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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBy-law 2140/86 (2)THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF PICKERING BY-LAW NUMBER 2140/86 Being a by-law to designate property owned by Hugh Miller as being of architectural and historical value or interest WHEREAS pursuant to paragraph (a) of section 29.6 of the Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O. 1980, c. 337 the council of a municipality is authorized to enact by-laws to designate real property, including all buildings and structures thereon, to be of architectural and historic value or interest; and WHEREAS the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Pickering has caused to be serv- ed on the owner of the lands and premises known as Thistle Ha' and upon the Ontario Heritage Foundation, notice of intention to so designate the aforesaid real property and has caused such notice of intention to be published in the same newspaper having general circulation in the municipality once for each of three consecutive weeks; and WHEREAS no notice of objection to the proposed designation has been served on the clerk of the municipality; NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Pickering HEREBY ENACTS as follows: 1. There is designated as being of architectural and historical value or interest the real property owned by Hugh Miller, more particularly described in Schedule "A" attahced hereto. 2. The municipal solicitor is hereby authorized to cause a copy of this by-law to be registered against the property described in Schedule "B" hereto in the proper land registry office. 3. The Clerk is hereby authorized to cause a copy of this by-law to be served on the owner of the aforesaid property and on the Ontario Heritage Foundation and to cause notice of the passing of this by-law to be published in the same newspaper having general circulation in the municipality once for each of three consecutive weeks. BY-LAW READ a first, second and third time and finally PASSED this 3rd day of February, 1986. Clerk IN THE MATTER OF THE ONTARIO HERITAGE ACT R.S.O. 1980, CHAPTER 337 AND IN THE MATTER OF THE LANDS AND PREMISES KNOWN MUNICIPALLY AS LOTS 16, 17 AND 18, CONCESSION 7 IN THE TOWN OF PICKERING IN THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO AND IN THE MATTER OF TOWN OF PICKERING BY-LAW NUMBER 2140/86 REASON FOR DESIGNATION Construction on the house on Lots 16, 17 and 18 in Concession 7 known as Thistle Ha' commenced in 1855 to replace a log house that was inadequate to accommodate the large family of John Miller, the original settler of the property. The many stone piles in the fields provided the building material. Limestone was set aside to be burned to make building lime for mortar. The stone masons were Pearson Brothers of Ashburn. The building continued over a period of years as new supplies of stone were gouged from the fields and dragged by stone boat to the building site. The east wing was completed in 1875 and contained a large ballroom, a brick oven capable of baking 22 loaves of bread at a time and a masonry ash pit. Although damaged by fire in 1984, Thistle Ha' stands as one of the finest examples of the stonemason's art with its arched lintels locked with a central key stone and walls two feet thick. In addition to being of architectural interest, Thistle Ha' and its occupants have played an important roll in the development of the community and indeed the nation. In 1849, John Miller brought Shorthorn cattle to his property from Kentucky. These cattle formed the nucleus of the Thistle Ha' herd that continues to this day and is now the oldest in the world. Later in the 1860's, John Miller realized the beef producing potential of the American mid west and the less desirable agricultural areas of Canada and he set about the task of adapting his cattle to a beefier and easier feeding type suitable for the North American beef industry. A major breakthrough for the Thistle Ha' herd was the importation of the Shorthorn bull Vice Consul from Amos Cruickshank of Aberdeenshire, a quaker with an immense genius for improving livestock. Later came the outstanding cows Cherry Bloom and Rose of Strathallan. The latter became a by-word of proliferacy and easy husbandry. SCHEDULE "B" TO BY-LAW NUMBER 2140/86 ALL AND SINGULAR that certain parcel or tract of lands and premises situate, lying and being in the Town of Pickering, in the Regional Municipality of Durham and Province of Ontario and being composed of Parts of Lots 16, 17 and 18 and part of the Road Allowance between Lots 16 and 17 closed by By-law No. 269, registered as Instrument Number 19404, all in Concession 7, formerly in the Township of Pickering, now in the said Town of Pickering and being described as follows: PREMISING that all bearings herein are stronomic referred to the Ontario Co-ordinate System, Zone 10, Central Meridian 79 degrees, 30 minutes West longitude: COMMENCING at a point in the westerly limit of said Lot 18 where the same is intersected by a northeasterly limit of Part 4 according to a plan deposited in the Land Registry office for the Registry Division of Durham as No. 824 Highways and which said point is distant 1,130.76 feet measured northerly along the westerly limit of Lot 18 from the southwesterly angle thereof; THENCE North 18 degrees, 37 minutes West along the westerly limit of Lot 18, 1,032.37 feet to a survey monument in the line of a fence running in an easterly direction; THENCE North 72 degrees, 07 minutes, 30 seconds East along the said line of fence 2,926.27 feet to a survey monument; THENCE North 70 degrees, 54 minutes, 50 seconds East continuing along the said line of fence 475.18 feet to a survey monument marking an angle therein; THENCE North 72 degrees, 27 minutes, 50 seconds East continuing along the said line of fence 1,116.79 feet more less to a survey cmnument in the easterly limit of said Lot 16; THENCE South 18 degrees, 52 minutes, 20 seconds East along the easterly limit of said Lot 16, 209.92 feet to a survey monument marking an angle therein; THENCE South 18 degrees, 40 minutes, 50 seconds East continuing along the said easterly limit of Lot 16, 751.09 feet to a survey monument marking an angle therein; THENCE South 18 degrees, 33 minutes, 30 seconds East along the said easterly limit of Lot 16, 1,186.45 feet to a survey monument in the northerly limit of lands shown as Part 1 on a plan deposited in the said Land Registry Office as No. 914 Highways; THENCE South 71 degrees, 30 minutes, 20 seconds West along the said northerly limit of lands shown as Part 1 on Plan 914 Highways, 699.54 feet to a survey monument; THENCE South 71 degrees, 36 minutes, 20 seconds West continuing along the said northerly limit of Part 1 on Plan 914 Highways, 782.54 feet to a survey monument; THENCE South 72 degrees, 21 minutes, 50 seconds West continuing along the said northerly limit of Part 1 on Plan 914 Highways, 117.27 feet to a survey monument; THENCE South 72 degrees, 17 minutes, 50 seconds West continuing along the said northerly limit of Part 1 on Plan 914 Highways, 1,292.94 feet to a survey monument; THENCE South 72 degrees, 18 minutes, 00 seconds West along the northerly limit of said Part 1 on Plan 914 Highways, 1275.19 feet more or less to a survey monument marking its interesection with a northeasterly limit of Part 4 on said Plan 824 Highways; THENCE North 85 degrees, 27 minutes, 50 seconds West along the northeasterly limit of said Part 4 on Plan 824 Highways, 86.15 feet to a survey monument marking an angle therein; THENCE North 33 degrees, 26 minutes, 00 seconds West along a northeasterly limit of said Part 4 on Plan 824 Highways, 810.32 feet to an angle therein; THENCE North 30 degrees, 36 minutes, 40 seconds West continuing along the said northeasterly limit of Part 4 on Plan 824 Highways, 311.85 feet more or less to the point of commencement, as described in Instrument No. D 55073, subject to an easement in favour of Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada as set out in Instrument No. D 52912, and subject to an easement in favour of The Ontario Heritage Foundation as set out in Instrument No. D 55073.