MUNICIPAL REGISTER OF CULTURAL HERITAGE RESOURCES LISTING CANDIDATE SUMMARY REPORT

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1 L 3-1 MUNICIPAL REGISTER OF CULTURAL HERITAGE RESOURCES LISTING CANDIDATE SUMMARY REPORT 6791 Mayfield Road July

2 L 3-2 Property Location Data Roll Number Pin Number Municipal Address 6791 Mayfield Road Property Name Legal Description CON 8 EHS PT LOT 17 Current Property Owner Secondary Plan ONTARIO INC Vales of Humber Zoning GPS Coordinates Ward Number 10 Property Description o A vernacular brick clad residence Proposed Future Mitigation: (Indicate all that should be applied) - historical plaque - heritage designation - heritage conservation easement - avoid strategies as required - heritage impact assessment as required - archaeological impact assessment as required - demolition control protocols - minimum maintenance/property standards protocol Statement of Cultural Heritage Value o o o Historical plaque Minimum maintenance/property standards protocol A conservation plan has been submitted Heritage Attributes: Design/Physical Historical/Associative Contextual DESIGN/PHYSICAL: o 1.5 storeys in height o Centre gable roof o White (painted) voussoirs o Early 20 th century, Edwardian-style front verandah o The present house may have been covered with a 2

3 L 3-3 o brick veneer in the early 20 th century. A one-storey addition extends to the rear of the main house. HISTORICAL/ASSOCIATIVE: Abraham Odlum received the Crown Patent for all 200 acres of land on Lot 17, Concession 9 ND, in Oldum, who settled in Tullamore circa 1829, was granted over 1000 acres of land in Toronto Gore. Under the terms of Odlum s last will and testament in 1854, Lot 17, Concession 8 ND was under the ownership of his estate. Although land records show Thomas Clarke acquired the east half of Lot 17 from Edward D. H. Oldum in 1858, Tremaine s map (1859) records John Odlum as the owner of the east half of Lot 17, without a building. Land records note John C. Kerr bought the east half of Lot 17, Concession 8 ND in The township assessment roll (1874) reports Thomas Wilkinson as a tenant on Lot 17, Concession 8 ND, which was owned by John C. Kerr. John Kerr was a non-resident owner. Lynch s Directory ( ) lists Robert and Thomas Wilkinson on Lot 17, Concession 8 ND. A tenant was not noted on the property in the 1870s and 1880s. The Illustrated Historical Atlas (1877) shows John Carr as the owner of the east half of Lot 17 with a farmhouse and orchard immediately west of the watercourse in the location of the present residence. Isaac Wilson bought the east half of Lot 17, Concession 8 ND from Kerr in Assessment rolls indicate Wilson was a non-resident living in Toronto. He leased the property to William Thomas Wilson of Tullamore from the 1880s to the mid 1890s. William T. Wilson was noted as a non-resident farmer of the property in the 1891 assessment roll. John Harrison leased the 100-acre property on the east half of Lot 17, Concession 8 ND in 1897 and Fred Clark of Tullamore in 1898 and The Census Return (1901) records Thomas and Sarah Ellis and family on the 100 acres of the east half of Lot 17, Concession 8 ND living in a 6-room frame house. A note with agricultural census states, The party has just moved on this property. William T. Wilson and others sold the east half of the lot to Reginald R. Shaw in Ten years later the Census Return (1911) reports that Reginald and Martha [?] Shaw lived on Lot 17, Concession 8 ND. Shaw sold the property to Richard H. Turner in Elsie Turner as the executor of Richard 3

4 L 3-4 H. Turner s estate sold it to Leopold and Elsie J. M. Chard in CONTEXTUAL: o Associated with the former hamlet of Tullamore o Contributes to the historic and agricultural character of the environment o Significant landscape elements include mature trees and hedges o Sits atop a hill with some landmark status Construction or Creation Date c.1870 s Type of Heritage Resource(s): - archeological site - heritage district potential - building - cemetery-burial site - structure-object - historic site - historical associations - historic ruin - cultural heritage landscape Building Criteria Grade Current Uses & Functions Submission Source Residential Heritage Staff Evaluation Date Evaluation By Subcommittee Date BHB Date 4

5 L 3-5 Acknowledgements: Conservation Plan: No Mayfield Road, Brampton, Ontario, Unterman McPhail Associates; Toronto, Ontario, June 6, 2011 Maps: 6791 Mayfield Road 5

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7 L Mayfield Road Land Survey from 6791 Mayfield Road Conservation Plan indicating that the house be retained in situ 7

8 L 3-8 Pictures: 8