular style.

7 | Page December 2018 Year By-law Property Address & Statement of Cultural Heritage Value & Description Comments / Notes No. Legal Description 2018 Listed 190 Royal Street Bought by Clare Vincent circa 1942, approx. when built. The 1 ½ storey Vincent/Fry Residence brown brick building is akin to a cottage style. The Vincents operated a Lot 16, Plan 2, Gravenhurst restaurant, now the Bethune Bistro, also McJanets store. Cyril Vincent is a former mayor of Gravenhurst. Jack Vincent became co-owner of the Roll # 010-006-028 Muskoka Lakes Navigation Company in 1959. Dorothy Vincent married Henry Fry, famous photographer. They lived here. Henry maintained a dark room in the basement. Fry earned the Order of Canada for his work. He was the official photographer at the time of the Queen’s visit in the 1950s.

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Removed 1983 83-122 Lavrijsen Campgrounds Ltd. 1633 Hwy 11 S Believed the oldest house in Gravenhurst until White/Augustine Designated C/O Camp Hillbilly Estates demolished ca. 2008. Property settled by Thomas White House Carine Lavrijsen Part of Lot 16, WMR, Morrison 1860. Latterly owned by the Augustine family; stood in Demolished circa 2008 1633 Hwy 11 S RR 2 the Hillbilly Estates alongside Malta (Little Red) School. Kilworthy ON P0E 1G0 Roll #030-007-052 The white clapboard building with central gable (Ontario Removed by By-law vernacular style) was a landmark building representing 2016-091 the earliest days of settlement in Muskoka. Served as the Malta Post Office 1874-1919. Designated by Town 1983.

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