CULUTRAL HERITAGE ASSESSMENT
2015 – George Moore House South and East Elevations
GEORGE MOORE FARM 21634 LESLIE STREET TOWN OF EAST GWILLIMBURY, ONTARIO
December 2015
Prepared for:
Development Services Department Town of East Gwillimbury
Prepared by:
WAYNE MORGAN HERITAGE PLANNER
CULTURAL HERITAGE ASSESSMENT
GEORGE MOORE FARM 21634 LESLIE STREET TOWN OF EAST GWILLIMBURY, ONTARIO
December 2015
Prepared for:
Development Services Department Town of East Gwillimbury
Prepared by:
Wayne Morgan, Heritage Planner PO Box 1203, 21 Land’s End Sutton West, Ontario L0E 1R0 Telephone: 905-722-5398 E-mail [email protected]
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The property owner of 21634 Leslie Street has applied to demolish the House which is listed in the Town’s Register of Heritage Properties. The Ontario Heritage Act requires an owner of a registered property, that has not been designated, give the municipal council 60 days notice of the intent to demolish which must be accompanied by any required information, in this instance, a Cultural Heritage Assessment (CHA).
The Town retained Wayne Morgan, Heritage Planner, to prepare this CHA which identifies, evaluates and assesses the heritage values of the property and makes recommendations based on the assessment.
This property contains the George Moore Rental House. This 1 ½ storey frame residence, clad in modern synthetic siding, has a gable roof with a centre gable and a random coursed, rubble stone foundation. The front elevation has a symmetrically arranged centre door flanked by two windows and a round headed window in the centre gable and a hip roofed modern one storey porch. The House has a 1 ½ to 1 storey tail wing clad in modern board and batten siding. The foundation of the main section of the tail wing could not be determined. The House, built between 1875 and 1878, is a vernacular interpretation of the Gothic Revival or ‘Ontario Cottage’ architectural style. It has undergone many alterations including the addition of several layers of cladding and the loss of the front veranda, window sash, exterior doors, chimneys, any decorative trim and much of the interior detailing except for window and front door casings and some upper floor baseboards. The tail wing is an early 20th century addition. A small modern garage is the only other structure. The land around the House does not exhibit any early landscape design features with the exception of the farm lane.
The property was acquired by a number of absentee owners until the Moore family began securing an interest in 1856. George Moore, a local area farmer who fought in the 1837 rebellion, acquired the property in 1868 as an extension of his farm on the east side of Leslie Street. Between 1875 and 1878 he had the House built for tenants or farm help. Moore never lived on the property. In 1887 he sold it to George Wright, a Queensville merchant, who used the House for tenants or his farm help. In 1906, following Wright’s death, Kemp Thompson, the first owner/resident acquired the property. He owned it until 1919 when it was acquired by George Richardson and then William Dew in 1929 who owned it until 1949. The current owner acquired the property in 1991. As of 2015, the House was vacant.
The property, including the House, was evaluated using Provincial criteria established under the Act. The House and landscape do not have significant design or associative/ historical value with the limited exception of contextual values. Like any older farm house, it does have some contextual value. The condition of the House is good. However, it has undergone numerous alterations that compromise its heritage integrity. The farm landscape around the House is not an important designed landscape. The property was also assessed to see if it is a Cultural Heritage Landscape. Based on this analysis it was determined that this House and its landscape do not have sufficient cultural heritage value to warrant conservation and designation under the Act.
This CHA recommends:
1. That East Gwillimbury Council give its consent under the Ontario Heritage Act for the owner to demolish the house on the property at 21634 Leslie Street; and
2. This report be considered an adequate record of the George Moore Rental House and landscape at 21634 Leslie Street and that no further documentation be required.
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PROJECT PERSONNEL
Wayne Morgan Heritage Planner
Member, Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals Member, Canadian Institute of Planner Member, Ontario Professional Planners Institute President, Community Heritage Ontario
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Page
1.0 INTRODUCTION 1
2.0 DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY AND ITS CONTEXT 2 2.1 Location 2 2.2 Ownership and Legal Description 3 2.3 Area Character and Physiography 3 2.4 Context – General Character 5 2.5 Municipal Heritage Status of the Subject Property 5
4.0 HISTORICAL SUMMARY 6 4.1 Development of the Area 7 4.2 The Subject Property in the 19th Century 11 4.3 The Subject Property in the 20th and 21st Centuries 15
5.0 BUILT AND LANDSCAPE RESOURCE DESCRIPTION 19 5.1 George Moore Rental House Exterior 19 5.2 George Moore Rental House Interior 23 5.4 Subject Property - Landscape Elements 24
6.0 HERITAGE EVALUATION OF THE RESOURCES 25 6.1 Introduction 25 6.2 Application of Provincial Criteria 25 6.2.1 Design or Physical Value 25 6.2.2 Historical or Associative Value 28 6.2.3 Contextual Value 29 6.2.4 Summary of Cultural Heritage Values 30 6.3 Condition Assessment 30 6.4 Heritage Integrity 31 6.5 Cultural Heritage Landscape Considerations 31 6.6 Overall Evaluation Summary 33 6.7 Statement of Cultural Heritage Value 34
7.0 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 35 7.1 Conclusions 35 7.2 Recommendations 36
SOURCES CONSULTED 37
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APPENDICIES
A Property Fabric Maps B Photographs – Context C Maps D Aerial Photographs E George Moore Rental House Exterior Photographs F George Moore Rental House Floor Plan Sketches G George Moore Rental Interior Photographs H George Moore Farm Landscape Photographs I Property Ownership and Assessment/Collector Roll History J Ontario Heritage Act, Regulation 9/06 K Curriculum Vitae – Wayne Morgan
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 2.1 General Location Map [Source: York Maps, 2015]. 2 Figure 2.2 Subject Site and its Context [Source: York Maps, 2015]. 2 Figure 2.3 The Area in 1946 [Source: National Airphoto Library, Photo A10207-28]. 4 Figure 4.1 Historical Development of East Gwillimbury Township to 1970. [Source: Region of York]. 9 Figure 4.2 The Queens Hotel, Queensville [Source: Rollings, 122]. 10 Figure 5.1 George Moore Rental House c 1980, South and east elevations [Source: Town of East Gwillimbury Development Services Department] 19 Figure 5.2 View of the George Moore Rental House and Landscape from Leslie Street 24
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LIST OF TABLES
Table 4.1 1871 Census of Canada (nominal), East Gwillimbury Township. 14 Table 4.2 1891 Census of Canada (nominal), East Gwillimbury Township. 15 Table 4.3 1901 Census of Canada (Schedules 1 & 2), East Gwillimbury Township. 16 Table 4.4 1911 Census of Canada (Schedule 1), East Gwillimbury Township 17 Table 4.5 1921 Census of Canada (Form 1), East Gwillimbury Township 17 Table 6.1 Heritage Evaluation of Built and Landscape Components of the George Moore Farm, 21634 Leslie Street (Lot 28, Con 2) 26
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1.0 INTRODUCTION
The owner of the property at 21634 Leslie Street has applied to demolish the residential structure on the property. The property is listed in the Town of East Gwillimbury Register of Heritage Properties established under section 27 of the Ontario Heritage Act. The Act specifies that the owner of a property in the Register that has not been designated under the Act must give the municipal council 60 days notice of the intention to demolish and the notice must be accompanied by such information as required by the council.
In this instance, a Cultural Heritage Assessment is required. Wayne Morgan, Heritage Planner was retained by the Town to prepare this report, which is intended to fulfill the Town’s requirement for a Cultural Heritage Assessment. A curriculum vitae for Wayne Morgan is attached as Appendix K.
The property contains lands and a building within the north half of lot 28 in the second concession in the Town of East Gwillimbury. It is located on the west side of Leslie Street north of Holborn Road, north of the community of Queensville.
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2.0 DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY AND ITS CONTEXT
2.1 Location
The property is located in the Town (formerly Township) of East Gwillimbury in the Regional Municipality (formerly County) of York and includes part of the north half Lot 28 in the Second Concession on the west side of Leslie Street between Boag and Holborn Roads, north-east of the community of Queensville (Figures 2.1 and 2.2). The property is bounded on the east by Leslie Street, on the north by the south lot line of Lot 29, on the west by the Second Concession Road and on the south by a line parallel to the north and south Lot lines dividing Lot 28 into north and south halves.
Subject Property
Figure No. 2.1 General Location Map [Source: York Maps, 2015]
Subject Property
Figure No. 2.2 Subject Site and its Context [Source: York Maps, 2015].
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2.2 Ownership and Legal Description
Currently the property is owned by:
875218 Ontario Limited 21468A Leslie Street Quuensville, Ontario L0G 1R0
The short legal description of the property is: part of the east and west halves of Lot 28, Concession 2 geographic township of East Gwillimbury as in registered instrument numbered R580638.
The subject property is shown on copies of the property fabric maps from York Maps contained in Appendix A.
The property has been addressed by the municipality as 21634 Leslie Street.
2.3 Area Character and Physiography
As shown on the topographic maps ( Appendix C), the property is flat except for the area that is immediately west of Leslie Street which slopes down from Leslie Street to the flat area, commonly referred to as the Queensville flats. Forest cover is limited to the rear of the lot adjacent to the Second Concession Road and some of the land near Leslie Street that slopes down to the flats. There are also isolated trees along the north and south property lines (Appendix C – 1969 Farm/Property). The 1929 and 1970 maps show similar forest cover, with the balance of the land cleared for cultivation. This pattern of use has continued throughout the 20th century. These maps show the George Moore House and the 1970 map also shows a barn. To the east, the Metropolitan Radial Railway crossed the area until 1930, with the alignment visible as it has been used for a low voltage transmission line. Highway 404 has recently been constructed east of and generally parallel to Leslie Street. South of the subject site is the community of Queensville at Leslie Street and Queensville Sideroad. Lands immediately beyond the subject property are a mix of cultivated and forest lands. The 1980 maps shows rural residences scattered throughout the area but especially along Leslie Street.
Since the 1970 map, there have been little change in area land uses with the exception of the construction of Highway 404.
Figure 2.3 shows the subject property within its rural context in a 1946 aerial photograph. Detailed aerial photographs of the subject site in 1927, 1946, 1970, 1999 and 2015 are in Appendix D. Figure
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Subject Boag Road Property
Leslie Street
Holborn Road
Former Metropolitan Radial Railway
Figure No. 2.3 The Area in 1946 [Source: National Airphoto Library, Photo A10107-28 ].
The property is located in the both Simcoe Lowlands and Schomberg Clay Plains physiographic regions1. The Simcoe Lowlands is described as:
The lowlands bordering Georgian Bay and Lake Simcoe may be termed the Simcoe lowlands. They fall naturally into two major divisions … to the west are the plains draining into Nottawasaga Bay…To the east is the lowland surrounding Lake Simcoe .. referred to as the Lake Simcoe basin.
From the southern end of Lake Simcoe, known as Cook Bay, a broad valley extends southwestward for 15 miles between high morainic hills. Once a shallow
1 Chapman and Putnam, pp 296 – 299 & 299 - 307. Wayne Morgan December 2015 Heritage Planner
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extension of the lake, the floor of this valley is now a marsh of 20,000 acres through which the Holland River meanders sluggishly to Lake Simcoe. …
East of the Holland Marsh the Algonquin lake plain consists of level plains based on deep deposits of sand and silt. … Farther north in what is sometimes called the Queensville flats, the soil is silty in texture and highly calcareous. Much of it has been cleared and occupied by general farmers
The Schomberg Clay Plain, which includes only the lands on the subject site adjacent to Leslie Street, is described as:
Located near Schomberg, Newmarket, and to the north of Lake Scugog, the three larger areas, taken together cover about 475 square miles, and are included under the name of the Schomberg clay plains. In the first two areas the surface under the clay is that of a drumlinized till plain. The smaller drumlins are completely covered, but many of the larger ones escaped complete burial although the clay may occur well up the slopes of the hills. The average depth of the clay deposit seems to be about 15 feet … Since the rolling relief of the underlying till plain has not entirely been eliminated these areas are not so flat as many lake plains. … In the area along the Holland River between Newmarket and Holland Landing considerable dissection has taken place giving rise to rough topography.
2.4 Context - General Character
The character of the immediate context within which the subject property is located is illustrated in photographs in Appendix B.
The property is within an area that has remained largely rural with a mix of cultivated lands and forest cover.
Leslie Street, in front of the property, is a moderately used regional arterial road that is two lanes in width with partially paved shoulders, open drainage ditches and no sidewalks. There two signalized intersections - one at Leslie Street and Ravenshoe Road and the other at Leslie Street and Queensville Sideroad.
2.5 Municipal Heritage Status of the Subject Property
The property that includes the George Moore House at 21634 Leslie Street is included in the Municipal Register of Cultural Heritage Resources pursuant to section 27.1 of the Ontario Heritage Act. This property is not designated under Part IV or Part V of the Act.
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4.0 HISTORICAL SUMMARY
In 1783, the chiefs of the Mississaugas agreed to sell to the British government a tract of land stretching from Cataraqui near Kingston to the Etobicoke Creek along the north shore of Lake Ontario. This acquisition of land was further clarified in a confirmatory treaty in 1805 meeting with the Mississaugas.2 However, the Mississaugas continued to claim seven townships south of Lake Simcoe. In an April 1923 treaty, the Ojibwas and Mississaugas gave up rights to land between Lake Simcoe and Lake Ontario.3
Gwillimbury Township, established in 1816 as a municipal unit within the Home District, was divided into East and North Gwillimbury in 1840. In 1851, the Home District was divided into York, Peel and Ontario counties.4 In 1971 the Regional Municipality of York was created from the then County of York and East Gwillimbury became a Town. East Gwillimbury is bounded by the Towns of Newmarket and Whitchurch-Stouffville on the south, Uxbridge on the east, Georgina on the north and King Township on the west.
East Gwillimbury Township was surveyed initially by John Stegman in 1800 and then by Hambly in 1803. It was laid out in the ‘Single Front System’ dividing the Township into concessions 1¼ miles apart, one west of Yonge Street and nine to the east. The Township was further divided by seven sideroads 1¼ miles apart, running east and west north of and parallel to the boundary with Whitchurch Township (Davis Drive). Each concession block was divided into five 200 acre lots between every two side roads, with the lot boundaries parallel to the sideroads. From Davis Drive to the north Township limit (Ravenshoe Road), there were 35 lots5.
The single front survey system was one of several used in the settlement of southern Ontario and was used for Township surveys from 1783 to 1815.
In the former [Single Front] system, the township was to be six miles square, seven concessions deep and 25 lots wide. The size of the lots varied, with 120 and 200 acres the common sizes. The shape was long and narrow, 19 x 63 chains (approximately) for the smaller lot, 19 x 105 chains (approximately) for the larger. The system resulted in a settlement pattern consisting of single rows of farmsteads along the concession line roads. Intensity of land use decreased to the back of the concessions where woodlands persisted. As settlement matured many of the 200 acre lots in those townships were divided by boundaries parallel to the concession line. The result of the “wide split” was a new settlement pattern with houses now appearing in double rows.6
2 Champion, Isabel, 5. 3 McGillivray, Allan, 3. 4 Dean, W. G., plate 98. 5 Gentilcore, Louis, pp 5 – 9, 85. 6 Gentilcore, pp. 6 – 8. Wayne Morgan December 2015 Heritage Planner
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The initial survey system imposed a settlement grid system on the land that persists to this day.
The resulting 200 acre Township lots were rectangular in shape and were frequently divided in half into 100 acre square parcels often referenced as the west (or front) and east (or rear) half of the lot.
The subject lands are identified relative to this grid system as part of the north half of Lot 28, Concession 2.
Selections from the Registry Office’s abstract index to deeds and mortgages for the subject property are contained in Appendix I.
4.1 Development of the Area
The Larger Geographic Area and East Gwillimbury Township
In order to understand the development of the subject property, it is essential to place it within the context of development of the larger area.
Chapman and Putnam, in their discussion of physiographic regions of southern Ontario, have described the historical settlement and land use of the Schomberg Clay, in which the subject site is located, up to the 1960s.
Being associated with well-drained upland soils of drumlinized areas, such as the Bondhead series, and being fairly easily accessible to colonization routes from York, these clay plains were well settled and thoroughly cleared during the first half of the nineteenth century. Little forest cover remains except in the wettest places. Mixed farming was the rule with a dominance of grain in the cropping program. The suitability of the land for wheat was such that for many years the concentration of the crop was greater than in any other part of Ontario except the clay plains of Kent and Essex. .. . All three areas have long been noted for the raising of good beef cattle while in an earlier period sheep were also fairly numerous. With the extension of paved roads these areas come with the range of the Toronto milk shed and some of the farms became fluid milk suppliers.7
Chapman and Putnam closed their discussion of the change of use in the Schomberg Clay plain noting that in the Newmarket area rural non-farm population and the rural subdivision of the land have increased greatly.8
7 Chapman and Putnam, p 298. 8 Ibid, p 298. Wayne Morgan December 2015 Heritage Planner
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European settlement of the East Gwillimbury area was stimulated by the development of Yonge Street including surveying the land adjacent to the street, settlement of those adjacent lands and the clearing of Yonge Street and, some twenty years later, the survey of East Gwillimbury Township and consequent availability of land for settlement. Yonge Street had the dual purpose of developing the new Township (Gwillimbury) through which it ran and serving as a military road providing access to Lake Simcoe and then the upper area of the Great Lakes. Yonge Street first terminated at the Holland Landing. Initial clearing of parts of Yonge Street was undertaken in 1795 by the Queen’s Rangers. Since subsequent clearing and maintenace of Yonge Street would have been the responsibility of adjacent land owners, the Government’s priority was to accelerate continuous settlement along Yonge Street. Therefore, Crown and Clergy Reserve lands along Yonge Street were dispersed throughout the inner concessions of Gwillimbury Township and the lots bordering the Street were the amongst the earliest granted. As well, settlement duties were shortened to twelve months from the usual two years.
In addition, the Governor of Upper Canada, John Graves Simcoe, in a proclamation issued in 1792, offered free land grants, subject to settlement conditions such as those for settlement on Yonge Street. This proclamation appealed to Timothy Rogers who, after a preliminary exploration of the area in 1800, led 40 families, many of whom were Quakers (Religious Society of Friends), to settle in the area in 1801. A few of those families, such as one led by Bethuel Huntley, settled on the East Gwillimbury portion of Yonge Street. The offer of free land was taken up by succeeding waves of settlers, some of whom were Americans of the same religious faith, such as Ebaneezer Doan, encouraged by earlier settlers to come north. Other waves of settlers taking advantage of the offer of free land included other American and British settlers. With the clearing of forests from the land and the production of agricultural commodities, there was a demand for milling facilities. Mills were sited on rivers and streams where water power could be harnessed to run the operations. Mills such as the Red Mills in Holland Landing, sometimes became the nucleus for the creation of hamlets in the Township. .
The township developed from subsistence farming in the early nineteenth century to a wheat growing area in the mid-1800s. Wheat was the principal crop prior to 1870 occupying about one quarter to one third of the cultivated land. Fall wheat planting predominated until the 1860s when spring wheat became more important. From the 1850s to the 1890s, there was a consistent increase in the acreage of township land under cultivation. It was also in this period that the railway through Holland Landing was constructed, providing easier access on the west side of the Township to Toronto and north to Collingwood. Prosperous farm complexes, mature agricultural fields, numerous small grist and sawmills on the many streams and creeks and a local road network characterized the agricultural landscape of the area in the mid 19th century. Wayne Morgan December 2015 Heritage Planner
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Ontario farmers turned to higher cost cash crops and animal husbandry in the 1870s. The East Gwillimbury Township map in the Illustrated Historical Atlas depicts many established farmsteads. It also shows that by 1878 a railway had been constructed serving the east side of the Township. By the late nineteenth century agriculture in the township consisted of mixed crops, livestock and dairy farming. In the early twentieth century, the Newmarket Canal was under construction along the east branch of the Holland River which, if it had ever operated, would have connected the area to the Trent-Severn canal system. Also, early in the twentieth century, the Metropolitan Radial Railway was operating, providing additional access for residents in the west half of the Township to Toronto in the south and to Lake Simcoe in the north.
Topographical maps and aerial photographs (Appendicies C & D) show the agricultural character of the study area underwent little change throughout the first two-thirds of the twentieth century. Patterns of agricultural fields with some wood lots characterized the landscape.
Figure No. 4.1 Historical Development of East Gwillimbury Township to 1970 [Source: Region of York].
Subject Property
Development of the larger area to 1971 is shown in Figure 4.1. The subject property was close to the community of Sharon, which had grown slightly to 1971, and the alignment for the former Metropolitan Radial Railway line. Since 1971, Highway 404 has been constructed, municipal sewerage services have recently been extended to the communities of Sharon and Queensville and the community of Sharon has expanded with new residential development west of Highway 404.
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Village of Queensville
The village of Queensville, originally called ‘Hackett’s Corners’ was established as a ‘street village’ along Leslie Street, then called Queen Street (also the third concession) at the intersection of the Queensville Sideroad. The history of the village has been summarized by York Region in a document on the historical development of the Region.
Although the exact date of the arrival of the first residents of Queensville is not know, sufficient pioneers must have settled in the area to warrant the buildings of a school by the the middle of the 1820’s. The school’s first teacher, Jaems Aylward,… [first came] to Queensville in 1826. … Aylward opened the first store in the village in 1831. Ten years later William Hackett built another store…
The first Post Office for the village was opened on May 21, 1851 with james Aylward as postmaster. 1851 also market the arrival of the stagecoach in Queensville and inns and hotels quickly spring up to accommodate the passengers. A flour and grist mill built by Bill Morley started business on Mills Street and farmers from the area hauled their wheat here to have it ground into floor.9
Figure No. 4.2 The Queens Hotel, Queensville[Source: Rollings, 122].
Tremaine’s 1860 York County map identified the following patrons resident in Queensville: - Aylward, J. P., James – merchant & P. M., - Breckon, John – carpenter & joiner, - Bust, E. C. – Erector of Light’g Rods, - Cane, William – pump maker, - Dunham, J. A. – shoe maker, - Gregory, George – miller, - Hamilton, James – hotel keeper,
9 Regional Municipality of York, A Summary of the Historical Development of York Region. 31. Wayne Morgan December 2015 Heritage Planner
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- Kavanaugh, William – hotel keeper, - Merritt, John – carriage maker, - Sheppard, William – tailor, - Souls, J. – conveyancer, etc., - Stiles, Peter – blacksmith, and - Stokes, John T. – architect10.
Although most of the services in Queensville were local in scope, serving the surrounding rural area, some residents, such as J. Souls, provided services to a much broader area.
In 1905-6, the radial railway passed immediately to the west of the village providing access to Toronto and Lake Simcoe from a station to the east of the village on the Queensville Sideroad, with additional stations at Holborn and Boag Roads close to the subject property.
Queensville remained a small street village into the 1970s, when residential development occurred to the west of the village.
Topographical maps and aerial photographs (Appendicies C & D) show that the rural character of the study area underwent little change throughout the first two-thirds of the twentieth century.
4.2 The Subject Property in the 19th Century
As shown on the Patent Plan (Appendix C), all 100 acres of the east half of Lot 28, Concession 2 was given by the Crown to Conrad Gartman (aka Gostman, Gastman) on May 2, 180711 while all 100 acres of the west half of Lot 28 was given to William Barrett. To receive a land grant from the Crown, one either had to meet the settlement duties, which included clearing a portion of the land, building a residence, usually a log cabin, and clearing part of the right of way in front of the property; or had provided a service to the Crown, which could include military or administrative service. Little is known about (John) Conrad Gastman other than he was a United Empire Loyalist; he petitioned for land in York County (1802), the Ottawa River (1802) and Stormont County (1807), he lived in the Niagara District of Upper Canada and he was buried in Niagara on November 14, 1807 and is referenced as an ‘Old German’. It is likely that he received the subject land for services to the Crown and that he or his family ever lived on the subject property. Nothing could be found about William Barrett.
For the portions of the 1825 and 1834 East Gwillimbury Assessment Rolls12 that have survived, no entries are shown for Lot 28 Concession 2.
In 1837, John Carey obtained a sheriff’s certificate for 38 acres in the east half of Lot 2813.
10 Tremaine. 11 Land Records, York Region, Lot 28, Concession 2, East Gwillimbury Township, Patent. 12 Ontario Archives, Township of East Gwillimbury fonds, F 1628. Wayne Morgan December 2015 Heritage Planner
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Walton’s 1837 Directory lists John Leopard junior in association with Lot 28, Concession 214 while the assessment roll lists him in association with Lots 28 and 29 in Concession 3 and no house on the property. In any event, he was likely farming a portion of the property and living elsewhere. However, in Brown’s 1846 Directory no one listed in association with Lot 28, concession 2, while John Leopard Junior was listed on Lot 29 Concession 3. As of 1846, there was no evidence that anyone was living on the subject property.
In 1847 Henry Nicholls obtained a sheriff’s certificate for 15 acres in the east half of Lot 28 Concession 315. In 1850 Nicholls sold his interest in the 15 acres to James Powell16. The subject property was not listed in the 1850 East Gwillimbury Tax Collector’s Roll (Appendix I17).
The 1851 Census does not list anyone farming the subject property, Lot 28 Concession 2. George Moore is listed farming 50 acres in Lot 28, Concession 3, while John Moore is listed as farming 50 acres in Lot 28, Concession 3 and 100 acres in Lot 27, Concession 2. James Powell is not listed as living in East Gwillimbury in 1851. Therefore, it could not be determined if anyone had built a house and was living on the subject property in 1851.
In 1852 James Powell sold his interest in 15 acres in Lot 28 to Thomas Drurey (aka Drury)18, who, in the 1851 Census, was living in Lincoln County in the Niagara Peninsula.
In 1856, Sarah Crozier and others acquired an interest in 38 acres in Lot 28 through a sheriff’s deed19. In that same year, a quit claim registered by George Grame (Graham?) against John Moore showed that Moore had acquired an interest in 62 acres in the north-east part of Lot 2820. In 1861 John Moore acquired a further 38 acres in the east half of Lot 28 from George Crozier21 resulting in Moore owning all 100 acres of the east half of Lot 28.
Tremaine’s 1860 map of York County (Appendix C) shows John Moore owning the north- east quarter of Lot 28, Concession 2 and Thomas Drurey owning the south-east quarter of Lot 28. It also shows that John Moore owned additional lands in the east half of Lot 27, Concession 2 and the west half o Lot 28, Concession 3. The map does not show any buildings on the subject property although Tremaine was not consistent in identifying houses on his maps. The map does show the west half of Lot 28 to be forested.
13 Ibid, Instrument No. 859. 14 Walton, 85. 15 Land Records, York Region, Lot 28, Concession 2, East Gwillimbury Township, Instrument No. 28654. 16 Ibid, Instrument No. 38813. 17 Appendix I lists only those Collector/Assessment Rolls available for viewing. There are additional Rolls in the Ontario Archives but they are unavailable for viewing because of mould. 18 Ibid, Instrument No. 45242. 19 Ibid, Instrument No. 61724. 20 Ibid, Instrument No. 71377. 21 Ibid, Instrument No. 83470. Wayne Morgan December 2015 Heritage Planner
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The Census of 1861 does not list anyone farming Lot 28 Concession 2. John Moore, who was identified in the Census as farming 100 acres in Lot 27, Concession 222, was listed in the Census as a farmer, living with his wife, three children and a farm labourer in a frame, two storey, one family house23. No brick houses were identified in any of the Census entries near John Moore. The Census also lists Thomas Drury, farmer, living with his wife and nine children in a log, 2 storey, one family house in East Gwillimbury24. Drury was farming in Lot 33, Concession 3 (Appendix C – 1860, Tremaine – Context), in addition to owning land in Lot 28, Concession 2. The 1860 Tax Collector’s Roll (Appendix I) lists James Walden (sp?) in association with Lot 28 Concession 2; however he could not be found in the 1861 Census.
In 1863, a Quit Claim issued by Thomas Drury against George Y Moore, who had acquired an interest in the 15 acres in the east half of Lot 28, Concession 225 and was shown in the 1860 Collector’s Roll (Appendix I) as living on the east side of Leslie Street on Lot 28 Concession 3. In 1868, John Moore sold 100 acres in the east half of Lot 28 to George Y Moore26, in addition to selling him land in Lot 28, Concession 3.
George Y Moore :
She (Susan Briggs, born 30 Aug. 1822, died 6 Feb. 1911) married in 8 Feb. 1844 George Y. Moore, born 30 Nov. 1816, died 30 July 1896. He was the son of Robert Moore, a former English army officer from New York, and Maria Yonge of Boston. Although a loyal Englishmen, both Robert and son George had joined the Rebellion of 1837. Susan and George moved to Lot 28, Conc. 3, East Gwillimbury (Queensville) on Dec. 14th, 1851, where they remained for the rest of their lives. Susan broke her hip on 28 Aug. 1910, dying of the injury six months later. They are both buried in the Queensville cemetery27.
The Census of 1871 does not list anyone directly associated with the subject property although the 1871 Collector’s Roll (Appendix I) shows George Y Moore owning all of Lot 28 Concession 2, the subject property. Rather the 1871 Census lists George Moore in association with Lot 28, Concession 3 (Table 4.1) on the east side of Leslie Street, rather than the west side, although he was identified as farming and owning 250 acres, which was more than the lands in the east half of Lot 28, Concession 3. It is concluded from this information that George was residing on the east side of Leslie Street, and that, since he was listed in the Census as owning only one house, there were no houses on the subject property. The 1871 Census does not identify the character of houses. The Census also shows that there were two barns or stables on his properties.
22 1861 Agricultural Census of Canada, East Gwillimbury Township, Enumeration No. 2, page 66, line 21. 23 1861 Census of Canada (nominal), East Gwillimbury Township, Schedule A, Enumeration Area No. 2, p. 10. 24 Ibid, Enumeration Area No. 3, p. 30. 25 Land Records, York Region, Lot 28, Concession 3, East Gwillimbury Township, Instrument No. 214. 26 Ibid, Instrument No. 865. 27 The Willson Family, Sharon Temple Archives , p. 11. Wayne Morgan December 2015 Heritage Planner
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Table 4.1 1871 Census of Canada (Nominal), East Gwillimbury Township28
Dwelling Family Lands No. Name No. No. Profession Age Location Owned Farmed 9 117 118 Moore, George Y Farmer Con 3, Lot 28 250 250 54 10 Moore, Susan 48 11 Moore, Susan 13
Of the 250 acres that Moore owned, the 1871 Census shows that 100 acres were improved, 20 acres were in pasture and 3 in orchards or gardens. He had 6 milch cows, 13 cattle, 13 sheep, 10 pigs and 2 hives of bees. The farm was a commercial, rather than subsistence, operation.
In 1872, George Moore leased part of the subject property to John Smith for 10 years29. John Smith operated a nearby farm in Lot 29, Concession 3, so the subject property was ancillary to Smith’s principal farm operation.
The 1875 Tax Collector’s Roll (Appendix I) does not show any tenants on the subject property owned by George Y Moore.
However the 1878 County Atlas (Appendix C) shows a house near the location of the existing house at 21634 Leslie Street on the 200 acres of Lot 28, Concession 2 on the west side of Leslie Street (which includes the subject property) owned by George Y Moore. No other landscape features are shown on the subject property. The map also shows a house and orchard on George Moore’s lands on the east side of Leslie Street.
The 1881 Census shows that George and Susan Moore were still living in East Gwillimbury. However, the type of housing and the location of persons enumerated is not identified in this Census. The 1881census of agriculture has not survived. The 1881 Tax Collector’s Roll (Appendix I) shows John Smith renting 160 acres in Lot 28 Concession 2 although he continued to own and farm 50 acres in Lot 29 Concession 3. Therefore John Smith had no need for a house on the subject property. The 1881 Tax Collector’s Roll also shows Henry Martin renting 40 acres in the east half of Lot 28 Concession 2 from George Moore. Henry Martin is listed in East Gwillimbury in the 1881 Census next to George Moore. Martin, a farmer, was living with his wife and five children. It is likely that Martin was living on the subject property across the Leslie Street from George Moore.
In 1887 George Y Moore sold all 200 acres of Lot 28 Concession 2 to George H Wright30 (aka Wight). The 1888 Tax Collector’s Roll (Appendix I) lists George H Wright owning three parcels of land in East Gwillimbury – two small parcels in the Queensville area and all
28 1871 Census of Canada, East Gwillimbury Township Schedules 1, 3 and 4 Division E, p. 31 (line 9), 6 and 6. 29 Land Records, York Region, Lot 28, Concession 3, East Gwillimbury Township, Instrument No. 865. 30 Land Records, York Region, Lot 28, Concession 2, East Gwillimbury Township, Instrument No. 4812. Wayne Morgan December 2015 Heritage Planner
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200 acres of Lot 28 Concession 2. One acre of Lot 28 was rented to James Darraugh (Kavanagh?) also suggesting that by 1888 there was a house on the subject property.
The 1891 Census (Table 4.2) shows George H Wright, merchant, and his wife and children residing in the area. The 1891 Census does not specify the location of people, however, it is known that Wright was a merchant in Queensville. George was listed as an employer, possibly employing a farm labourer to manage the farm operation. The Wrights were living in a two storey, brick house that had eight rooms. Based on the 1901 Census when Wright continued to live in a brick, eight room house, it is unlikely that Wright was living on the subject property in 1891 and that this is the existing house. The 1891 Census of Agriculture has not survived. However the 1891 Census shows James Kavanagh living in a two storey 6 room wood house, possibly the existing house on the subject property.
Table 4.2 1891 Census of Canada (Nominal), East Gwillimbury Township31
Houses Hands employed No. Name Age Profession Religion Employer Inhabited during year 1 B 2/8 Wright, George H 41 Merchant Pres 1 1 2 “ , Margaret 38 Meth 3 “ , James H 16 “ 4 “ , Addie 10 “ 5 “ , George E 8 “ 6 “ , Margarie B 5 “ 7 “ , Harold R 1 “ 8 W 2/6 Kavanagh, James 60 Farmer Pres 9 “ , Maria 55 “ 10 “ , Frank 20 salesman “ 11 “ , Sarah 15 “ 12 “ , Eva 15 “
4.3 The Subject Property in the 20th and 21st Centuries
As of 1901 (Table 4.3), George Wright was listed as owning property in Queensville (Lot 19) and Lot 28 Concession 2. Given the sequence in which he was enumerated, he was living in Queensville, although he appears to have owned two brick houses. As of 1901, he was listed as a farmer, rather than merchant as in 1891.
31 1891 Census of Canada (nominal), East Gwillimbury Township, Schedule 1, Division D, 17 - 18. Wayne Morgan December 2015 Heritage Planner
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Since the 1901 Census provides some information about the location of enumerated persons, two families were identified as living on Lot 28 Concession 2 – Gilbert Johnston and Frank Dunham. Gilbert Johnston was living in a composite house and farming the land, although he was incorrectly shown as owning 212 acres, when most of the land was rented. Frank Dunham, a farm labourer, was listed as living with his family in a nine room brick house, likely the subject house, and renting one acre of land. Based on this information, the existing House may have been clad in brick between 1891 and 1901.
32 Table 4.3 1901 Census of Canada (Schedules 1 & 2), East Gwillimbury Township
No. of No. of No. of Real Estate Location Profes- Age Houses Barns, No. rooms / dwelling (acres) Name at last Stables, sion Family houses Lot Con birthday Vacant Occupied owned rented etc 19 Wright, George & 2 200 26 28 H Farmer 51 2 8 2/B ½ 1
27 “ , Margaret 50 28- Wright children 33 43 28 2 Johnston, Gilbert Farmer 51 1 9 1/C 212 5
44 “ , Susan 43 45- Johnston children 50 1 28 2 Dunham, Frank F Labourer 40 1 9 1/B 1
2 “ , Elizabeth 33
3 “ , Franklin 3
In 1905 George H Wright died and left his farm to his son, James H. Wright33. The following year, James sold all 200 acres to Kemp Thompson34.
In the 1911 Census (Table 4.4), Kemp Thompson, farmer, was listed living in East Gwillimbury, likely on the subject property, with his wife and three daughters. His adult son, Sidney Thompson, was living nearby. No information is provided in the 1911 Census about the type of housing and the 1911 Census of Agriculture has not survived.
In 1911, Kemp Thompson split the farm, selling the south 100 acres to his son, Sidney Thompson35 and, in1919, the north 100 acres to George E. Richardson36.
32 1901 Census of Canada, East Gwillimbury Township, Schedules 1 & 2, Enumeration Area No. D-3 pp 5, 11, 12 & 1, 3. 33 Ibid, Instrument No. 8766. 34 Ibid, Instrument No. 9089. 35 Land Records, York Region, Lot 28, Concession 2, East Gwillimbury Township, Instrument No. 10361. Wayne Morgan December 2015 Heritage Planner
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Table 4.4 1911 Census of Canada (Schedule 1), East Gwillimbury Township.37
Dwelling Age at last Place of No. Name Profession Employer House birthday Habitation;
East 35 93 Thompson, Kemp 47 Farmer* Yes Gwillimbury 24 “ , Sarah 45 “ 25 “ , Laura 18 “ 26 “ , Marie 12 “ 27 “ , Alma 8 “
In the 1921 Census, George Richardson was listed living in a six room, brick house that he owned on Lot 28 Concession 2 (Table 4.5). He was living with his wife, daughter and brother. The 1921 Census of Agriculture has not survived. The 1921 and 1922 Assessment Rolls (Appendix I) confirm George Richardson’s place of residence as the subject property.
Table 4.5 1921 Census of Canada (Form 1), East Gwillimbury Township38
Relationship Class of Home Age last Number of No. Name to household Tenure Profession birthday Rooms head Class Material 40 Richardson, George Head Farmer 52 S Brick O 6
41 “ , Mary A Wife None 45 42 “ , Pricilla Daughter None 20 43 “ , Austin Brother Student 35
A 1927 aerial photograph and a 1929 topographic map of the area (Appendices D & C) show that the property has a house and to the rear or west of the House, a barn and a shed with a short farm lane to Leslie Street. The aerial photo shows that the House had a tail wing offset to the north side of the rear of the House and an orchard north-east of the House. The farm lane to the House was not lined with trees or other vegetation. The 1927 aerial photograph does not show an evidence of an early house on the property closer to the north property line as suggested in the 1878 map (Appendix C).
36 Ibid. Instrument No. 12277. 37 1911 Census of Canada, East Gwillimbury Township, Schedule 1, Enumeration Area No. 3, p 9. 38 1921 Census of Canada , East Gwillimbury Township, Form 1, Enumeration Area No. 14, p 7. Wayne Morgan December 2015 Heritage Planner
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In either late 1928 or early 1929 George Richardson died and his executors sold the north 100 acres, including the access to the right-of-way (farm lane) and a well to William Dew39. A 1946 aerial photograph shows the property during Dew’s ownership. It appears to have remained unchanged since the 1927 aerial photograph.
Starting in 1949, the property passed through a succession of different owners40, with Frank and Marion Watts acquiring ownership in 196841. A 1970 aerial photograph and map (Appendices D and C – 1970) shows the property during their ownership. It was unchanged from 1946 except for the loss of the orchard north-east of the House and, to the rear of the House, the replacement of the shed with a smaller structure and the construction of a garage. In 1974 the Watts sold a lot north of the House to Rupert and Dorothy Andrews42 and in 1991 the Watts sold the remaining approximately 97 acres to a numbered Ontario company43, the current owners. A 1999 aerial photograph of the farmstead (Appendix D) shows that, between 1970 and 1999, there had been a considerable change in the landscape around the house with a scattered planting of trees and shrubs to the east, north and north-west of the House.
A 2015 aerial photograph (Appendix D – 2015) shows that the barn had been demolished and a large area of fill had been placed to the west of the farmstead.
As of the October 2015 site visit, the House was vacant but had not been vandalized.
39 Land Records, York Region, Lot 12, Concession 3, East Gwillimbury Township, Instrument No.14790. 40 Ibid. Instrument Nos. 19249, 23824, 37253A and 33235B. 41 Ibid. Instrument No. 504868. 42 Ibid, Instrument No. 15241B. 43 Ibid, Instrument No. 580638. Wayne Morgan December 2015 Heritage Planner
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5.0 BUILT AND LANDSCAPE RESOURCE DESCRIPTION
In October 2015, an on-site survey was conducted to examine and photograph the Moore/ Wright Farm including all built and landscape resources.
The following components of the property are documented in photographs and drawings in: - Appendix E – House, Exterior, - Appendix F - Floor Plan Sketches, - Appendix G – House, Interior; and - Appendix H - Landscape.
The six foot measuring stick that appears in the photographs is scaled in one foot intervals.
5.1. George Moore House Rental Exterior
Dating the House – 1875 - 1878. Dating the House can be estimated based on documentary and visual evidence. The stone rubble foundation suggests that it was built before 1910 when
Figure 5.1 George Moore Rental House, c 1980 South and east elevations Source: Town of East Gwillimbury Development Services Department
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From 1858 until 1887, the property was owned by the Moore family who lived close to the subject property either immediately to the south or across the street to the east. Although the Moores had no need to construct a house for themselves on the subject property since they lived so close, it appears that George Moore or the people to whom he was renting built a house on the subject property sometime after 1875 as no tenant is shown on the 1875 Tax Collector’s Roll (Appendix I). However, the 1878 map (Appendix C) shows a house on the property near the existing house and, in 1881, Henry Martin is listed renting 40 acres of Lot 28 Concession 2 from George Moore and living property in the area. Although the house was later listed in the 1901 Census as a wood structure, it is possible that a veneer of white (yellow) brick was added as a later alteration.
Based on this evidence, the House was constructed between 1875 and 1878 and to indicate that, although it was constructed during George Y Moore’s ownership of the property but he did not live in it, it is referred to as the ‘George Moore Rental House’ in this report.
Overview - The George Moore Rental House, which faces east, is setback roughly 28 metres from the west shoulder of Leslie Street on land that slopes slightly down from the Street to the House. The House (Figure 5.1 and Appendix E) is a one and one-half storey detached, rectangular structure that rests on a random coursed stone rubble foundation. A centre gable on the front elevation is a distinguishing feature of this House. The House has a one and one- half storey off-set tail wing, the rear sections of which are one storey in height. The main section of the House is clad in a modern synthetic siding on the north, east and south elevations. This siding covers a white (yellow) brick veneer which appears to be laid in a common bond. The rear elevation of the main structure and the tail wing is clad in board and batten siding. The House has two open hip roofed, asphalt single clad, one storey porches – one on the front (east) elevation and the other on the north side. The front porch rests on poured concrete base while the side porch has a patio stone base. Figure 5.1 shows the nailing board for an earlier one storey veranda that stretched across the front of the House.
The House dimensions were taken on-site and documented in Appendix F. The Municipal Property Assessment Corporation lists the House having an area of 2,158 square feet.
The House is capped by medium pitched, asphalt shingle clad gable roof that projects beyond the walls of the structure. The soffits and fascias are clad in synthetic siding. There is no evidence of brackets or decorative bargeboard. There is one large, red brick, internal chimney which projects above the roof at the gable peak near the centre of the main structure.
44 The first house constructed in the Newmarket area with the larger 2 over 2 sashes was documented in 1868, 45 Duncan, pp 95 and 121. Wayne Morgan December 2015 Heritage Planner
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The typical window opening on the House is rectangular which, on the ground floor, measure 5 feet, 1 ¾ inches by 3 feet ¾ inches, with an arched head and a lug sill. The modern siding appears to hide brick voussoirs above the window openings. The window frame and sill are clad in a modern synthetic material. All window openings contain modern sash constructed of synthetic materials with a fixed, large upper sash and two smaller, lower sliding sash. Figure 5.1 shows that originally the wood sash were 2 glazing units over 2.
East Elevation – The principal elevation is a three bay façade with a centre door flanked by two typical window openings. The centre door opening exists within the open front porch. The centre door opening contains a circa 1945 six paneled wood door with the smaller upper panels being glazed. The upper floor window opening in the centre gable has a rounded head. Although this window opening has a modern rectangular sash, originally the upper wood sash would have had a rounded head.
The original front veranda would have had a bell-cast roof based on the nailing board shown in Figure 5.1. The existing porch has a pair of straight posts supporting the roof; the plain pilasters shown in Figure 5.1 were likely removed with the addition of the synthetic siding.
North Elevation – This elevation has three components – the main section, the 1 ½ storey tail wing and the one storey double extension to the tail wing. The main section contains a typical window in the centre of the ground floor and two smaller typical windows symmetrically arranged above the ground floor window. The 1 and ½ storey tail wing contains a modern sliding glass door towards the west end and a small window opening with modern one over one sash towards the east end. A one storey hip roofed porch supported by heavy barn timbers shelters the sliding glass door opening. In the upper floor a window opening that cuts into the soffit contains a modern window with an upper fixed sash and a lower pair of sliding sash. The foundation of this section of the tail wing could not be determined. The one storey double extension consists of a blank wall on this elevation. The east part of this extension rests on a concrete block foundation, while the west part has no foundation but rests on wood posts.
West Elevation – This elevation contains the rear wall of the one storey tail wing extension, the upper floor of the 1 ½ storey tail wing and the west wall of the main section of the House. The west all of the main section is a blank wall except for a modern glass sliding door. The upper floor of the 1 ½ storey tail wing has a pair of rectangular window openings containing modern sash – an upper fixed sash and a pair of sliders in the lower part of the opening. The 1 storey tail wing extension is a blank wall except for rectangular window opening centre immediately below the soffit. This opening contains modern slider sash. The exposed portion of the foundation also contains a rectangular window opening with modern slider sash. This is a modern, open wood staircase leading from to a door opening at the rear of the south elevation.
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South Elevation – This elevation, like the north elevation, consists of three sections - the main section, the 1 ½ storey tail wing and the one storey double extension to the tail wing. The main section contains a pair of typical windows symmetrically arranged on the ground floor and, on the upper floor, a pair of smaller typical windows aligned directly above the ground floor windows. The 1 ½ storey tail wing has a door opening located close to the main structure. The opening contains a modern door and an aluminum storm door. Towards the west end of this section there is a ground floor rectangular window opening containing modern sash. Above the door of this section, there is a narrow, rectangular upper floor window opening that cuts into the soffit which contains modern sliding sash. The one storey extension contains a rectangular window opening with modern sash and door opening with a modern wood door with upper glazing units. The exposed foundation of this section contains a rectangular opening with modern sliding sash.
Over the years, the House has experienced some significant exterior alterations that include:
- Application of modern synthetic siding on the north, east and south elevations of the main structure; - Possible application of a brick veneer46 to the north, east and south elevations of the main structure; - Possible addition of the tail wing circa 1906; - Application of modern wood siding to the tail wing and rear of the main structure; - Loss of original chimneys which would have been in the gable ends of the main structure and towards to the rear of the original tail wing; - loss of the front veranda; - addition of a relatively modern porch; - loss of all original window sash; - loss of all original doors; - addition of side porch; - insertion of sliding glass doors on the north and west elevations; and - alteration of basement window openings.
The architectural style of this house is a vernacular variation on the ‘Gothic Revival’ or ‘Ontario Cottage’ which was popular from the 1830s to 1900.
In Ontario, where the Gothic Revival had more influence than anywhere else in Canada, the 1830s witnessed the appearance of Neo-Gothic features in another version of the Neo-Classical house that was primarily built in small towns. This was dubbed the Ontario Cottage, although the same type of building is found in other British colonies, where it was apparently introduced by discharged British soldiers. It was usually a house with one-and-a-half stories, a square plan, three bays on the main façade and a pavilion roof. The influence of the Gothic Revival is seen in the appearance of a small central gable with a fretted fascia board
46 White (yellow) brick was not brought in from Toronto and used in the Newmarket area until the 1890s. It is likely the application of a brick veneer on this House did not occur until it was owner occupied – 1906 or 1919. Wayne Morgan December 2015 Heritage Planner
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highlighting a gothic window; sometimes the shape of the other windows and the door is also modified.47
Blumenson has also described Gothic Revival styled buildings.
The most common and often singular feature shared by many houses across the Province is the simple lancet or pointed window, located in the centre gable above the main door. Another common detail is the vergeboard or bargeboard, a roof trim ideally decorated with curvilinear patterns. Hood-moulds with carved label stops, numerous dormers and gables, finials, pinnacles and crockets are other features highlighting a formal brick villa or modest frame dwelling. Bay windows, verandas and a steep roof pierced by tall decorated chimney stacks also add to the ideal picturesque quality of the building.48
The George Moore Rental House is a local interpretation of the Gothic style that has dispensed with most of the decorative details of the style, although it retains its massing, height, centre gable and window in the centre gable.
5.2 George Moore Rental House Interior
On the ground floor, the original room configuration is not discernible. Originally there would have been a central hall flanked by rooms. However, on this House, there has been substantially repartitioning of the main structure. The central hall has been removed and the staircase has been rebuilt in the north-west corner of the main structure. The only early features that remain on the ground floor of the original structure are the windows openings, except for the sliding glass door in Room 1, the window casings, the front door opening and its associated casing and transom. The transom is covered on the exterior by the porch roof. The ground floor of the tail wing has been entirely modernized – there is no evidence of an earlier structure or early woodwork, although the 1 ½ storey section of the tail wing would appear to date from at least 1927 based on the aerial photograph (Appendix D).
The upper floor has experienced substantial repartitioning with the relocation of the staircase and the removal of the central hall, although in the main structure has retained some original window casings and baseboards. The upper floor of the tail wing has been fully modernized.
In the basement, there has been extensive repartitioning although the stone rubble foundation is evident in some places of the main structure. The ceiling joists in this section of the House measure 10 ¾ inches by 2 inches while the exposed floor boards of the ground floor are irregular in width. The foundation material of the tail wing could not be determined although the floor joists appear to be more modern than the main structure of the House suggesting that the tail wing may have been constructed later, perhaps when it became owner-occupied.
47 Brosseau, p 11. 48 Blumenson, p. 37. Wayne Morgan December 2015 Heritage Planner
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Limited access to the attic revealed simple framing with the rafters nailed together at the peak without a ridge board. There is evidence of a former chimney in the north gable end.
5.3 Subject Property - Landscape Elements
The 1860 map (Appendix C) shows forest cover on the rear third of the property. No other landscape features are shown on the property by this map.
The 1878 map does not shown any landscape features on the property. The 1929 topographic map shows the forest cover towards the rear (west end) of the property, the flat nature of the property except for the ridge near Leslie Street, where it rises approximately 50 to the Street and some vegetation immediately below the ridge. The balance of the property has been cleared for agriculture and the House and barn are on the ridge close to the street.
The 1927 aerial photograph (Appendix D) illustrates the patterns shown on the topographic map except that the agricultural land has been divided into a rectangular field pattern without hedge rows. This photograph also shows the landscape around the House and farmstead. In 1927 there was an orchard north-east of the House, a few trees or shrubs behind the House, the barn and a shed to the rear of the House, and a farm lane, devoid of vegetation, aligned perpendicular to Leslie Street extending to the farmstead and then to the rear of the property. Landscape changes around the farmstead between 1927 and 1970 were limited to removal of the orchard, shed and trees/shrubs behind the House. Between 1970 and 1999, isolated plantings of deciduous and coniferous trees and some shrubs had occurred around the House, along the north property line with the adjacent residential property and in a line near the barn. As of 2015 (Appendix H), the trees and shrubs planted in 1970 have matured although no new plantings have occurred. The barn has been removed and a large area on the barn site and to the west has had a large amount of fill placed on it. The balance of the property continues to be cultivated.
Based on this examination, none of the existing landscape elements around the House have an important historical association with the House except for the location of the farm lane.
House
Figure 5.2 View of the George Moore Rental House and Landscape from Leslie Street.
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6.0 HERITAGE EVALUATION OF THE RESOURCES
6.1 Introduction
Criteria for determining the cultural heritage value or interest of a property are listed in regulation 09/06 made under the Ontario Heritage Act (Appendix J). These criteria are to assist municipalities in evaluating properties for designation under the Act. They are grouped into three broad categories – design or physical value, historical or associative value and contextual value. Criteria specific to East Gwillimbury have not been adopted by Council; therefore the provincial criteria were used as part of this evaluation.
The criteria, in and of themselves, are insufficient to assess the cultural heritage value of a resource and to make a comprehensive determination on its conservation. Other factors that should be considered include condition – that is the extent of deterioration in the attributes and fabric of a resource – and heritage integrity – that is the extent to which important heritage attributes remain in place.
In addition, although individual built and landscape resources may not merit conservation on their own, collectively they may have value as a cultural heritage landscape. Cultural heritage landscape criteria have been used in this evaluation.
6.2 Application of Provincial Criteria
Table 6.1 provides a summary of the application of provincial criteria to the House and the landscape. The frame, one storey garage, constructed between 1927 and 1970 was not considered to warrant evaluation.
6.2.1 Design or Physical Value
Rare, Unique, Representative or early example49
George Moore Rental House:
The House is a vernacular interpretation of a common architectural style found throughout southern Ontario and East Gwillimbury. Therefore it is not a rare or unique example of the style. As discussed in this report, it is a stripped down version of the style, lacking many of the architectural details. Although the House has the basic elements of the style – massing, roof shape, centre gable with upper floor window and centre door flanked by two windows; either through its original design as a rental house or through later alterations, it lacks many of the style details including
49 All of the subheadings in Section 6.2 are summaries of the criteria; for a full description see Table 6.1 and Appendix J. Wayne Morgan December 2015 Heritage Planner
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Table 6.1 Heritage Evaluation of Built and Landscape Components of the George Moore Farm, 21634 Leslie Street (Lot 28, Con 2)
George Moore Criteria Landscape Rental House
Design or Physical Value i. Rare, unique, representative or early example of a style, type, expression, No No material or construction method. ii. Displays a high degree of craftsmanship or artistic merit. No No iii. Demonstrates a high technical or scientific achievement No No
Historical or Associative Value i. Has direct association with a theme, event, belief, person, activity, No No organization or institution of community significance ii. Yields, or has the potential to yield, information that contributes to an No No understanding of a community or culture iii. Demonstrates or reflects the work or ideas of an architect, artist, builder, designer No No or theorist significant to a community
Contextual Value i. Is important in defining, maintaining, or supporting the area character. * * ii. Is physically, functionally, visually or historically linked to its surroundings. Yes * iii. Is a landmark * No
* : marginal
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chimneys, veranda, window trim and sashes, bargeboard and other roof trim and front door. With the exception of the window sash and the design of the veranda roof implied by the nailing board in the circa 1980 photograph, there is a lack of documentation with which to recreate those details. Further the condition of the brick under the modern siding is unknown. Therefore the House, in its current state, is not a good representation of the style. Lastly, with its construction between 1875 and 1878, the House is not an early example of this style, which was common between 1830 and 1900.
This frame House appears to have originally been clad either in wood or a composite of materials such as wood and stucco, although there is no photograph of the building in this early incarnation. It was later clad in brick on three sides and most recently modern synthetic siding was put over the brick. Therefore the material used in its construction is neither rare nor unique. Given the various cladding materials, it is neither representative nor an early example of the materials.
The construction method of this House is quite common – frame on a random coursed stone rubble foundation.
In summary, the House does not have sufficient design or physical value to warrant conservation.
Landscape:
The landscape around the House, which does not relate to its early development, nor does it display any later outstanding design values, does not meet this criterion.
Craftsmanship or Artistic Merit
George Moore Rental House:
On both the exterior and interior, the House does not display a reasonably high level of craftsmanship.
Landscape:
The landscape does not display a high level of craftsmanship or artistic merit. Its design is quite basic, providing screening of the House from the road.
Technical or Scientific Merit
The House and landscape do not display a high degree of technical or scientific merit.
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6.2.2 Historical or Associative Value
Direct associations with a person, etc.
George Moore Rental House:
The House, although built on behalf of George Y Moore as part of his farming operation, was never Moore’s residence. Instead he lived on the east side of Leslie Street and either rented the House or used it for his farm labour. Therefore, although George Y Moore appears to have been a modestly successful area farmer and participated in the rebellion of 1837, the House is not directly associated with him. Similarly, the next owner, George Wright, a prominent Queensville merchant, rented the House to others and so is not directly associated with the House. None of the owners is listed as an elected or appointed official of the municipality50.
No event, theme, belief or activity occurred on the property that was significant in the development of either the Township or the Queensville area.
Landscape:
The landscape around the House is not associated with any theme, event, belief, person, activity, organization or institution of community significance.
Understanding of a community or culture
The House and its landscape are not considered to have the potential to yield information that contributes to an understanding of either the community or culture of the area. The writing of this report is not an indication that the House or its landscape contribute to our understanding of the community or area culture.
Designer
A designer of the George Moore Rental House, if there was one, could not be determined although a local architect, John T. Stokes, was resident in the Sharon area at the time. Similarly no builder could be identified for the House. It is most unlikely that there was ever any designer involved in the farm landscape or the landscape around the farmstead.
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6.2.3 Contextual Value51
Character
The current character of the area is rural – a mix of cultivated and forest land and isolated farmsteads and some non-farm residences . The House and farmland are only marginally important in defining or maintaining that rural character. The same could be said for any house or cultivated land that had existed for more than one hundred years. This marginal contribution to the maintenance of the rural character does not, by itself, warrant the conservation of these resources.
Linkages
George Moore Rental House:
The House is physically, visually, and historically linked to its surroundings having existed on the property since the mid 1870s. Again, this criterion would apply to any house that had existed for more than 100 years and is insufficient to warrant its conservation.
Landscape:
The landscape around the House is not physically, functionally, visually or historically linked to the area; it has been shown through an analysis of aerial photographs that the landscape around the House has changed substantially since 1927. The balance of the farmland on the property is linked to the area as would any farm fields that have existed for more than 100 years. For these conflicting reasons, this criterion is shown as marginal in Table 6.1.
Landmark Status
George Moore Rental House and Landscape:
The House and landscape are not landmarks; they do not terminate a view nor do they serve as a point of reference. However the House is visible from Leslie Street and for this reason the House is shown as having a marginal value as a landmark.
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6.2.4 Summary of Cultural Heritage Values
Built Resource
The application of the provincial criteria resulted in the George Moore Rental House having only limited cultural heritage value – because it has been on the site since at the mid 1870s. The condition and heritage integrity of this resource is examined in section 6.3 and 6.4.
Landscape Resource
The application of the provincial criteria to the landscape resource revealed that the landscape around the House has no cultural heritage value, while the landscape on the rest of the property has only marginal cultural heritage value.
6.3 Condition Assessment
A visual examination of the built and landscape resources in August 2015 is illustrated in the photographs in Appendices E, G and H. As of that date:
Building – George Moore Rental House
The House is in a good condition. There evidence for this is:
- no foundation problems based on very limited views from the exterior and interior; - the roof appears to be sound – there was no curling of shingles and there were no visible signs of water infiltration on the interior, although the roof of the side porch is deteriorating and has missing singles; - there were no noticeable cracks in the walls on the interior suggesting differential settlement; the cladding on the exterior walls prevented of the walls although from the limited views in the circa 1980 photograph there did not appear to any significant cracks in the walls; - the basement was dry; - all windows were intact; and - although vacant, the owner continues to monitor the building regularly.
There were no visible problems with building either on the exterior or interior.
Landscape Elements -
The farm lane to the House remains usable for vehicles. All plantings around the House are in good shape and the grass around the House continues to be cut. The farm fields, as mentioned previously, continue to be cultivated.
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6.4 Heritage Integrity
Buildings – George Moore Rental House
The heritage integrity of the House is low for the following reasons:
- The current cladding is incompatible with the style of the House and the condition of the brick cladding under the existing synthetic siding is unknown; - Any exterior decorative elements, if they existed, have been removed; - The original front veranda has been lost; - The original window sash have been lost, although a photograph shows what they would have looked like; - The original front door has been lost and part of the front entrance opening has been inappropriately altered by the enclosure provided by the new veranda; - Original chimneys have been lost and the new large central chimney is incompatible with the architectural style of the building; - The original tail wing, if one existed, has been lost and been replaced with a more recent, although old, addition; and - On the interior, there has been substantial repartitioning in the ground floor with the resulting loss of considerable heritage fabric including staircase, doors and plaster work.
Landscape
The heritage integrity of the farm landscape around the George Moore Rental House is low. As discussed in the map and aerial photograph analysis, the landscape around the House has been altered. The only early landscape feature that exists is the farm lane. All other landscape elements around the House derive from changes made from the 1970s onwards.
The rest of the farm land continues as it appeared in the 1927 aerial photograph, although there has been a loss of farm outbuildings including the barn and the individual pattern of fields has been replaced by one large sod farm field.
6.5 Cultural Heritage Landscape Considerations
Although the individual built and landscape resources in the study area have been assessed using the Provincial criteria and for condition and heritage integrity, it is important to determine whether combined they constitute a Cultural Heritage Landscape (CHL) worthy of conservation. The Provincial Policy Statement 2014 defines a CHL as a:
a defined geographical area that may have been modified by human activities and is identified as having cultural heritage value or interest by a community …. The area may involve features such as structures, spaces, archaeological sites or
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natural elements that are valued together for their interrelationship meaning or association. Examples may include, but are not limited to, heritage conservation districts…; villages, parks, gardens, battlefields, mainstreets and neighbourhoods, cemeteries, trailways, viewsheds, natural areas and industrial complexes …, and areas recognized by federal or international designation authorities ….
Although the Province has not established criteria for CHLs, a study for the Town of Caledon, has identified three types of CHLs based on UNESCO groupings 52: - a designed landscape; - an organically evolved landscape; and - an associative cultural landscape.
If this property were a CHL, it would be considered an ‘organically evolved landscape’ which is a landscape that “results from an initial social, economic, administrative, and/or religious imperative and has developed in its present form in response to its natural environment.” Within that category, two subgroups are identified – a relict or a continuing landscape, the latter indicating that the landscape was still in a state of evolution. This property would be considered as a continuing, organically evolved landscape.
The Scheinman report on cultural heritage landscapes states:
While any landscape upon which humankind has left their imprint is a cultural landscape, only those cultural landscapes that have a deep connection with the history of the jurisdiction can be identified as cultural heritage landscapes. To be considered significant … it must be demonstrated … that the candidate CHL meets one or more of the following criteria:.
For Organically Evolved Landscapes and Associative Cultural Landscapes
A. associated with events that made significant contributions to the broad patterns of history (at any level - local, regional, national, etc.) i.e., strong association with central themes; or,
B. closely associated with … individuals and/or families …significant to the history of the area; or,
C. embodies the distinctive characteristics of a particular settlement pattern or lifeway whether derived from ethnic background, imposed by the landscape, was the practice of a specific historic period or a combination of the above; or,
D. manifests a particularly close and harmonious long-standing relationship between the natural and domestic landscape; or
E. has yielded or is likely to yield information important to prehistory or history; or,
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F. is strongly associated with the cultural and/or spiritual traditions of First Nations or any other ethnic and/or religious group.53
Using the above criteria and assessing the landscape as it exists today, it was determined that the George Moore Rental House and its associated landscape does not have sufficient heritage merit to warrant conservation as a CHL for the following reasons:
It is not associated with a significant development or innovation in agriculture or other rural land use in the community;
It is not associated with a central theme in the development of the community – in this case the pioneering of a landscape for agricultural purposes. The House and its immediate landscape are associated with a much later stage in the development of the area. (Criteria A);
The House and its landscapes as a collective is not associated with a significant person in the community; the House was a rental structure intended to be occupied by tenants or farm labourers (Criteria B);
The House and its landscape do not embody the characteristics of a particular settlement such as that derived from an ethnic group nor do they embody the practice of a specific historic period (Criteria C).
The House and its landscape do not manifest a particularly close and harmonious long-standing relationship between the natural and domestic landscape; (Criteria D);
The House and its landscape are not likely to yield information important to prehistory or history (Criteria E);
The House and landscape are not associated with the cultural and /or spiritual traditions of the First Nations or any other ethnic and/or religions group (Criteria F);
In summary, the George Moore Rental House and landscape are not a cultural heritage landscape worthy of conservation.
6.6 Overall Evaluation Summary
It was determined through the application of Provincial criteria and consideration of condition and heritage integrity that the George Moore Rental House and landscape do not have significant cultural heritage value either individually or as a Cultural Heritage Landscape. Although the House has some cultural heritage value, as it has been on the site since at least circa 1875, it is not a particularly worthy example of a vernacular interpretation of the Gothic
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Revival style structure having been substantially altered since its original construction. The interior woodwork does not warrant conservation under the Ontario Heritage Act.
6.7 Statement of Cultural Heritage Value
Since the George Moore Rental House and its landscape do not have sufficient cultural heritage value to warrant conservation, a statement of cultural heritage value was not developed.
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7.0 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
The owner of an approximately 97.43 acre property at 21634 Leslie Street in north half of Lot 28, Concession 2 (East Gwillimbury) on the west side of Leslie Street, between Holborn and Boag Roads has applied to demolish the structure referred to in this report as the ‘George Moore Rental House’.
The subject lands contain a potential heritage resource that has been listed in the municipal register of heritage properties as per section 27 of the Ontario Heritage Act. Prior to considering a application to demolish a building on a property listed in the Register, a Cultural Heritage Assessment must be prepared. This report meets that requirement.
7.1 Conclusions
After a detailed examination of the history of the property, it was determined that the existing house was constructed for George Y. Moore between 1875 and 1878 as a residence for tenants or farm labourers. George Moore owned a farm on the east side of Leslie Street opposite the subject property. He acquired the subject property in 1868, although records from early in his tenure do not show anyone living on the property. However, an 1878 map shows a house on the property. In 1887 George Moore sold the property to George H. Wright, a Queensville merchant. Again, evidence indicates that Wright did not live on the property but rented the House to others or used it for his farm labour. Following Wright’s death in 1905, the property was sold to Kemp Thompson, the first owner to live on the property. In 1911 Thompson split the 200 acre Lot into a north and south half, selling the north half to George Richardson in 1919. In 1929, following Richardson’s death, William Drew purchased the property, selling it in 1949. Subsequently, the property passed through a number of owners eventually to be acquired by the current owner in 1991.
This one and one-half storey House is constructed in a Gothic Revival or ‘Ontario Cottage’ style which is distinguished by a gable roof, symmetrical front elevation, central gable with a pointed upper floor window and ornamental wood work. Although the House appears to be structurally sound, it has undergone a number of alterations including the addition of several different layers of cladding, the loss of the front veranda, window sash, exterior doors chimneys, any decorative trim and much of the interior detailing except for window and front door casings. The tail wing appears to an early twentieth century addition.
The landscape around the House was substantially altered between 1970 and 1995 and the orchard north-east of the House was removed prior to 1970. The only landscape feature that remains, other than the cultivated land which has been consolidated into one large field, is the farm lane.
The cultural heritage values of the George Moore Rental House and its landscape were evaluated after detailed heritage research and using not only criteria established under the Act but taking into consideration their condition and heritage integrity. They were also evaluated
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7.2 Recommendations
Based on this analysis, it is recommended that:
1. That Council of the Corporation of the Town of East Gwillimbury give its consent under the Ontario Heritage Act for the owner to demolish the residential structure, referred to in this report as the George Moore Rental House, on the property known municipally as 21634 Leslie Street; and
2. This report be considered an adequate record of the George Moore Rental House and landscape at 21634 Leslie Street and that no further documentation of these resources be required.
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SOURCES CONSULTED
Publications
Blumenson, John. Ontario Architecture, A Guide to Styles and Building Terms 1784 to the Present. Toronto: Fitzhenry & Whiteside. 1990.
George Brown. Brown’s Toronto City and Home District Directory. 1846- 1847. Printed and published by George Brown. Toronto. 1846.
Census Returns, Canada, Ontario, York County. East Gwillimbury Township, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911 and 1921.
Champion, Isabel, editor. Markham 1793 – 1900. 2nd Edition, revised. Markham, Ontario: The Markham District Historical Society. 1989.
Chapman, L. J.; Putnam, D. F. The Physiography of Southern Ontario. 2nd Edition. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 1966.
Dean, W. G., editor. Economic Atlas of Ontario. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 1969.
Duncan, George. York County Mouldings from Historic Interiors. The Architectural Conservancy of Ontario Inc. Toronto. 2001.
Gentilcore, Louis; Donkin, Kate. Land Surveys of Southern Ontario, Supplement No. 2 to the Canadian Cartographer, Vol. 10, 1973.
Gentilcore, R. Louis; Head, C. Grant. Ontario’s History in Maps. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 1984.
McIlwraith, Thomas. F. Looking for Old Ontario. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 1997.
Ontario Regulation 9/06 made under the Ontario Heritage Act, Criteria for Determining Cultural Heritage Value or Interest, January 25, 2006.
Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O. Chapter 0.18.
Ontario Ministry of Culture. Heritage Resources in the Land Use Planning Process. Toronto: Queen’s Printer for Ontario. 2006.
Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Provincial Policy Statement 2014, Toronto: Queen’s Printer for Ontario. 2014.
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Regional Municipality of York. A Summary of the Historical Development of York Region. June 1974.
Rolling, Gladys M. East Gwillimbury in the Nineteenth Century. A Centennial History of the Township of East Gwillimbury. Toronto: printed by The Ryerson Press. 1967.
Scheinman, Andre. ENVision – The Hough Group. Criteria for the Identification of Cultural Heritage Landscapes. Town of Caledon. September 17, 2003.
Smith, Wm. H. Smith’s Canadian Gazetteer; comprising Statistical and General Information Respecting all parts of the Upper Province, or Canada West. Toronto: H & W. Rowsell. 1846.
Walton, George. City of Toronto and the Home District Commercial Directory 1837. Printed by T. Dalton and W. J. Coats. Toronto. 1837.
Museums / Government Offices
Library and Archives Canada (LAC), Ottawa.
National Airphoto Library, Ottawa.
Ontario Ministry of Government Services, Land Registry Office, York Region, Service Ontario, Aurora.
Richmond Hill Public Library. Local History Room.
Town of East Gwillimbury, Development Services Department. Nick Pileggi & Stacey Kursikowski
Maps
Department of Energy, Mines and Resources. Surveys and Mapping Branch. National Topographic System. Map 31D/3, Newmarket. Edition 3. Scale 1:50,000. Ottawa. 1970.
Department of National Defense, Geographical Section, General Staff. National Topographic System. Newmarket Sheet, No. 106. Scale 1:63,360. Ottawa. 1929.
Miles & Co. Illustrated Historical Atlas of the County of York, Ontario. Toronto: Miles & Co. 1878.
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Regional Municipality of York, York Maps.
Tremaine, George R., Tremaine’s Map of York County, Canada West. Toronto: G. C. Tremaine. 1860.
Websites
Biographical Information: http://www.sharontemple.ca/pdf/Genealogy%20%28By%20Family%29/family_willson.pdf
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Appendix A: Property Fabric Maps
Cultural Heritage Assessment Appendix A – Property Fabric Maps George Moore Farm, 21634 Woodbine Avenue Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario
Area Property Fabric
2nd Leslie Concession Street Road
LOT 28
Subject Property
Source: York Maps, 2015
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2015 Property Fabric
Leslie Street
George Moore House
Leslie Street Leslie Street frontage
Full property Subject Property
Source: York Maps, 2015.
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Appendix B: Photographs - Context
Cultural Heritage Assessment Appendix B: Photographs - Context George Moore Farm, 21634 Leslie Street Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario
Leslie Street
Leslie Street looking north and east from the entrance driveway into 21634 Leslie Street.
Leslie Street looking south from the entrance driveway into 21634 Leslie Street.
Leslie Street
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Cultural Heritage Assessment Appendix B: Photographs - Context George Moore Farm, 21634 Leslie Street Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario
21668 Leslie Street Subject Property
Leslie Street
Lot north of the subject property viewed from Leslie Street looking north-west.
Lot south of the subject property viewed from Leslie Street looking south-west.
21598 Leslie Street Subject Property
Leslie Street
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1564 Cormack Crescent
View south and west of the subject property from the rear of the farmstead on the subject property.
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Appendix C: Maps
Cultural Heritage Assessment Appendix C - Maps George Moore Farm, 21634 Leslie Street Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario
Patent Plan Lots 26 – 30, Concession 2, East Gwillimbury .
Leslie Street
North Subject Property (East Part Lot12, Concession 3 )
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1860 – Tremaine
CONTEXT
Subject Property
Ravenshoe Road
Boag Road
Leslie Street
LOT 28
Holborn Road
2nd Concession Road
North
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1860 – Tremaine
PROPERTY Leslie Street
Subject Property (approximate)
LOT 28
nd North 2 Concession Road
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1878– York County Illustrated Historical Atlas
CONTEXT
Subject Property (approximate)
Boag Road
2nd Concession Leslie Street Road
Holborn Road
North
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1878– York County Illustrated Farm House Historical Atlas
Orchard PROPERTY
School
Leslie Street
Farm House
Subject Property (approximate)
North 2nd Concession Road
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1929 - National Topographic Survey
31 D/3 (Newmarket Sheet No. 106), Scale 1:63,360 Farm House Contour interval – 25 feet
CONTEXT
Ravenshoe Road
Leslie Street
Boag Road
Holborn Road 2nd Concession Road
Site of 1559 Cormack Crescent (no house)
North Subject Property (approximate) Map Legend
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1929 - National Topographic Survey School 31 D/3 (Newmarket Sheet No. 106), Farm House Scale 1:63,360 Contour interval – 25 feet
Leslie Street PROPERTY
Farm House
Barn
Subject Property (approximate)
LOT 28
North
2nd Concession Road
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1970 - National Topographic Survey 31 D/3, Scale 1:50,000 Farm House Contour interval – 25 feet
Subject Property CONTEXT (approximate)
Woodbine Avenue
Leslie Street
North
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Appendix D: Aerial Photographs
Cultural Heritage Assessment Appendix D – Aerial Photographs George Moore Farm, 21634 Leslie Street Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario
1927 – LOT 28 FARMS
Leslie Street
Farmsteads
Subject Property (approximate)
LOT 28
North
Source: National Airphoto Library, 2nd Concession Road RA18, Photo 036
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Cultural Heritage Assessment Appendix D – Aerial Photographs George Moore Farm, 21634 Leslie Street Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario
1927 – FARMSTEAD July 21, 1927
Leslie Street
Orchard remnant
Lane
House
Shed
Barn
Subject Property
North
Source: National Airphoto Library, RA18, Photo 036
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Cultural Heritage Assessment Appendix D – Aerial Photographs George Moore Farm, 21634 Leslie Street Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario
School 19 46 –LOT 28 – FARMS July 2, 1946 Leslie Street
Farmsteads
Subject Property (approximate)
LOT 28
North
Source: National Airphoto Library, A10107, Photo 028
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Cultural Heritage Assessment Appendix D – Aerial Photographs George Moore Farm, 21634 Leslie Street Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario
1946 – FARMSTEAD July 2, 1946
Leslie Street
Orchard remnant
Lane
House
Shed
Barn
Subject Property
Source: National Airphoto Library, A10107, Photo 028
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Cultural Heritage Assessment Appendix D – Aerial Photographs George Moore Farm, 21634 Leslie Street Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario
1970 - FARMSTEAD
Leslie Street
Lane
House
Garage
Shed
Barn
Subject Property
Source: York Maps
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Cultural Heritage Assessment Appendix D – Aerial Photographs George Moore Farm, 21634 Leslie Street Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario
1999 - FARMSTEAD
Leslie Street
Lane
House
Garage
Barn
Subject Property
North
Source: York Maps
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Cultural Heritage Assessment Appendix D – Aerial Photographs George Moore Farm, 21634 Leslie Street Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario
2015 –LOT 28 – FARMS Leslie Street
Farmsteads
Subject Property
LOT 28
North
Source: York Maps 2nd Concession Road
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Cultural Heritage Assessment Appendix D – Aerial Photographs George Moore Farm, 21634 Leslie Street Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario
2015 - FARMSTEAD
Lane
House
Garage
Subject Property
North
Source: York Maps
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Appendix E: George Moore Rental House Exterior Photographs
Cultural Heritage Assessment Appendix E – George Moore Rental House George Moore Farm, 21634 Leslie Street Exterior Photographs Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario
NORTH Aerial view of House, Source: York Maps, 2015
SOUTH
East Elevation
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Cultural Heritage Assessment Appendix E – George Moore Rental House George Moore Farm, 21634 Leslie Street Exterior Photographs Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario
South and East Elevations
South Elevation, East end
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South Elevation
South Elevation, west end
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Cultural Heritage Assessment Appendix E – George Moore Rental House George Moore Farm, 21634 Leslie Street Exterior Photographs Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario
South and West Elevations
West Elevation, north End
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North and West Elevations North Elevation, west end
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North Elevation, east end East and North Elevations
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Cultural Heritage Assessment Appendix E – George Moore Rental House George Moore Farm, 21634 Leslie Street Exterior Photographs Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario
Front Entrance, East Elevation
78 ½”
31”
61 ¾”
36 ¾”
Typical Window, East Elevation 4” 42½”
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Centre Gable Detail, East Elevation
Eave Detail, south- east corner
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Centre Chimney Detail
Foundation Detail, North Elevation
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Appendix F: George Moore Rental House Floor Plan Sketches
Cultural Heritage Assessment Appendix F – George Moore Rental House George Moore Farm, 21634 Leslie Street Floor Plan Sketches Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario
Roof Plan
North
Source: York Map, 2014 Aerial Photo
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Cultural Heritage Assessment Appendix F – George Moore Rental House George Moore Farm, 21634 Leslie Street Floor Plan Sketches Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario
Building Footprint
11’ 2”
6’ 2”
6’ 7”
20’ 4 ½”
30’
14’ 9¾”
30’ 8’ 1”
21’ 2”
31’6” 5’10” North
11’ 7 ¾” 8’
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Cultural Heritage Assessment Appendix F – George Moore Rental House George Moore Farm, 21634 Leslie Street Floor Plan Sketches Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario
Basement
14’
22’ 11” Stone Rubble
17’ 8” 7’ 5”
4’ 9”
7’ 5”
9’3” 5’ 10”
North
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Ground Floor
5’ 9”
10’ 3”
9’ 8”
15’ 8”
13’ 7”
15’ 1”
5’11½” 15’
18’ 11” 6’11”
13’2”
15’ 2” 11’4”
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Upper Floor
15’ 2” 8’ 8”
11’
5’ 5” 9’ 4”
5’ 6” 11’ 9” 10’ 6”
6’ 9” 13’ 9 ½”
18’10” 8’ 4”
11’ 11”
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Appendix G: George Moore Rental House Interior Photograph
Cultural Heritage Assessment Appendix G – George Moore Rental House George Moore Farm, 21634 Leslie Street Interior Photographs Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario
BASEMENT
11
North 12 Floor Plan Sketch Basement Photo locations 10
7 5 9 8 2 1 4 6 3
1. Basement – Rooms 1 & 2 – View East.
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BASEMENT
2. Basement- Room 3 – Chimney Base. 3. Basement – Room 3 – East wall.
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BASEMENT
4. Basement – Room 3 – Floor Joists and Floor Boards. 5. Basement – Room 4 – East and south walls.
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BASEMENT
6. Basement – Room 4 – West and north walls.
7. Basement – Room 4 – West wall detail.
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BASEMENT
8. Basement – Hall – North end view from Room 2.
9. Basement – Hall – View North from Room 4.
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BASEMENT
10. Basement – Room 5 – View of West and north walls.
11. Basement – Room 5 – East and south walls.
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Cultural Heritage Assessment Appendix G – George Moore Rental House George Moore Farm, 21634 Leslie Street Interior Photographs Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario
BASMENT
12. Basement – Room 5 – Floor joists.
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GROUND FLOOR
25 24
23 22 21
20 Floor Plan Sketch North 18 Ground Floor 17 Photo locations 19 15’ 2” 16
13 14 15 12
11Rear 2 Porch 10
3 9 8
5 6 1 4 7
5½”
1. Ground Floor - Room 1 – Front door.
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Cultural Heritage Assessment Appendix G – George Moore Rental House George Moore Farm, 21634 Leslie Street Interior Photographs Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario
GROUND FLOOR
2. Ground Floor - Room 1 – North and east walls.
3. Ground Floor - Room 1 – North wall.
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Cultural Heritage Assessment Appendix G – George Moore Rental House George Moore Farm, 21634 Leslie Street Interior Photographs Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario
GROUND FLOOR
4. Ground Floor - Room 1– South and west walls.
7 ¾”
5. Ground Floor - Room 1 – Typical window, south wall.
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Cultural Heritage Assessment Appendix G – George Moore Rental House George Moore Farm, 21634 Leslie Street Interior Photographs Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario
GROUND FLOOR
6. Ground Floor - Room 2 – South wall and door opening into Room 1.
7. Ground Floor - Room 2 – South and west walls.
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Cultural Heritage Assessment Appendix G – George Moore Rental House George Moore Farm, 21634 Leslie Street Interior Photographs Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario
GROUND FLOOR
8. Ground Floor - Room 2 –North and east walls.
9. Ground Floor - Hall – View from Room 2 looking west into Kitchen (Room 3).
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Cultural Heritage Assessment Appendix G – George Moore Rental House George Moore Farm, 21634 Leslie Street Interior Photographs Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario
GROUND FLOOR
10. Ground Floor - Hall – Staircase to Upper Floor.
11. Ground Floor - Hall – Staircase to basement.
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Cultural Heritage Assessment Appendix G – George Moore Rental House George Moore Farm, 21634 Leslie Street Interior Photographs Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario
GROUND FLOOR
12. Ground Floor - Hall – View east to Room 2 from near entrance to basement staircase.
13. Ground Floor - Hall – View east to Room 2 from kitchen (Room 3) entrance.
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Cultural Heritage Assessment Appendix G – George Moore Rental House George Moore Farm, 21634 Leslie Street Interior Photographs Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario
Closets - GROUND FLOOR
14. Ground Floor - View north from Hall to closet and water closet.
15. Ground Floor - Water closet – north wall.
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GROUND FLOOR
16. Ground Floor - Room 3 – Kitchen - West and north walls. 17. Ground Floor - Room 3 – Kitchen - North wall.
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Cultural Heritage Assessment Appendix G – George Moore Rental House George Moore Farm, 21634 Leslie Street Interior Photographs Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario
GROUND FLOOR
18. Ground Floor - Room 3 – Kitchen – East and south walls.
19. Ground Floor - Room 3 – Kitchen – South wall.
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Cultural Heritage Assessment Appendix G – George Moore Rental House George Moore Farm, 21634 Leslie Street Interior Photographs Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario
GROUND FLOOR
20. Ground Floor - Room 4 – West wall.
21. Ground Floor - Room 4 – North wall.
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Cultural Heritage Assessment Appendix G – George Moore Rental House George Moore Farm, 21634 Leslie Street Interior Photographs Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario
GROUND FLOOR
22. Ground Floor - Room 4 – East and north walls.
23. Ground Floor - Room 4 – North wall.
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Cultural Heritage Assessment Appendix G – George Moore Rental House George Moore Farm, 21634 Leslie Street Interior Photographs Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario
GROUND FLOOR
24. Ground Floor - Room 5 – Mud Room – View to south door opening.
25. Ground Floor - Room 5 – Mud Room – West and north walls.
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Cultural Heritage Assessment Appendix G – George Moore Rental House George Moore Farm, 21634 Leslie Street Interior Photographs Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario
UPPER FLOOR
19 18 North 15 Floor Plan Sketch 17 Upper Floor Photo locations 16 15’ 2” 14 5 9 1 10 4 11 12 13
2 7
3 6 8
1. Upper Floor - Room 1 – East and south walls.
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Cultural Heritage Assessment Appendix G – George Moore Rental House George Moore Farm, 21634 Leslie Street Interior Photographs Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario
UPPER FLOOR
2. Upper Floor - Room 1 – South wall.
3. Upper Floor - Room 1 – West and north walls.
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Cultural Heritage Assessment Appendix G – George Moore Rental House George Moore Farm, 21634 Leslie Street Interior Photographs Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario
UPPER FLOOR
4. Upper Floor - Room 1 – South wall window detail.
4½”
8” 5. Upper Floor – Room 1 – Closet window.
6. Upper Floor - Room 1 – Baseboard.
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Cultural Heritage Assessment Appendix G – George Moore Rental House George Moore Farm, 21634 Leslie Street Interior Photographs Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario
UPPER FLOOR
8’ 3 ½”
7. Upper Floor – Room 2 – West, north and east walls.
8. Upper Floor – Room 2 – South and west walls.
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Cultural Heritage Assessment Appendix G – George Moore Rental House George Moore Farm, 21634 Leslie Street Interior Photographs Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario
UPPER FLOOR
9. Upper Floor – Hall – Staircase down to ground floor.
10. Upper Floor – Hall – East and south walls – doors to Rooms 2 & 1.
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Cultural Heritage Assessment Appendix G – George Moore Rental House George Moore Farm, 21634 Leslie Street Interior Photographs Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario
UPPER FLOOR
11. Upper Floor – Hall – West wall and door to Bathroom.
12. Upper Floor – Room 3 – Bathroom – view north from Hall entrance.
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Cultural Heritage Assessment Appendix G – George Moore Rental House George Moore Farm, 21634 Leslie Street Interior Photographs Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario
UPPER FLOOR
13. Upper Floor – Room 3 – Bathroom – view south from window.
14. Upper Floor – Room 4 – Laundry Room – view west from Hall entrance.
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Cultural Heritage Assessment Appendix G – George Moore Rental House George Moore Farm, 21634 Leslie Street Interior Photographs Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario
UPPER FLOOR
15. Upper Floor – Room 4 – Laundry Room – view east from entrance to Room 6.
16. Upper Floor – Room 5 – South and west walls.
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Cultural Heritage Assessment Appendix G – George Moore Rental House George Moore Farm, 21634 Leslie Street Interior Photographs Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario
UPPER FLOOR
17. Upper Floor – Room 5 – North and east walls.
18. Upper Floor – Room 6 – North and east walls.
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Cultural Heritage Assessment Appendix G – George Moore Rental House George Moore Farm, 21634 Leslie Street Interior Photographs Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario
UPPER FLOOR
19. Upper Floor – Room 6 – South and west walls.
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Cultural Heritage Assessment Appendix G – George Moore Rental House George Moore Farm, 21634 Leslie Street Interior Photographs Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario
ATTIC
2. Attic – Main Structure – view south to south gable end. 1. Attic – Main Structure – view of north gable end.
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North
Appendix H: George Moore Farm Landscape and Accessory Building Photographs
Cultural Heritage Assessment Appendix H – George Moore Farm George Moore/Farm, 21634 Leslie Street Landscape and Accessory Building Photographs Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario
Location Index to Landscape Photographs – south-east part of George Moore Farm
1 5
Farm Lane
2 4 House
Garage 7
3
8
6 North
Source – York Maps
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Cultural Heritage Assessment Appendix H –George Moore Farm George Moore Farm, 21634 Leslie Street Landscape and Accessory Building Photographs Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario
George Moore House
1. View from north-east of the House near Leslie Street looking south and west.
George Moore 2. View from north of the House looking south and west. House
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Cultural Heritage Assessment Appendix H –George Moore Farm George Moore Farm, 21634 Leslie Street Landscape and Accessory Building Photographs Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario
Garage
Farm Lane
3. End of Farm Lane looking west and south to Jacob Lepard House..
George Moore House 4. Remains of barn viewed from the Farm Lane.
Garage
Farm Lane
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Cultural Heritage Assessment Appendix H –George Moore Farm George Moore Farm, 21634 Leslie Street Landscape and Accessory Building Photographs Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario
House Leslie Street
Farm Lane
5. View west along farm lane near Leslie Street.
6. View west towards the 2nd Concession Road from west of the farmstead.
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Cultural Heritage Assessment Appendix H –George Moore Farm George Moore Farm, 21634 Leslie Street Landscape and Accessory Building Photographs Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario
West and South
West and North East and North
7. Garage Elevations
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Cultural Heritage Assessment Appendix H –George Moore Farm George Moore Farm, 21634 Leslie Street Landscape and Accessory Building Photographs Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario
Leslie Street Farm Lane
21668 Leslie Street House
Garage
8. Oblique aerial view of the subject property from west of the farmstead looking east to Leslie Street. (Source: Google Earth)
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Appendix I: Property Ownership and Assessment/Collector Roll History
Cultural Heritage Assessment Appendix I – Property Ownership and George Moore Farm, 21634 Leslie Street Assessment/Collector Roll History Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario
Wayne Morgan December 2015 Heritage Planner Cultural Heritage Assessment Appendix I – Property Ownership and George Moore Farm, 21634 Leslie Street Assessment/Collector Roll History Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario
Wayne Morgan December 2015 Heritage Planner Cultural Heritage Assessment Appendix I – Property Ownership and George Moore Farm, 21634 Leslie Street Assessment/Collector Roll History Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario
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Appendix J: Ontario Heritage Act Regulation 9/06
Cultural Heritage Assessment Appendix J – Ontario Heritage Act George Moore Farm, 21634 Leslie Street Regulation 9/06 Town of East Gwillimbjury, Ontario
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Appendix K: Curriculum Vitae Wayne Morgan
Farmstead from the south-west , Date: Jan. 1944; Source: Bawden Family Photographs
Farm Lane towards Leslie Street , Date: 1943; Source: Bawden Family Photographs
Cultural Heritage Assessment Appendix K – Curriculum Vitae George Moore Farm, 21634 Leslie Street Wayne Morgan Town of East Gwillimbury, Ontario
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