Brampton Heritage Board Item I1 for May 17, 2011
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I 1-1 HERITAGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT NO. 8500 MISSISSAUGA ROAD (PART OF LOT 3, CONCESSION 5 WHS GEOGRAPHIC TOWNSHIP OF CHINGUACOUSY) REFERENCE PLAN 43R-31922 PART 3 CITY OF BRAMPTON, ONTARIO March 2011 Prepared for: SNC-Lavalin Inc. Prepared by: I 1-2 HERITAGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT NO. 8500 MISSISSAUGA ROAD (PART OF LOT 3, CONCESSION 5 WHS GEOGRAPHIC TOWNSHIP OF CHINGUACOUSY) REFERENCE PLAN 43R-31922 PART 3 CITY OF BRAMPTON, ONTARIO March 2011 Prepared for: SNC-Lavalin Inc. Prepared by: Unterman McPhail Associates Heritage Resource Management Consultants 540 Runnymede Road Toronto, ON, M6S 2Z7 Tel: 416-766-7333 I 1-3 Executive Summary SNC-Lavalin Inc. retained Unterman McPhail Associates, Heritage Resource Management Consultants, to undertake a Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA) for the property located at No. 8500 Mississauga Road in the City of Brampton on behalf of the Region of Peel. The Region of Peel is proposing to widen Mississauga Road (Peel Regional Road 1) from two lanes to five lanes from Highway 407 northerly for approximately 4.5 km to south of Queen Street. The project also includes the construction of municipal services (sanitary and storm sewers, and watermains). The work is being completed under the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (June 2000) as a Schedule “C” project. The primary impacts of the proposed development of the property at No. 8500 Mississauga Road relate to the demolition of the residence as part of the widening of Mississauga Road by the Region of Peel. The Region of Peel has determined it is not possible to retain the residence at No. 8500 Mississauga Road in its current location and complete the road widening work in a satisfactory manner. The Regional Municipality of Peel decided to undertake the preparation of a heritage impact assessment for the property as part of the planning process. No. 8500 Mississauga Road comprises a one and-a-half storey brick residence and barn set on an approximately one-acre (0.41-hectare) lot near the community of Huttonville in the southwest part of the City of Brampton, specifically part of Lot 3, Concession 5 WHS and Part 3 of Registered Plan 43R-31922 in the geographic Township of Chinguacousy. The land was associated historically with the Fuller family. In 1916, approximately one acre (0.41 hectare) of land beside Mississauga Road was severed from Lot 3 for No. 8500 Mississauga Road. It contains a brick residence, the principal built heritage resource, dating to the first part of the 20th century and a frame barn. The property located at No. 8500 Mississauga Road, City of Brampton, is not listed on Brampton’s Municipal Registry of Cultural Heritage Resources approved by City Council. It is not designated under Part IV or V of the Act. It was evaluated under Regulation 9/06 for this HIA. It was determined the residence is of some local significance primarily for architectural and contextual reasons. Dating to 1923-24, the building is considered to be a fair example of a vernacular residence with elements of the Bungalow style. The structure has undergone few modifications, although it has been unoccupied since 2009. No. 8500 Mississauga Road relates to Huttonville, an historical 19th century hamlet that retains its distinct village character. Lot 3, Concession 5 was associated historically with the Fuller family, important settlers in the geographic Township of Chinguacousy; no relationship between the history of the severed lot comprising No. 8500 Mississauga Road and the Fuller family has been established. There is one (1) adjacent/near-by heritage property to the subject property located at No. 8472 Mississauga Road. It is listed in the City’s Register as per the Act as a Class B heritage resource. It is not designated under Part IV or V of the Act. Richard Unterman and Barbara McPhail of Unterman McPhail Associates and Jean Simonton, Heritage Planner, are all members in good standing of the Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals (CAHP). I 1-4 PROJECT PERSONNEL Unterman McPhail Associates Richard Unterman, Principal Barbara McPhail, Principal Jean Simonton Heritage Consultant I 1-5 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1 2.0 HISTORICAL SUMMARY 2.1 Township of Chinguacousy 3 2.2 East Half of Lot 3, Concession 5 WHS, Chinguacousy Township Reference Plan 43R-31922 Part 3 5 3.0 CULTURAL HERITAGE LANDSCAPE DESCRIPTION 3.1 Area Context 10 3.2 Site 11 4.0 BUILT HERITAGE RESOURCE DESCRIPTION 16 4.1 Residence: Exterior 16 4.2 Residence: Interior 17 5.0 CULTURAL HERITAGE RESOURCE EVALUATION 5.1 Introduction 29 5.2 Evaluation 29 5.2.1 Design Value or Physical Value 30 5.2.2 Historical Value or Associative Value 30 5.2.3 Contextual Value 30 5.3 Summary of Cultural Heritage Value 30 5.3.1 Description of Property 30 5.3.2 Statement of Cultural Heritage Value 30 5.3.3 Heritage Attributes 31 6.0 DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT 32 7.0 HERITAGE POLICIES 34 7.1 The Planning Act and Provincial Policy Statement (2005) 34 7.2 Ontario Heritage Act (OHA) 34 7.3 Official Plans, Peel Region and City of Brampton 35 7.4 City of Brampton’s Guidelines for Preparing Heritage Impact Assessment 36 7.5 City of Brampton and Heritage Impact Assessment 38 8.0 ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT 39 9.0 MITIGATION STRATEGIES 8.1 Introduction 40 8.2 Mitigation Strategies 40 SOURCES I 1-6 LIST OF FIGURES Page Figure 1. Location plan of No. 8500 Mississauga Road, City of Brampton [Microsoft Corporation, Bing Maps 2011]. 2 Figure 2. Tremaine’s map of the County of Peel (1859) notes Levi Fuller on the east half of Lot 3, Concession 5 WHS in the Township of Chinguacousy (highlighted). 7 Figure 3. The Chinguacousy Township map in the Illustrated Historical Atlas of the County of Peel (1877) identifies Garret [Garrett] S. Fuller, Levi’s son on Lot 3 (highlighted). 7 Figure 4. A sketch in the Illustrated Historical Atlas of the County of Peel (1877) identifies “Evergreen” on 4th Line (Mississauga Road) as the residence and mill of G. S. Fuller. 8 Figure 5. Brampton 30 M/12 (1922) topographic map shows two buildings on the east half of Lot 3, Concession 5 WHS (highlighted). 8 Figure 6. Brampton 30 M/12 (1942) topographic map indicates some subdivision of land along Mississauga Road had occurred within Lot 3 (highlighted). 9 Figure 7. Brampton 30 M/12 (1995) topographic map depicts a number of buildings bordering the west side of Mississauga Road (highlighted). 9 Figure 8. An aerial photograph depicts the properties along Mississauga Road in the vicinity of No. 8500 [City of Brampton Maps 2011 as modified by Unterman McPhail Associates]. 12 Figure 9. “Evergreen”, the Italianate style residence at No. 8472 is associated historically with the Garrett S. Fuller family. 12 Figure 10. Set back from the road, the residence at No. 8482 is vacant. 13 Figure 11. The residence at No. 8516, which probably dates to the mid 20th century, remains occupied. Like the properties to the south it is owned by Kaneff Properties Limited 13 Figure 12. An aerial photograph of No. 8500 locates the residence and barn on the property [City of Brampton Maps 2011 as modified by Unterman McPhail Associates]. 14 Figure 13. A drive to the south of the residence provides access to the property. 14 Figure 14. Both the house and barn are clearly visible from the road and would be familiar structures to residents of the area. 15 Figure 15. The one storey frame barn has a gable roof and vertical wood siding. 15 Figure 16. A distinguishing element of the Bungalow style is the expansive side gable roof that covers both the verandah to the front and sun porch to the rear. 19 I 1-7 LIST OF FIGURES (continued) Page Figure 17. The principle elevation comprising the main entranceway faces east to address Mississauga Road. 19 Figure 18. Boxed beams and brick posts support the front verandah. Stairs are located on the south side while a low brick wall encloses the east and north sides. 20 Figure 19. The south elevation presents an attractive composition with the void of the front verandah contrasting with the frame wall and a row of windows (now covered) of the sun porch. 20 Figure 20. The side gable roof sloping down to the one storey level is the dominant visual element of the west elevation. The sun porch incorporates a rear entranceway. 21 Figure 21. The layout of the north wall includes an arrangement of window openings of varying sizes with heavy concrete sills and brick faced lintels. 21 Figure 22. The main entranceway with period door and trim opens onto a box hall. 22 Figure 23. A doorway leading off the hall to the west provides access to the kitchen and an archway to the north opens into the living room in the northeast corner of the house. 22 Figure 24. A view through the archway shows in the background the enclosed stairway with five-panel wood door located in the southwest corner of the hall. 23 Figure 25. A stone hearth and mantle outline suggest a fireplace was located formerly between the two small window openings on the north wall of the living room. 23 Figure 26. An entranceway located on the south wall of the kitchen is fitted with period trim and door and leads into the sun porch. 24 Figure 27. A doorway on the north wall of the kitchen provides access to the basement. Note the period light fixture and porcelain sink.