54: 390 Lakeshore Road West 1. Description of Property

Inventory Report: 390 Lakeshore Road West
54: 390 Lakeshore Road West
1. Description of Property
Municipal Address
Name (if applicable)
Legal Description
Location of Property
Ownership
Access
Current Use
Existing Designation
General Description
Priority Level
390 Lakeshore Road West
n/a
PT LT 18, CON 4 TRAFALGAR, SOUTH OF DUNDAS STREET , AS IN 522389, S/T 522389 SUBJECT
TO AN EASEMENT IN GROSS OVER PTS 1 & 2 20R19528 AS IN HR1093013 SUBJECT TO AN
EASEMENT IN GROSS OVER PTS 1,2 & 3 ON 20R19658 AS IN HR1133532 TOWN OF OAKVILLE
Located on the south side of Lakeshore Road West, overlooking Lake Ontario. The property is
accessed via a long, narrow, tree-line laneway.
Private
Permission to access denied by owner. No photos taken from road.
Residence
Listed on the Register of Properties of Cultural Heritage Value of Interest (NOT designated)
Description: “This property has potential cultural heritage value for its 1930’s estate,
including the English Arts & Craft style house”.
The property at 390 Lakeshore Road West is a lakefront estate with a main house, a treelined gravel laneway, a pool, a garage and two outbuildings surrounded by a grassed and
landscaped lawn. The design of the two-and-a-half-storey red-brick house suggests that it
was built in the 1920s or 1930s. The property is long and narrow, commencing midway
between the lake and Lakeshore Road, and extending south to the lakeshore.
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Figure 1: House at 390 Lakeshore Road West. (Town of Oakville, Dec. 2009)
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Corporation of the
Town of Oakville
1225 Trafalgar Rd
Oakville, ON
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390 Lakeshore Rd. W.
Cultural Heritage Landscape
Inventory Map
Pool
Residence
Lake
Ontario
LEGEND
Assessment Boundary
Building
CHL Study Area
Heritage District
Heritage Trail
Parkland
Park Trail
Road
Site Structures
Watercourse
Woodlot
Cemetery
Drawing not to scale
Inventory Report: 390 Lakeshore Road West
2. Key Recommendations
Priority = Low
Rationale for priority level:
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No known vulnerabilities; and
All existing built and natural cultural heritage resources may not have been identified or included in listing.
Recommendations for future action:
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Conduct a full evaluation of the property to determine cultural heritage value or interest and heritage attributes,
including a site visit to document the site.
3. Documentation and Inventory of Built Form
List of Built Features:
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Red-brick, Arts-and-Crafts-style house, likely built in the 1930s, and facing southwest;
A pool;
A detached garage and two outbuildings/sheds;
A tree-lined, gravel laneway that terminates in a curbed oval in front of the house; and
Possible dock and deck at waterfront.
4. Documentation and Inventory of Natural Form
List of Natural Features:
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Walnut, Maple and Cedar along the long, treed, gravel drive. The trees are tall and straight from growing tightly with
others. The lumpy ground beneath the trees suggests the presence of old stumps and roots.
Massive Silver Maples scattered about the property;
Old, dying Pines;
Birch, Willow along the water;
Scots Pines lining the northern property line are in poor health;
Sugar Maple; and
A former vineyard.
5. Design (Typology)
‘X’ all that
apply
Categories of Cultural
Heritage Landscape
Designed Landscape
X
Organically Evolved
Landscape
Relict Landscape
(Evolved Landscape)
Description
“…clearly defined landscape designed and created
intentionally by man.”
“…results from an initial social, economic,
administrative, and/or religious imperative and has
developed in its present form in response to its
natural environment”
“…in which an evolutionary process came to an end at
some time in the past.”
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Inventory Report: 390 Lakeshore Road West
‘X’ all that
apply
X
Categories of Cultural
Heritage Landscape
Continuing Landscape
(Evolved Landscape)
Associative Cultural
Landscape
Description
“…retains an active social role in contemporary society
closely associated with the traditional way of life, and
which the evolutionary process is still in progress.”
“…justifiable by virtue of the powerful
religious, artistic, or cultural associations of the
natural element rather than material cultural
evidence, which may be insignificant or even absent.”
6. Historical and Thematic Associations
The property at 390 Lakeshore Road West is one of a number of lakefront estates constructed along the shore of Lake
Ontario in the first half of the 20th century. Wealthy families from Toronto and Hamilton were attracted to Oakville’s
waterfront, where they built summer homes or country estates on large parcels of former farm land. The Arts-and-Crafts
design of the house, the red brick exterior, large chimneys, Classical eaves returns, panelled gable front and window units
suggest that the house was built in the 1920s or 1930s. The mapping for this property suggests that a larger original parcel of
lakefront property was carved up to create this lot and other smaller building lots to the north between this property and
Lakeshore Road West.
7. Contextual Associations
As a result of new development, the estate at 390 Lakeshore Road West is one of only two along this stretch of Lakeshore
Road West with an associated landscape (the second being 372 Lakeshore Road West, immediately east).
8. Evaluation (O. Reg 9/06)
O.Reg.9/06 Criteria
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,
ii. displays a high degree of craftsmanship
or artistic merit, or
iii. demonstrates a high degree of
technical or scientific achievement.
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,
Criteria
Potentially
Met (Y/N)
Potential Justification
Y
The property may be a representative
example of a lakefront estate of the type
built along Oakville’s lakefront in the
1920s and 1930s. The house may be a
representative example of Arts-andCrafts construction.
N
Not shown.
N
Not shown.
Y
The property may be associated with the
construction of lakefront estates along
Oakville’s waterfront in the 1920s and
1930s.
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O.Reg.9/06 Criteria
ii. yields, or has the potential to yield,
information that contributes to an
understanding of a community or culture,
or
iii. demonstrates or reflects the work or
ideas of an architect, artist, builder,
designer or theorist who is significant to a
community.
3. The property has contextual value
because it,
i. is important in defining, maintaining or
supporting the character of an area,
ii. is physically, functionally, visually or
historically linked to its surroundings, or
iii. is a landmark.
Criteria
Potentially
Met (Y/N)
Potential Justification
Y
Undisturbed portions of the property
have the potential for the discovery of
previously unrecorded archaeological
resources.
N
Not known.
N
Not shown
N
Not shown
N
Not shown
9. Analysis & Recommendations
Potential Heritage Value:
The property at 390 Lakeshore Road may be a representative example of a lakefront estate of the type built along Oakville’s
waterfront in the 1920s and 1930s. The house may be a representative example of Arts-and-Crafts construction. The
property is associated with the construction of lakefront estates during that time period. Because of its location close to the
water, undisturbed portions of the property have the potential for the discovery of previously unrecorded archaeological
resources.
Actions:
The property is listed on the municipal heritage register. The Town should consider conducting a full evaluation in order to
determine and document any cultural heritage value or interest and the heritage attributes of the property. Any further
action with respect to this property must include a site visit of the property.
A ‘low’ priority level is recommended for the following reasons:
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No known vulnerabilities; and
All existing built and natural cultural heritage resources may not have been identified or included in listing.
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