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Intention to Designate Under Heritage REPORT FOR ACTION Intention to Designate under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act – 35 Dinnick Crescent Date: June 8, 2018 To: Toronto Preservation Board North York Community Council From: Director, Urban Design, City Planning Division Wards: Ward 25 - Don Valley West SUMMARY This report recommends that Toronto City Council state its intention to designate the property at 35 Dinnick Crescent under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act and include the property on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register. The property, located at the southeast corner of Dinnick Crescent and Weybourne Crescent, contains a house form building completed in 1924 and representing an early residential project designed by the significant Toronto residential architect, John Edward (J.E.) Hoare Jr, who later played an important role in the development of Toronto's Regent Park housing complex. The house at 35 Dinnick Crescent, initially owned by lawyer Albert E. Knox, is a representative example of the Tudor Revival style influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement that contributes to the collection of existing early-20th century residential buildings comprising the planned garden suburb of Lawrence Park. The property is also located within the boundary for the City Council-authorized Lawrence Park West Heritage Conservation District Study area. Following research and evaluation, it has been determined that the property at 35 Dinnick Crescent (Albert E. Knox House) meets Ontario Regulation 9/06, the criteria prescribed for municipal designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act for its design, associative and contextual value. At its meeting of February 28, 2018, the Committee of Adjustment deferred consideration of an application seeking variances to permit alterations and additions to the property at 35 Dinnick Crescent, pending a report from Heritage Preservation Services regarding the site's potential heritage value. Intention to Designate Under the Ontario Heritage Act - 35 Dinnick Crescent Page 1 of 25 Properties on the Heritage Register will be conserved and maintained in accordance with Official Plan Heritage Policies. Designation under the Ontario Heritage Act enables City Council to review alterations to the site, enforce heritage property standards and maintenance, and refuse demolition. RECOMMENDATIONS The Director, Urban Design, City Planning Division, recommends that: 1. City Council include the property at 35 Dinnick Crescent (Albert E. Knox House) on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register. 2. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 35 Dinnick Crescent (Albert E. Knox House) under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 35 Dinnick Crescent (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 3 to the report (June 8, 2018) from the Director, Urban Design, City Planning Division. 3. If there are no objections to the designation in accordance with the Ontario Heritage Act, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the necessary bill in Council. 4. If there are objections in accordance with the Ontario Heritage Act, City Council direct the City Clerk to refer the designation to the Conservation Review Board. 5. If the designation is referred to the Conservation Review Board, City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate staff to attend any hearing held by the Conservation Review Board in support of Council's decision. FINANCIAL IMPACT There are no financial implications resulting from the adoption of this report. DECISION HISTORY At its meeting of October 5, 2016, City Council authorized the Lawrence Park West Heritage Conservation District Study. Council's decision included a recommendation to evaluate the properties at 1 St. Edmund's Drive, 35 St. Edmund's Drive, 24 Dinnick Crescent, 40 St. Leonard's Avenue, 50 Dawlish Avenue and 110 Dawlish Avenue for listing on the City's Heritage Register. http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2016.NY16.49 At its meeting of February 28, 2018, the Committee of Adjustment deferred consideration of an application seeking variances to permit alterations to the property at 35 Dinnick Crescent to allow Heritage Preservation Services time to research and Intention to Designate Under the Ontario Heritage Act - 35 Dinnick Crescent Page 2 of 25 evaluate the property for possible inclusion on the Heritage Register and protection under the Ontario Heritage Act. http://app.toronto.ca/DevelopmentApplications/associatedApplicationsList.do?action=init &folderRsn=4289236&isCofASearch=true&isTlabSearch=false COMMENTS A location map (Attachment 1) and photographs (Attachment 2) are attached. Staff have completed the Research and Evaluation Report (Attachment 4) for the property at 35 Dinnick Crescent and determined that the property meets Ontario Regulation 9/06, the criteria prescribed for municipal designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act under all three categories of design, associative and contextual values. Completed in 1924, the house at 35 Dinnick Crescent (Albert E. Knox House) has design value as a representative example of the Tudor Revival style influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement, featuring a complicated double-gabled and truncated hipped roofline with bell-cast eaves and shed dormers, half-timbering in the stuccoed roof gables, and multi-paned windows. The property is valued for its association with the Lawrence Park Estates, laid out in 1909 by the British engineer Walter S. Brooke for development by the Dovercourt Land, Building and Savings Company under its President, Wilfred Servington Dinnick, along with the project's official pre-WWI architects, Chadwick & Beckett, and landscape architects, Dunnington-Grubb. As one of a grouping of houses built during the interwar period (a key building phase in the neighbourhood's evolution), it contributes to an understanding of the development and growth of Lawrence Park in the early-20th century as an exclusive, planned garden suburb based on the English Garden City Movement planning model. The associative value of the Albert E. Knox House is also found through its identification with Toronto architect Edward (J.E.) Hoare Jr., who designed the dwelling. Hoare Jr made a significant contribution to the residential development of North Toronto, including detached houses and apartment blocks in Lawrence Park, Chaplin Estates and Bedford Park. He is also recognized for the important role he played in designing the row-houses and walk-up apartment blocks of Regent Park, Canada's first public housing complex. Contextually, the Albert E. Knox House is valued for its contribution to the character of the area, Lawrence Park, one of Toronto's first planned garden suburbs. The house is located in the western portion of Lawrence Park that was developed first and comprises some of the oldest homes in the area. The property at 35 Dinnick is also historically, visually and physically linked to its setting along a winding road that follows the natural contours of the landscape with houses and gardens that fit harmoniously into their surroundings. Intention to Designate Under the Ontario Heritage Act - 35 Dinnick Crescent Page 3 of 25 The Statement of Significance (Attachment 3) for 35 Dinnick Crescent comprises the Reasons for Designation, which is the Public Notice of Intention to Designate and will be advertised on the City of Toronto's web site in accordance with the City of Toronto Act provisions and served on the Ontario Heritage Trust to the provisions of the Ontario Heritage Act. CONTACT Tamara Anson-Cartwright, CAHP Program Manager Heritage Preservation Services Tel: 416-338-1083; Fax: 416-392-1973 Email: [email protected] SIGNATURE Lorna Day, MCIP, RPP, B. Arch Director, Urban Design City Planning ATTACHMENTS Attachment No. 1 – Location Map Attachment No. 2 – Photographs Attachment No. 3 – Statement of Significance (Reasons for Designation) 35 Dinnick Crescent Attachment No. 4 – Heritage Property Research and Evaluation Report Intention to Designate Under the Ontario Heritage Act - 35 Dinnick Crescent Page 4 of 25 LOCATION MAP: ATTACHMENT 1 This location map is for information purposes only; the exact boundaries of the properties are not shown. The arrow marks the site of the property at 35 Dinnick Crescent. Intention to Designate Under the Ontario Heritage Act - 35 Dinnick Crescent Page 5 of 25 PHOTOGRAPHS: 35 Dinnick Crescent ATTACHMENT 2 Photograph of the principal (north) elevation at 35 Dinnick Crescent (Google Street View, 2009) Photograph showing the principal (north) and west elevations of 35 Dinnick Crescent (HPS, 2018) Intention to Designate Under the Ontario Heritage Act - 35 Dinnick Crescent Page 6 of 25 35 DINNICK CRESCENT ATTACHMENT 3 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE (REASONS FOR DESIGNATION) The property at 35 Dinnick Crescent is worthy of designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act for its cultural heritage value, and meets Ontario Regulation 9/06, the provincial criteria prescribed for municipal designation under all three categories of design, associative and contextual value. Description The property at 35 Dinnick Crescent (Albert E. Knox House) contains a 2.5-storey, detached brick and stucco-clad house form building, which was designed by the architect John Edward (J.E.) Hoare Jr and located at the southeast corner of Dinnick Crescent and Weybourne Crescent. Statement of Cultural Heritage Value Completed in 1924, the house
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