Item - 2021.NY25.21
Tracking Status
- City Council adopted this item on July 14, 2021 with amendments.
- This item was considered by North York Community Council on June 23, 2021 and was adopted with amendments. It will be considered by City Council on July 14, 2021.
- See also By-law 804-2021
NY25.21 - Inclusion on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register - 55 St Edmunds Drive
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Amended
- Ward:
- 15 - Don Valley West
City Council Decision
City Council on July 14, 15 and 16, 2021, adopted the following:
1. City Council include the property at 55 St. Edmunds Drive on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register in accordance with the Listing Statement (Reasons for Inclusion) in Attachment 3 to the report (May 25, 2021) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning.
2. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 55 St. Edmunds Drive under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 55 St. Edmunds Drive (Reasons for Designation) in Attachment 3 to the report (June 10, 2021) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning.
3. If there are no objections to the designation, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the Bill in Council designating the property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act.
Background Information (Community Council)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/ny/bgrd/backgroundfile-167528.pdf
Motions (City Council)
That City Council delete North York Community Council Recommendations 4 and 5:
Recommendations to be deleted
4. If there are objections in accordance with the Ontario Heritage Act, City Council direct the City Clerk to refer the designation to the Conservation Review Board.
5. If the designation is referred to the Conservation Review Board, City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate staff to attend any hearing held by the Conservation Review Board in support of Council's decision to designate the property.
Declared Interests (City Council)
Councillor Jaye Robinson - in that it is near a property she owns, her home.
Written Declaration: https://secure.toronto.ca/council/declared-interest-file.do?id=10001
21a - Intention to Designate under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act - 55 St. Edmund's Drive - Supplementary Report
Background Information (Community Council)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/ny/bgrd/backgroundfile-168291.pdf
21b - Inclusion on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register, Intention to Designate under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act - 55 St. Edmunds Drive
Background Information (Community Council)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/ny/bgrd/backgroundfile-168617.pdf
Attachment 1 to the Letter from Toronto Preservation Board - E-mail (June 10, 2021) Susan Nicholas and Joan Pottinger, Estate Executors of Estate of John B. Gillespie
Attachment 2 to the Letter from Toronto Preservation Board - Letter from Alex. M. Grenzebach, Interim Chair, North York Community Preservation Panel
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/ny/bgrd/backgroundfile-168661.pdf
Attachment 3 to the Letter from Toronto Preservation Board - E-mail (June 14, 2021) from Susan Nicholas and Joan Pottinger, Estate Executors of Estate of John B. Gillespie
Attachment 4 to the Letter from Toronto Preservation Board - E-mail (June 14, 2021) Lynda Moon., President, North Toronto Historical Society
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/ny/bgrd/backgroundfile-168666.pdf
Attachment 5 to the Letter from Toronto Preservation Board - Letter (June 15, 2021) from Susan Nicholas and Joan Pottinger, Estate Executors of Estate of John B. Gillespie (PB.Sup
NY25.21 - Inclusion on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register - 55 St Edmunds Drive
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Amended
- Ward:
- 15 - Don Valley West
Community Council Recommendations
North York Community Council recommends that:
1. City Council include the property at 55 St Edmunds Drive on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register in accordance with the Listing Statement (Reasons for Inclusion), attached as Attachment 3 to the report (May 25, 2021) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning.
2. City Council state its intention to designate the property at 55 St. Edmunds Drive under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, in accordance with the Statement of Significance: 55 St. Edmunds Drive (Reasons for Designation) attached as Attachment 3 to the report (June 10, 2021) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning.
3. If there are no objections to the designation, City Council authorize the City Solicitor to introduce the bill in Council designating the property under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act.
4. If there are objections in accordance with the Ontario Heritage Act, City Council direct the City Clerk to refer the designation to the Conservation Review Board.
5. If the designation is referred to the Conservation Review Board, City Council authorize the City Solicitor and appropriate staff to attend any hearing held by the Conservation Review Board in support of Council's decision to designate the property.
Origin
Summary
This report recommends that City Council include the property at 55 St. Edmunds Drive on the City of Toronto’s Heritage Register for its cultural heritage value.
The subject property is east of Yonge Street and south of Lawrence Avenue East, situated prominently at the northeast corner of St. Edmunds Drive and Lympstone Avenue in the Lawrence Park neighbourhood. It contains a two and a half storey stucco-clad house with stone detail constructed in 1926 to plans prepared by the architect William Breden Galbraith, and is a fine and representative example of the Tudor Revival style.
55 St. Edmunds Drive represents the early wave of residential development in the Lawrence Park neighbourhood, which was planned and developed on the Garden Suburb model and envisioned by businessman Wilfrid Dinnick. The neighbourhood was developed to plans prepared by the architects Vaux Chadwick and Samuel Beckett and features houses designed by some of Toronto's most prolific and talented 20th century architects.
55 St. Edmunds Drive is one of six houses known to have been designed by William Breden Galbraith within the Lawrence Park neighbourhood, of which four remain. Galbraith is believed to have been a self-taught architect, who established a primarily residential practice in Toronto in 1918. He designed one of the earliest houses in Lawrence Park – in 1913 – for himself, and through the 1910s and 1920s received commissions within the neighbourhood as well as in other residential suburbs in Toronto, including Rosedale, Forest Hill and Moore Park. Much of Galbraith's residential portfolio was featured through a series of articles published in the newspaper Saturday Night between 1925 and 1930, and which were subsequently included in his 1930 pattern book, A Canadian Home Plan Book. 55 St. Edmunds Drive is featured as house plan number 1601 in the aforementioned publication.
The property at 55 St. Edmunds Drive was documented by the Toronto Historical Board in 1982, and was included in the Historical Walking Tour of Lawrence Park (2007 edition), published by the Toronto Public Library in partnership with the Lawrence Park Ratepayers' Association and the North Toronto Historical Society. A nomination was submitted to Heritage Planning by the North York Community Preservation Panel with the support of the North Toronto Historical Society in May, 2021 requesting the property be evaluated to determine whether it merits inclusion on the City's Heritage Register.
City staff have undertaken further research and evaluation and determined that the property at 55 St. Edmunds Drive meets Ontario Regulation 9/06, the criteria prescribed for municipal designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, which the City of Toronto also applies when evaluating properties for inclusion on the Heritage Register.
Properties on the Heritage Register will be conserved and maintained in accordance with the Official Plan Heritage Policies.
Background Information
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/ny/bgrd/backgroundfile-167528.pdf
Motions
That the recommendations in the report (May 25, 2021) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning and in the supplementary report (June 10, 2021) from the Senior Manager, Heritage Planning, Urban Design, City Planning, be adopted.
Vote (Adopt Item as Amended) Jun-23-2021
Result: Carried | Majority Required |
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Total members that voted Yes: 5 | Members that voted Yes are Shelley Carroll, Mike Colle, John Filion, Denzil Minnan-Wong, James Pasternak (Chair) |
Total members that voted No: 0 | Members that voted No are |
Total members that were Absent: 1 | Members that were absent are Jaye Robinson |
Declared Interests
Councillor Jaye Robinson - Councillor Robinson declared an interested in NY25.21 due to proximity to her personal residence.
Written Declaration: https://secure.toronto.ca/council/declared-interest-file.do?id=9917
21a - Intention to Designate under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act - 55 St. Edmund's Drive - Supplementary Report
Origin
Summary
This supplementary report recommends that City Council state its intention to designate the property at 55 St. Edmunds Drive under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act.
Following research and evaluation, it has been determined that the property at 55 St. Edmunds drive meets Ontario Regulation 9/06, the criteria prescribed for municipal designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act for its design, associative and contextual value.
Properties on the Heritage Register will be conserved and maintained in accordance with Official Plan Heritage Policies. Designation under the Ontario Heritage Act enables City Council to review alterations to the site, enforce heritage property standards and maintenance, and refuse demolition.
Background Information
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/ny/bgrd/backgroundfile-168291.pdf
21b - Inclusion on the City of Toronto's Heritage Register, Intention to Designate under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act - 55 St. Edmunds Drive
Origin
Summary
This report recommends that City Council include the property at 55 St Edmunds Drive on the City of Toronto’s Heritage Register for its cultural heritage value.
The subject property is east of Yonge Street and south of Lawrence Avenue East, situated prominently at the northeast corner of St Edmunds Drive and Lympstone Avenue in the Lawrence Park neighbourhood. It contains a two and a half storey stucco-clad house with stone detail constructed in 1926 to plans prepared by the architect William Breden Galbraith, and is a fine and representative example of the Tudor Revival style.
55 St Edmunds Drive represents the early wave of residential development in the Lawrence Park neighbourhood, which was planned and developed on the Garden Suburb model and envisioned by businessman Wilfrid Dinnick. The neighbourhood was developed to plans prepared by the architects Vaux Chadwick and Samuel Beckett and features houses designed by some of Toronto's most prolific and talented 20th century architects.
55 St Edmunds Drive is one of six houses known to have been designed by William Breden Galbraith within the Lawrence Park neighbourhood, of which four remain. Galbraith is believed to have been a self-taught architect, who established a primarily residential practice in Toronto in 1918. He designed one of the earliest houses in Lawrence Park – in 1913 – for himself, and through the 1910s and 1920s received commissions within the neighbourhood as well as in other residential suburbs in Toronto, including Rosedale, Forest Hill and Moore Park. Much of Galbraith's residential portfolio was featured through a series of articles published in the newspaper Saturday Night between 1925 and 1930, and which were subsequently included in his 1930 pattern book, A Canadian Home Plan Book. 55 St Edmunds Drive is featured as house plan number 1601 in the aforementioned publication.
The property at 55 St Edmunds Drive was documented by the Toronto Historical Board in 1982, and was included in the Historical Walking Tour of Lawrence Park (2007 edition), published by the Toronto Public Library in partnership with the Lawrence Park Ratepayers' Association and the North Toronto Historical Society. A nomination was submitted to Heritage Planning by the North York Community Preservation Panel with the support of the North Toronto Historical Society in May, 2021 requesting the property be evaluated to determine whether it merits inclusion on the City's Heritage Register.
City staff have undertaken further research and evaluation and determined that the property at 55 St Edmunds Drive meets Ontario Regulation 9/06, the criteria prescribed for municipal designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, which the City of Toronto also applies when evaluating properties for inclusion on the Heritage Register.
Properties on the Heritage Register will be conserved and maintained in accordance with the Official Plan Heritage Policies.
Background Information
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/ny/bgrd/backgroundfile-168617.pdf
Attachment 1 to the Letter from Toronto Preservation Board - E-mail (June 10, 2021) Susan Nicholas and Joan Pottinger, Estate Executors of Estate of John B. Gillespie
Attachment 2 to the Letter from Toronto Preservation Board - Letter from Alex. M. Grenzebach, Interim Chair, North York Community Preservation Panel
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/ny/bgrd/backgroundfile-168661.pdf
Attachment 3 to the Letter from Toronto Preservation Board - E-mail (June 14, 2021) from Susan Nicholas and Joan Pottinger, Estate Executors of Estate of John B. Gillespie
Attachment 4 to the Letter from Toronto Preservation Board - E-mail (June 14, 2021) Lynda Moon., President, North Toronto Historical Society
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/ny/bgrd/backgroundfile-168666.pdf
Attachment 5 to the Letter from Toronto Preservation Board - Letter (June 15, 2021) from Susan Nicholas and Joan Pottinger, Estate Executors of Estate of John B. Gillespie (PB.Sup