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CULTURAL HERITAGE PROPERTY
EVALUATION REPORT:
1125 Whitevale Road, Pickering, Ontario
SUBMITTED TO:
The City of Pickering
One The Esplanade Pickering, Ontario
L1V 6K7
November 10, 2015
SUBMITTED BY: Laurie Smith Heritage
Consulting
4 Bullock Avenue Ottawa, Ontario
K1S 1G8
613-863-8852 laurie@smithheritage.ca
In partnership with:
Amy Barnes Consulting
and
Chris Uchiyama Heritage
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Table of Contents
1 Introduction to the Site ............................................................................................................................. 1
2 Methodology .............................................................................................................................................. 4
3 Policy Framework ....................................................................................................................................... 5
4 Historical Context ....................................................................................................................................... 7
5 Architecture and Design ........................................................................................................................ 10
5.1 Farmhouse ............................................................................................................................................ 10
5.1.1 Interior ........................................................................................................................................... 14
5.1.2 Basement ..................................................................................................................................... 19
5.2 Kitchen Tail ........................................................................................................................................... 19
5.2.1 Interior ........................................................................................................................................... 19
5.3 Garage ................................................................................................................................................. 21
5.4 Cultural Landscape ............................................................................................................................ 21
5.5 Archaeological Resources ................................................................................................................ 21
6 Contextual Background ......................................................................................................................... 23
7 Heritage Evaluation ................................................................................................................................. 24
7.1 Design or Physical Value ................................................................................................................... 24
7.2 Historic/Associative Value ................................................................................................................. 26
7.3 Contextual Value ................................................................................................................................ 27
7.4 Statement of Significance ................................................................................................................ 28
7.4.1 Description of Property .............................................................................................................. 28
7.4.2 Statement of Cultural Heritage Value .................................................................................... 28
7.4.3 Heritage Attributes ..................................................................................................................... 28
8 Recommendations .................................................................................................................................. 30
9 Sources ...................................................................................................................................................... 31
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List of Figures
Figure 1: Location and property boundary for 1125 Whitevale Road (City of Pickering, 2015) ........ 2
Figure 2: 1125 Whitevale Road, Context (Base map source: Google Earth Pro, 2015) ....................... 3
Figure 3: Front elevation of 1125 Whitevale Road, facing southwest (CU, 2015) ................................. 3
Figure 4: Aerial photo of 1125 Whitevale Road (Base map source: Google Earth Pro, 2015) ........... 4
Figure 5: Detail from 1877 map of Pickering Township showing the farmhouse at 1125 Whitevale
Road (Base map source: Beers, 1877:19) ..................................................................................................... 9
Figure 6: 1125 Whitevale Road, front elevation (CU, 2015)..................................................................... 11
Figure 7: 1125 Whitevale Road, side (east) elevation showing kitchen tail (CU, 2015) ..................... 11
Figure 8: Side (east) elevation (CU, 2015) .................................................................................................. 12
Figure 9: Detail of side (east) elevation, projecting gable with cut-away corner and bracket.
Wide arch second floor window and smaller attic window visible (CU, 2015) ................................... 12
Figure 10: Side (west) elevation showing basement entrance and wood-clad rear porch off of
kitchen tail (CU, 2015) .................................................................................................................................... 13
Figure 11: Detail of side (west) elevation showing foundation and protruding border above
foundation, basement door and wooden porch off kitchen tail (CU, 2015) .............................. 13
Figure 12: Detail of 'graining' of wood on front door (CU, 2015) ............................................................ 14
Figure 13: Front staircase, as seen from first floor (CU, 2015) .................................................................. 15
Figure 14: Front staircase, posts, stairs and baseboards (CU, 2015) ...................................................... 15
Figure 15: Front staircase (CU, 2015) ............................................................................................................ 16
Figure 16: Front staircase, from second floor overlooking banister (CU, 2015) ................................... 16
Figure 17: Detail of coloured glass border panes in wide arch windows, second floor, front room
(CU, 2015) ......................................................................................................................................................... 17
Figure 18: Detail of hinged transom above 'grained' bedroom door (CU, 2015) .............................. 17
Figure 19: Detail showing baseboard, door casing and metal grate (CU, 2015) .............................. 18
Figure 20: Balustrade, rear staircase (CU, 2015) .................................................................................. 18
Figure 21: Basement walls (CU, 2015) ...................................................................................................... 19
Figure 22: Kitchen tail, rear elevation from property immediately south (CU, 2015) ......................... 20
Figure 23: Interior, kitchen tail (CU, 2015)............................................................................................... 20
Figure 24: Garage as viewed from southeast, facing northwest (CU, 2015) ....................................... 21
Figure 25: Bank barn south of farmhouse along laneway, adjacent property (CU, 2015) ............... 24
List of Tables
Table 1: Factors Indicating Archaeological Potential or Lack of Archaeological Potential ........... 22
Table 2 - Evaluation of the Cultural Heritage Value or Interest of 1125 Whitevale Road as Per
O.Reg. 9/06 Criteria 1. i., ii., and iii ................................................................................................................ 25
Table 3 - Evaluation of the Cultural Heritage Value or Interest of 1125 Whitevale Road as Per
O.Reg. 9/06 Criteria 2. i., ii., and iii ................................................................................................................ 26
Table 4 - Evaluation of the Cultural Heritage Value or Interest of 1125 Whitevale Road as Per
O.Reg. 9/06 Criteria 3. i., ii., and iii ................................................................................................................ 27
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1 Introduction to the Site
Laurie Smith Heritage Consulting, in partnership with Amy Barnes Consulting and Chris Uchiyama
Heritage, was retained by the City of Pickering in April, 2015 to undertake a Cultural Heritage
Property Evaluation of the property at 1125 Whitevale Road in Pickering, Ontario.
The property, also sometimes known as the Splatt House or King’s College, is located east of the
hamlet of Whitevale, on the south side of Whitevale Road. It is a rectangular parcel, 0.33
hectares (0.82 acres) in area, comprising part of Lot 24, Concession IV, Pickering Township, in the
City of Pickering, Ontario (Figure 1). The property is surrounded by agricultural lands, including
19th and 20th century farmsteads to the east and west and on the opposite side of Whitevale
Road (Figure 2).
The main built resource on the property is a two-and-a-half-storey, red-brick farmhouse, built
towards the end of the 19th century in the Queen Anne Revival style (Figure 3). A one-and-a-half-
storey kitchen tail, built in the early 20th century, extends to the rear. A separate, one-storey,
wooden garage is located southeast of the house. The farmhouse is surrounded by a grassed
lawn. Mature coniferous and deciduous trees form a wind-break along the road and the west
side of the house. A gravel laneway extends along the east side of the house and garage
towards a grouping of agricultural outbuildings on an adjacent property to the south (Figure 4).
The property is owned by the Province of Ontario and is managed by Ontario Infrastructure and
Lands Corporation. It is listed in the City of Pickering Municipal Heritage Register (2008).
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Figure 1: Location and property boundary for 1125 Whitevale Road (City of Pickering, 2015)
LAURIE SMITH HERITAGE CONSULTING
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Figure 2: 1125 Whitevale Road, Context (Base map source: Google Earth Pro, 2015)
Figure 3: Front elevation of 1125 Whitevale Road, facing southwest (CU, 2015)
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Figure 4: Aerial photo of 1125 Whitevale Road (Base map source: Google Earth Pro, 2015)
2 Methodology
This cultural heritage evaluation was conducted using the criteria in O.Reg. 9/06 under the
Ontario Heritage Act. The evaluation was based on information contained in previous reports on
the site, additional historical research, and a site visit of the property. The City of Pickering
excluded public and stakeholder consultation from the consultant contract, except for the
purposes of historical research.
The heritage value of the property has previously been examined in the following reports (listed
chronologically):
• Unterman McPhail Heritage Resource Consultants, The Hamlet of Whitevale Heritage
Conservation District Study: Background Report. Prepared for the Town of Pickering,
August 1989.
• Hough, Stansbury, Woodland, Naylor, Dance Limited – Prime Consultants, D.R. Poulton &
Associates – Archaeological Assessments and Excavations, André Scheinman – Heritage
Preservation Consultant, Seaton Cultural Heritage Resources Assessment: Technical
Appendix. Report prepared for the Seaton Interim Planning Team, Ministry of Municipal
Affairs and Housing, July 1994.
• André Scheinman, Seaton Built Heritage Assessment. Prepared for the North Pickering
Land Exchange Team, Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Planning and
Development Division, November 2004.
• Contentworks Inc., Thematic Study and Phase 1 Evaluation of ORC Properties in
Pickering. Prepared for Ontario Realty Corporation, March 2009.
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• Contentworks Inc., Phase II Evaluation of Residences on Whitevale Road, Pickering.
Report prepared for the Ontario Realty Corporation, March 2009.
• Bray Heritage, Seaton Neighbourhood Planning Background Report: Whitevale Road
Heritage Corridor Review. Report prepared for the City of Pickering, May 2010.
Sources for additional historical research are noted in the “Sources” section at the end of this
document.
An exterior and interior site visit was undertaken on June 18, 2015 by Amy Barnes, M.A. and Chris
Uchiyama, M.A. Access was provided by the current tenant, with the permission of Ontario
Infrastructure and Lands Corporation.
3 Policy Framework
In Ontario, the Provincial Policy Statement 2014 (“PPS 2014”), issued under s. 3 of the Planning
Act, provides policy direction on matters of provincial interest related to land use planning and
development.1 Land use planning decisions made by municipalities, planning boards, the
Province, or a commission or agency of the government must be consistent with the PPS 2014.2
The PPS 2014 provides that “significant built heritage resources and significant cultural heritage
landscapes shall be conserved” and “development and site alteration shall not be permitted on
lands containing archaeological resources or areas of archaeological potential unless
significant archaeological resources have been conserved”.3 “Significant” means “resources
that have been determined to have cultural heritage value or interest for the important
contribution they make to our understanding of the history of a place, an event, or a people.”4
These resources and landscapes are conserved through their “identification, protection,
management and use…..in a manner that ensures their cultural heritage value or interest is
retained under the Ontario Heritage Act.”5
Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act (“OHA”) permits municipalities to designate individual
properties that are of cultural heritage value or interest, based on criteria set out in Ont. Reg.
9/06.6 Designation is done by by-law and includes a description of the property and a statement
explaining the cultural heritage value or interest of the property and a description of the
heritage attributes of the property. Part V of the OHA permits municipalities to designate
heritage conservation districts consisting of multiple properties, and adopt a district plan for
managing change.7 A property that is included in an area designated as a heritage
conservation district may subsequently be individually designated under Part IV.8 Municipalities
1 PPS 2014, Part I: Preamble.
2 PPS 2014, Part III: How to Read the Provincial Policy Statement.
3 PPS 2014, s. 2.6.1 and 2.6.2.
4 PPS 2014, s. 6.0, Definitions, at p. 49.
5 PPS 2014, s. 6.0, Definitions, at p. 40.
6 OHA, Part IV, s. 29.
7 OHA, ss. 41 and 41.1.
8 OHA, s. 41(2).
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must keep a register of property that is of cultural heritage value or interest. In addition to
designated properties, the register may include other property that the municipality believes to
be of cultural heritage value or interest.9 The OHA provides processes for a municipality to
approve proposed alterations, demolition or removal of resources on designated properties or
within a heritage conservation district, and requires notice be given to a municipality for
proposed alterations, demolition or removal of resources on non-designated properties listed on
the register.10
Part IV OHA (individual property designation by municipalities) and Part V OHA (heritage
conservation district designation) do not apply to property that is owned by the provincial
government or by a prescribed public body.11 Ontario Infrastructure and Lands Corporation is a
prescribed public body.12 However, municipalities are not prevented from including properties
owned by the provincial government or a prescribed public body in the municipal register of
non-designated properties.13
Heritage properties owned or occupied by the provincial government or prescribed public
bodies are subject to the Standards & Guidelines for Conservation of Provincial Heritage
Properties (“the provincial S&Gs”), a set of guidelines issued by the Minister of Tourism, Culture
and Sport in 2010.14 The provincial S&Gs require provincial ministries and agencies to establish
and maintain a cultural heritage conservation policy and procedures to identify, manage and
conserve provincial heritage properties.15 Decisions affecting a provincial heritage property
must consider its cultural heritage value and mitigate negative impacts.16 If a provincial heritage
property is to leave government ownership, best efforts should be made to ensure its cultural
heritage value is protected through designation or easement; demolition or removal should be
considered only as a last resort. Ontario Infrastructure and Lands Corporation has followed an
internal heritage management process since 2007. The property at 1125 Whitevale was
recommended as an ORC Heritage Property in the 2009 Phase II report prepared by
Contentworks Inc. for ORC.
The OHA provides that if a property owned by the provincial government or a prescribed public
body is included in a designated heritage conservation district, and there is a conflict between
a provision of the provincial S&Gs and a provision in Part V as they apply to that property, the
provision in Part V prevails.17
9 OHA, ss. 27(1.1) and (1.2).
10 OHA, ss. 27 (3), 33, 34 and 42.
11 OHA ss. 25.2 (2), 26.1 (1) and 39.1.1(1).
12 OHA, Ont. Reg. 157/10.
13 OHA, s. 26.1(3).
14 The Provincial S&Gs are available online at
http://www.mtc.gov.on.ca/en/publications/Standards_Conservation.pdf
15 S&G, s. A.2, A.2 and A.5.
16 S&G, s. A.3
17 OHA, s. 39.1.1(2).
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The City of Pickering has adopted a policy to respect and conserve cultural heritage resources
as part of the City of Pickering Official Plan (Edition 6).18 City Council shall identify important
cultural heritage resources from all time periods, and prevent the demolition, destruction or
inappropriate alteration of important cultural heritage resources to the extent possible (s. 8.2).
City Council shall maintain an inventory of heritage resources designated or worthy of
designation under the OHA (s. 8.7). City Council shall encourage the preservation or excavation
of important archaeological sites (s. 8.10). Amendment 22 to the Pickering Official Plan,
approved by the Ontario Municipal Board in 2013, specifically provides that the Seaton Urban
Area shall be planned as a sustainable community, based on seven key sustainability principles,
including to “protect cultural heritage resources and archaeological resources”.
4 Historical Context
The property at 1125 Whitevale is located east of the hamlet of Whitevale on part of Lot 24,
Concession 4, Pickering Township. Pickering Township was first surveyed in 1797 and Crown
patents were issued shortly afterwards. The land around Whitevale was not settled until the early
1820s, when United Empire Loyalist John Major (1768-1831) built a saw mill on the banks of West
Duffins Creek. A small settlement, known as Major Mills or Majorville, began to take shape along
Concession 5.
In 1843, Ira White purchased Major’s sawmill and put his son, Truman P. White in charge of
operations.19 An ambitious industrialist, T.P. White further leveraged the power of the West Duffins
Creek and developed the milling site to include a flour mill. During the 1850s and 1860s, the
settlement grew into an industrial centre with the addition of: a planing mill (1866); a stave and
heading factory, T.P. White’s wool factory (1867); a sash and door factory; a wagon and steam
carriage factory; and the P.R. Hoover and Co. cheese factory. Commercial enterprises
included: a general store; a butcher shop; Major Hotel; and a tinsmith shop. Anticipating the
growth of the community, T.P. White registered two survey plans, one in 1857 and an amended
plan in 1860. The 1869 Ontario Gazetteer and Directory indicates that hamlet’s population was
approximately 300 that year. John Shier’s 1870 plan of subdivision was the first time that
“Whitevale” was used as the name of the community, in honour of T.P. White, although the mills
continued to be called “Majors Mills.”
The 0.33 hectare (0.82 acre) property at 1125 Whitevale Road was part of a 200-acre parcel (Lot
24, Concession 4) patented to King’s College in 1828.20 King’s College was an Anglican college
established by Royal Charter in 1827; it later became the University of Toronto.21 William Splatt
purchased the north half of the lot in 1845; he sold it to Edward Major in 1849.22 The Agricultural
18 City of Pickering Official Plan (Edition 6), Chapter Eight – Cultural Heritage.
19 Unterman McPhail, 1989: 2-2.
20 Land Registry Office #40, Microfilm Reel E44, p. 105.
21 Friedland, Martin L. (2002). The University of Toronto: A History. University of Toronto Press, pp. 4,
31, 143, 156, 313, 376, 593-6. ISBN 0-8020-4429-8.
22 LRO, p.105.
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Census for 1851 indicates that Lot 24 was under active cultivation: 100 acres by Thomas
Stephenson,23 50 acres by Robert Smith, and 50 acres by Hugh Pugh.24
In 1859, Samuel Smith acquired the north half of Lot 24 and built a one-and-a-half-storey frame
house called ‘Bellevue’.25 Smith’s house is shown on Tremaine’s 1860 map of Ontario County. In
1861, Smith, a farmer, (age 50) lived with his wife, Jane and daughters Mary (17) and Emely (12)
in the one-and-a-half-storey, frame house.26
John Tool acquired the northeast quarter of Lot 24 in 1867 and the northwest quarter of Lot 24 by
1877. He is listed in the 1871 Census as a farmer, aged 52, living with his wife Harriette (51), and
their children George (22), Susan (19), Mary Jane (18), Henrietta (16), Harriette (16), and John W.
(13). The Illustrated Historical Atlas for 1877 shows his home in the northwest corner of the lot
(Figure 5). The elder Mr. Tool married Permelia Jane Turner in 187727 and was living on the
property in 1881, aged 61, with his wife28 and his 22 year old son, John W.29
Five years later, John W. Tool (the son) and his wife Sarah Jane Britt had a son, Wade Tool, born
in March 1886. John W. was registered on the record of birth as a farmer, still living at Lot 24,
Concession 4.30 In 1890, John W. Tool (the son) purchased the north half of the south half of Lot
24 from Robert Smith. In 1891, the elder John Tool transferred the north half of Lot 24 to his son
John W. Tool. The 1901 census lists John W., his wife Sarah and their son Wade (15) living on the
farm on Lot 24. The red-brick farmhouse was likely built for John W. Tool, his wife and son,
sometime between 1891 and 1901.
John W. Tool sold the farm to Robert Johnston in 192131 and Wilber Johnston sold it to Arthur Palk
in 1959. The entire farm was expropriated by the Province of Ontario in 1974 and leased back to
Mr. Palk for many years. Mr. Palk’s nephew currently leases the farmhouse at 1125 Whitevale
Road as well as the adjacent farm property, which continues in active cultivation.
23 Thomas Stephenson was also farming Lot 27, Concession 4 at the time; the property where his home is indicated on the 1877 map of Pickering Township.
24 1851 Agricultural Census; page 277; line 15 and page 265; lines 19-20.
25 LRO, p 105.
26 Census of 1861 (Canada East, Canada West, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia); Roll C-1057; Schedule B; page 130; line 29.
27 Archives of Ontario; Series: MS932; Reel: 25, index-only record.
28 The 1881 Census lists all three as being Dutch. This likely only applies to Permelia, as John is
listed in earlier census returns as being English and John W. was born in Upper Canada.
29 Census of 1881; Roll C-13244; page 73; lines 6-8.
30 Archives of Ontario. Registrations of Births and Stillbirths – 1869-1911: MS929; Reel 78.
31 LRO, p. 106.
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Figure 5: Detail from 1877 map of Pickering Township showing the farmhouse at 1125 Whitevale Road (Base map source: Beers, 1877:19)
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5 Architecture and Design
The property at 1125 Whitevale Road has two built resources: a two-and-a-half-storey, red-brick
farmhouse with a one-and-a-half-storey kitchen tail; and a one-storey, wooden garage.
5.1 Farmhouse
The two-and-a-half-storey farmhouse was built at the end of the 19th century in the popular
Queen Anne Revival style. The main house has a roughly rectangular plan, with a projecting bay
on the side (east) elevation and a one-and-a-half-storey kitchen tail extending from the rear
(south). The stretcher bond brickwork suggests that it is a frame structure with a red-brick veneer.
The building sits on an even-coursed, granite foundation, with a projecting, five-course, brick
border above the foundation.
The complex roofline comprises a steeply pitched hip roof with cross gables on the front (north)
and side (east) elevations, and a gable roof over the kitchen tail. Detailing includes a moulded
frieze below the eaves and intricate bargeboard in the cross gables. The projecting side bay is
characterized by a chamfered corner with one surviving wooden corner bracket.
The main house features two entrance doors, one on the front (north) elevation and one on the
rear (south) elevation. Neither door is currently in use. Both door openings are flat-arched with
simple brick headers (two courses at the back door). Both doors are wooden units with glazed,
single-pane uppers and paneled lowers with moulding. Ghosting on the bricks and the existence
of a second-storey door suggest that a two-storey verandah may have once spanned the front
(north) elevation, providing entry to the front door. The current entrance to the house is through
the kitchen tail. A simple wooden door leads to the basement from the west elevation.
The house features four, large, square windows, with two in each gable bay, placed directly
over one another on the first and second stories. Each window comprises a large, fixed, central
pane, flanked by narrow, one-over-one, sash sidelites and topped by a flat-arched transom with
rounded corners. Coloured glass is inserted in the side sash and transoms. A narrow, round-
arched window is inserted in the peak of each gable. Both flat-arched and round-arched
windows have brick headers with projecting arch springing. Windows on the west elevation are
irregularly placed, rectangular openings with simple headers and lug sills.
The front elevation and entrance are obscured by a thick stand of shrubs, making it difficult to
detect all exterior features. A one-storey projecting window box at the northeast corner of the
building is a later addition.
This is the only known example of the Queen Anne Revival style in the Whitevale area.
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Figure 6: 1125 Whitevale Road, front elevation (CU, 2015)
Figure 7: 1125 Whitevale Road, side (east) elevation showing kitchen tail (CU, 2015)
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Figure 8: Side (east) elevation (CU, 2015)
Figure 9: Detail of side (east) elevation, projecting gable with cut-away corner and bracket. Wide arch second floor window and smaller attic window visible (CU, 2015)
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Figure 10: Side (west) elevation showing basement entrance and wood-clad rear porch off of kitchen tail (CU, 2015)
Figure 11: Detail of side (west) elevation showing foundation and protruding border
above foundation, basement door and wooden porch off kitchen tail (CU, 2015)
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5.1.1 Interior The farmhouse retains many original interior wood finishes and wooden door and window
casings are found throughout the house. The woodwork on the front staircase and the upper
portion of the rear staircase is characterized by intricate wooden details, including turned posts
and newels, railings, and acorn newel caps. Although painted in some rooms, most wooden
details are stained. Several interior doors and sections of the front and rear staircases have been
‘grained’. Ornate metal grates for heating are located throughout the house. Notable features
on the second floor are the hinged transom windows above the bedroom doors.
Figure 12: Detail of 'graining' of wood on front door (CU, 2015)
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Figure 13: Front staircase, as seen from first floor (CU, 2015)
Figure 14: Front staircase, posts, stairs and baseboards (CU, 2015)
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Figure 15: Front staircase (CU, 2015)
Figure 16: Front staircase, from second floor overlooking banister (CU, 2015)
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Figure 17: Detail of coloured glass border panes in wide arch windows, second floor, front room (CU, 2015)
Figure 18: Detail of hinged transom above 'grained' bedroom door (CU, 2015)
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Figure 19: Detail showing baseboard, door casing and metal grate (CU, 2015)
Figure 20: Balustrade, rear staircase (CU, 2015)
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5.1.2 Basement The basement extends under the whole of the house and is accessible from a staircase near the
rear of the house. The stone walls have been treated in lime wash and brick partition walls
separate the basement into several rooms. It has poured-concrete flooring.
Figure 21: Basement walls (CU, 2015)
5.2 Kitchen Tail
The one-and-a-half-storey, kitchen tail follows a rectangular plan, aligning to the main building
along its south (rear) elevation. The tail sits on a roughly coursed, fieldstone foundation. Based on
the stretcher bond of the exterior brickwork, it is likely frame construction with brick cladding. It
has a gable roof.
The kitchen has two entrances: a door on the east elevation from the concrete porch; and an
enclosed, wooden porch on the west elevation. The wooden porch has a shed roof, is open to
the rear (south) and is clad in vertical wooden boards. Along the rear elevation, a segmentally
arched window with a brick header mirrors the large windows of the main house. The window is
constructed in three parts, a three-over-one flanked by two two-over-one windows. A simple
one-over-one, rectangular window is located in the rear gable on the second storey.
5.2.1 Interior
The interior of the kitchen tail is a single room with a wooden ceiling and kitchen finishes that
date to the mid-20th century.
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Figure 22: Kitchen tail, rear elevation from property immediately south (CU, 2015)
Figure 23: Interior, kitchen tail (CU, 2015)
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5.3 Garage
A one-storey, wooden garage, likely built in the mid-20th century, is situated to the southeast of
the house, on a slightly lower elevation. The building is rectangular with a low-pitched, metal,
gable roof. It is clad in vertical wooden boards. A sliding, double garage door provides access
along the east elevation.
Figure 24: Garage as viewed from southeast, facing northwest (CU, 2015)
5.4 Cultural Landscape
The farmhouse is surrounded by a grassed lawn and mature coniferous and deciduous trees
which form windbreaks along the road and around the house. A gravel laneway runs along the
east side of the property, past the house and garage towards a complex of agricultural
outbuildings on the adjacent property immediately to the south (Figure 4). The farmhouse has a
deep setback from Whitevale Road, and views from the road are obscured by trees.
5.5 Archaeological Resources
Although the archaeological potential of the general area in and around the property is well
documented32 the archaeological potential of the property, itself, will be addressed in this
section.
32 See Hough Stansbury Woodland Naylor Dance Limited et. al., 1994 and Scheinman, 2004 for
an overview of archaeological research in the area.
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Archaeological potential determination is based on a number of factors related to the
attractiveness of a site for either temporary or permanent human occupation. Archaeological
features that are considered when determining potential are generally related to basic
necessities of survival (e.g., proximity to water), access to transportation (e.g., historic
transportation routes, trails, and navigable watercourses), or access to resources (e.g., raw
materials for tool making or construction, or food resources).
The Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport lists in its 2010 Standards and Guidelines for
Consultant Archaeologists33 a series of features that are considered, in Ontario, to be related to
archaeological potential, or removal of archaeological potential as summarised in Table 1.
Table 1: Factors Indicating Archaeological Potential or Lack of Archaeological Potential
Archaeological Feature 1125 Whitevale Rd. (y/n)
Previously identified archaeological sites Y
Water sources:
Primary water sources (lakes, rivers, streams, creeks) N
Secondary water sources (intermittent streams, creeks,
marshes) N
Features indicating past water sources (e.g., glacial lake
shorelines, relic river or stream channels) N
Accessible or inaccessible shoreline N
Elevated topography (e.g. eskers, drumlins, plateau) Y
Pockets of well-drained sandy soil, especially near areas of heavy
soil or rocky ground Not assessed
Distinctive land formations that might have been special or
spiritual places such as waterfalls, rock outcrops, caverns, mounds and promontories and their bases. N
Resource areas:
Food or medicinal plants Not assessed
Scarce raw materials N
33 Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport. Standards and Guideline for Consultant Archaeologists.
2011: 17-18.
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Archaeological Feature 1125 Whitevale Rd. (y/n)
Early Euro-Canadian industry (e.g., fur trade, logging, prospecting, mining) N
Areas of early Euro-Canadian settlement N
Early historical transportation routes Y
Property listed on a municipal register or designated under the
Ontario Heritage Act or that is a federal, provincial or municipal
historic landmark or site
Y
Property that local histories or informants have identified with
possible archaeological sites, historical events, activities, or occupants N
Archaeological potential can be determined not to be present if
the site has been subject to modern extensive and deep land
alterations such as: quarrying; sewage and infrastructure
development; building footprints; or major landscaping involving grading.
N
Based on a review of these factors, the property at 1125 Whitevale Road exhibits archaeological
potential.
6 Contextual Background
1125 Whitevale Road is located east of the hamlet of Whitevale, on the south side of Whitevale
Road and just east of Sideline 24. The property is surrounded by agricultural land, including 19th
and 20th century farmsteads to the east and west and on the opposite side of Whitevale Road.
The agricultural fields and grouping of agricultural outbuildings immediately south of the
property are physically, functionally, visually and historically associated with the farmhouse, as
they have formed part of the same farming operation for over a hundred years. These include:
two large bank barns, a concrete block silo, several smaller sheds, and a metal silo. The laneway
along the east side of the property leads to this complex of agricultural outbuildings. The barns,
outbuildings and fields are currently part of an active farming operation that includes raising
cattle. An intermittent creek, delineated by a meandering tree line, is also located
approximately 600 metres south of the property, running through the adjacent agricultural fields
(Figure 2).
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Figure 25: Bank barn south of farmhouse along laneway, adjacent property (CU, 2015)
7 Heritage Evaluation
The property and associated resources have been evaluated for Cultural Heritage Value or
Interest (CHVI) under Ontario Regulation 9/06 Criteria for Determining Cultural Heritage Value or
Interest under the Ontario Heritage Act. A summary of the evaluation based on the criteria is
presented in Tables 2, 3 and 4 below.
7.1 Design or Physical Value
The two-and-a-half-storey, red-brick farmhouse at 1125 Whitevale Road is a rare example of
Queen Anne Revival style architecture in the Whitevale area.
The Queen Anne Revival style was popular in Canada from the late 1870s until the turn of the
century. It is characterized by a picturesque, irregular massing of forms and a rich variety in
materials and details. It usually includes a steeply pitched roof of irregular shape, often with a
dominant, front-facing gable. The hip roof with lower cross gables is one of the most common
roof shapes in Queen Anne Revival houses. The style favours patterned surfaces, cutaway bay
windows and other devices to avoid a smooth-walled appearance. It normally includes an
asymmetrical façade with a porch extending along one or both side walls.
The farmhouse includes a number of features that are typical of the Queen Anne Revival style,
including: its steeply pitched roof with cross gables, the projecting gabled bay on the east
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elevation, textured brick headers and base course , chamfered corners, wooden bargeboard
and the surviving corner bracket.
The house also includes many features that are typical of houses of all styles during the late
Victorian era, including the exterior wood detailing, the interior wood finishes and fixtures, and
the use of coloured, textured glazings – sometimes referred to as “cathedral glass” – in transoms
and sidelites. Because so few houses were built in the Whitevale area at the end of the 19th
century, these decorative features are relatively rare in the area.
The farmhouse is a relatively rare and possibly unique example of Queen Anne Revival style
architecture in the Whitevale area, as the rise in popularity of the style coincided with a
downturn in the local economy. It is also one of relatively few houses to exhibit the elaborate
detailing of the late Victorian era.
Table 2 - Evaluation of the Cultural Heritage Value or Interest of 1125 Whitevale Road as Per O.Reg. 9/06 Criteria 1. i., ii., and iii
O.Reg. 9/06 Criteria Criteria Met (y/n) Justification
1. The property has design
value or physical value
because it,
i. is a rare, unique,
representative or early example of a style,
type, expression,
material, or
construction method,
Y
The two-and-a-half storey brick farmhouse at
1125 Whitevale Road is a rare example of
Queen Anne Revival style architecture in the area and a relatively rare example of late-
Victorian-era detailing in the area. It exhibits a
number of features which are characteristic of
the Queen Anne Revival style, including: its complex roof profile, projecting gabled bays,
textured brick headers and base course,
chamfered corners, bargeboard and corner
bracket.
The exterior wood detailing, interior wood
finishes and fixtures, and the elaborate
windows with coloured glass transoms and
sidelites are typical of the late-Victorian era.
ii. displays a high degree of craftsmanship or
artistic merit, or
N The building does not display a high degree of
craftsmanship or artistic merit.
iii. demonstrates a high
degree of technical or
scientific achievement.
N The building does not demonstrate a high
degree of technical or scientific achievement.
The property at 1125 Whitevale Road meets the criteria for design or physical value under
O.Reg. 9/06.
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7.2 Historic/Associative Value
The property at 1125 Whitevale Road is directly associated with the agricultural history of the
Whitevale community. The surrounding property has been continuously farmed since at least
1851. The farmhouse itself was constructed by John W. Tool in the late 19th century to replace an
earlier farmhouse. The current farmhouse has been the centre of an active farm operation since
that time.
1125 Whitevale Road also exhibits archaeological potential, given its proximity to a number of
archaeological features outlined in the Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sports Standards
and Guidelines for Consultant Archaeologists,34 including: known pre-contact and Euro-
Canadian archaeological sites, an early historical transportation route, and as a property listed
on the Municipal Heritage Register (2008). The property has also not undergone any recent or
extensive ground disturbances which might indicate the removal of archaeological potential. As
a result, the property has the potential to yield information that contributes to an understanding
of a community or culture.
Table 3 - Evaluation of the Cultural Heritage Value or Interest of 1125 Whitevale Road as Per O.Reg. 9/06 Criteria 2. i., ii., and iii
O.Reg. 9/06 Criteria Criteria Met (y/n) Justification
2. The property has historical
value or associative value
because it,
i. has direct associations
with a theme, event,
belief, person, activity,
organization or
institution that is significant to a
community,
Y
The property is directly associated with the
agricultural history of the Whitevale community. The surrounding property has been
continuously farmed since at least 1851. The
farmhouse itself was built in the late 19th
century to replace an earlier farmhouse and has been the centre of an active farming
operation since then.
ii. yields, or has the
potential to yield
information that contributes to an
understanding of a
community or culture,
or
Y
Given that the property surrounding the
farmhouse and garage has not been recently
and significantly altered, it has the potential to yield information that contributes to the
understanding of the community or a pre-
contact culture.
iii. demonstrates or
reflects the work or ideas of an architect,
artist, builder, designer
or theorist who is
N Designer or builder unknown.
34 Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport. Standards and Guideline for Consultant Archaeologists.
2011: 17-18.
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O.Reg. 9/06 Criteria Criteria Met (y/n) Justification
significant to a
community.
The property at 1125 Whitevale Road meets the criteria for historical or associative value under
O.Reg. 9/06.
7.3 Contextual Value
Located east of the hamlet of Whitevale, on the south side of Whitevale Road just east of
Sideline 24, the property is a contributing element of the 19th century agricultural landscape
along Whitevale Road corridor, which leads into the Whitevale HCD. The property is surrounded
by agricultural lands, including 19th and 20th century farmsteads to the east and west and on the
opposite side of Whitevale Road.
The agricultural fields and grouping of agricultural outbuildings immediately south of the
property are historically associated with the farmhouse, as they formed part of the same farm for
over a hundred years. These include: two large bank barns, a concrete block silo, several smaller
sheds, and a metal silo. The laneway along the east side of the property leads to this complex of
agricultural outbuildings. The barns, outbuildings and fields are part of an active farming
operation that includes raising cattle.
Table 4 - Evaluation of the Cultural Heritage Value or Interest of 1125 Whitevale Road as Per O.Reg. 9/06 Criteria 3. i., ii., and iii
O.Reg. 9/06 Criteria Criteria Met (y/n) Justification
3. The property has
contextual value because
it,
i. is important in
defining, maintaining
or supporting the character of an area,
Y
The property is important in supporting the
character of the agricultural landscape along
the Whitevale Road corridor, leading into the Whitevale HCD.
ii. is physically, functionally, visually or
historically linked to its
surroundings, or
Y
The property is physically, functionally, visually and historically linked to the active agricultural
landscape of the adjacent property, which has
formed part of the same farming operation for
more than 100 years.
iii. is a landmark. N 1125 Whitevale Road is not a landmark.
The property at 1125 Whitevale Road meets the criteria for contextual value under O.Reg. 9/06.
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7.4 Statement of Significance
7.4.1 Description of Property
1125 Whitevale Road, Pickering, Ontario is a rectangular parcel, 0.33 hectares (0.82 acres) in
area, on the south side of Whitevale Road, just east of the hamlet of Whitevale.
The main built resource on the property is a two-and-a-half-storey, red-brick farmhouse built in
the Queen Anne Revival style towards the end of the 19th century. The farmhouse is surrounded
by a grassed lawn and a number of mature coniferous and deciduous trees which form a wind-
break along the road and to the west of the house. A gravel laneway runs along the east side of
the property, leading to a grouping of agricultural outbuildings on the adjacent property to the
south. The property forms the core of this farming operation, but is located on a separate legal
parcel. The property also includes a small garage built in the mid-20th century which does not
contribute to heritage value.
The property is currently listed in the City of Pickering Municipal Heritage Register (2008). The
property is owned the Province of Ontario and managed by Ontario Infrastructure and Lands
Corporation.
7.4.2 Statement of Cultural Heritage Value
The two-and-a-half-storey, red-brick farmhouse is a rare, local example of the Queen Anne
Revival architectural style which was popular in Ontario at the end of the 19th century. It includes
interior and exterior decorative features which are typical of the late-Victorian era, but unusual
in the Whitevale area because of the decline in the local economy after the 1870s.
The property is directly associated with the agricultural history of the Whitevale community. The
surrounding property has been continuously farmed since 1851. The farmhouse has been the
centre of an active farming operation since its construction in the late-19th century.
The property is important in supporting the character of the agricultural landscape along the
Whitevale Road corridor leading to the Whitevale HCD.
The property is physically, functionally, visually and historically linked to the active agricultural
landscape of the adjacent property, which has formed part of the same farming operation for
more than 100 years.
7.4.3 Heritage Attributes The heritage attribute essential to the cultural heritage value of the property is the two-and-a-
half-storey, red-brick farmhouse.
Key elements of the farmhouse include:
• its Queen Anne Revival style, including: its complex plan, roof profile, textured brick, and
wood detailing;
• its steeply-pitched, hipped roof with cross gables and gabled kitchen tail;
• its evenly coursed, granite foundation;
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• its red-brick exterior and brick detailing, including: the stretcher-bond brickwork; the
chamfered corner of the projecting side (east) bay; the chamfered, brick foundation
border; and the brick headers above window and door openings;
• its decorative wooden elements, including: the moulded frieze encircling the building
below the eaves; the remaining corner bracket on the side (east) elevation; the
decorative bargeboard in the cross gables on front (north) and side (east) elevations;
and carved elements of the exterior doors on the front (upper and lower floors) and rear.
• four, large, window openings and wooden window units on the front (north) and side
(east) elevations, including: their placement, proportions and composition; their
materials; the textured, coloured-glass side-lites and transom; and their brick headers
with projecting arch springing;
• round-arched window openings and wooden window units in the attic gables, including
the one-over-one, sash, brick headers and projecting arch springing;
• surviving interior wooden fixtures and finishes, including: baseboards; door and window
casings; door casings with hinged transom windows on the second floor; front and rear
staircases and balustrades, in particular the turned posts and newels, railings, banisters,
acorn newel caps; and ‘grained’ risers and baseboards; and
• the setback and orientation of the farmhouse facing Whitevale Road.
Key elements of the property as a whole include:
• its visual and physical relationship to the surrounding agricultural fields and outbuildings
on the property to the immediate south; and
• the laneway leading from this property to the adjacent property.
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8 Recommendations
As outlined above, the property at 1125 Whitevale Road meets the criteria for determining
cultural heritage value or interest under Ontario Regulation 9/06; specifically criteria 1.i, 2.i, 2.ii,
3.i., and 3.ii. The only contributing resources are the red-brick farmhouse and the laneway. The
garage does not contribute to heritage value.
While the property remains in Crown ownership, sections 26.1 and 25.2(2)(a) of the Ontario
Heritage Act prevents the City of Pickering from designating the property under section 29 (Part
IV) of the OHA. However, the City of Pickering is free to continue to list the property on its
heritage register pursuant to section 27 of the OHA. The City should consider updating the
property’s listing on the Pickering Heritage Registry to include the proposed Statement of
Significance. The results of this evaluation should be shared with the province, along with a
request that the property be managed in compliance with the Standards & Guidelines for
Conservation of Provincial Heritage Properties.
If the property passes out of Crown ownership, the municipality should consider individual
designation of the property under S. 29 OHA. While the draft Statement of Significance includes
interior features, the City may decide as a matter of policy that it does not protect interior
features of a private dwelling and that these would not be included in any designation by-law.
As outlined above, the property exhibits archaeological potential. Future cultural heritage policy
decisions regarding this property should consider this potential for previously undiscovered
archaeological sites or resources and a Stages 1 and 2 Archaeological Assessment should be
carried out by a licensed professional archaeologist prior to any below-grade construction
activities.
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