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Home My WebLink AboutHK - 2015-04-07 - Statement of Significance - 79 Moore Ave APPENDIX`A': STATEMENTS OF SIGNIFICANCE Statement of Significance 79 Moore Avenue / 54-68 Shanley Street Municipal Address: "'�,,, 79 Moore Avenue / 54-68 Shanley � ''�� nw; Street Kitchener �� , "��,� Legal Description: I" 7 Plan 376 Part Lot 433, 434 & 435 �1 11 , Plan 385 Part Lot 457 71N511 W , R a I FAMISH �' Q aird 10 ALpll� Year Built: 1916 (church); 1927 ,� «� (convent); 1962 (rectory) )- °` ry Architectural Style: Romanesque Revival (church) Original Owner: Sacred Heart Church (church, convent and rectory) Original Use: church Condition: Good Description of Historic Place The 1.25 acre property at 79 Moore Avenue / 54-68 Shanley Street is located on the north side of Shanley Street at the corner of Moore Avenue and Shanley Street in the KW Hospital Planning Community of the City of Kitchener within the Region of Waterloo. Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, an early 20th century building built in a Romanesque Revival architectural style, is located on the south east corner of the property. A rectory is located to the west of the church and attached to the church by a breezeway. Situated north of the church, facing Moore Avenue is a former convent. Two additional 2 storey residential buildings are located at the south west corner of the property along Shanley Street. The principal resources that contribute to the heritage value of the property are the church, convent, the rectory and the residential building located at the property's far west end. Heritage Value 79 Moore Avenue / 54-68 Shanley Street is recognized for its design/physical, associative/historic and contextual values. The design and physical values relate to the architectural style of the church and convent. The church is a notable example of the Romanesque Revival style which is characterized by medieval design influences such as the use of square towers, round arched windows and entrances, and substantial voussoirs. The building features: a square corner tower; a half circular tower at the rear (north elevation) with half conical roof; large entranceways on south and west elevations capped with semi-circular window with wide, concrete voussoirs and hoods; single and paired semi-circular 1 - 1 APPENDIX`A': STATEMENTS OF SIGNIFICANCE arched windows with concrete surrounds; tripled semi-circular arched window with hood and sill; arcaded corbel table under cornice; singular semi-circular arched windows separated by buttresses on side elevations; buff brick construction; rough-faced, squared stone foundation; and, use of concrete detailing and stained glass. The design and physical values of the convent relate to its use of stripped classical architecture to complement the design of the Romanesque church. The stripped classical style was commonly used in the early part of the 20th century and reflected a desire for economical and conservative building styles. Design features that are complementary to the church include: buff coloured brick; vertical bands of brick on the west and side elevations that emulate the buttresses found on the east and west elevations of Sacred Heart Church; concrete cornice and dentils under the cornice; entranceway on the west elevation with arched pediment and columns; a concrete brick foundation. Other design elements that contribute to the building's stripped adaptation of classical architecture include: symmetry of the front (east elevation) facade, a central brick band on the front facade leading to a decorative roofline; a small iron balcony above the front (east elevation) entranceway, and the use of transoms on first storey, west and side elevation windows. The associative / historic value relates to the relationship between the church and early Polish settlement in Berlin (now Kitchener). The first Polish settlers spoke German and were directed to Berlin between 1860 and 1872, possibly also drawn by the fact that the Catholic Priest at the time could speak Polish (Spetz, 1916). Polish settlers joined the St. Mary's parish and in 1888, began holding their own services in an old school near St. Mary's parish (Walewandra, 1992). An independent Polish parish was established in 1912 and a site was selected for the construction of a new church. The cost of construction amounted to approximately $52,000 and was paid for by the parishners. Construction started July 30, 1916 with the consecration of the corner stone in October 297 1916, and was completed in September 29, 1918 (Unknown, n.d.; Uttley, 1975). The church was named the Sacred Heart. The 2 storey brick house at the far west of the property served as the residence for pastors of the Polish parish, including Reverend S Rogalski (1920s), Rev. Joseph Samborski (1930s), Rev. J. D. Capiga (1940s) The church, convent and rectory have direct historical associations with the adjacent former Sacred Heart Catholic School and Mount Hope Cemetery. The convent was constructed in 1927 to house the Sisters of Notre Dame who taught at the Catholic separate school which was located on an adjacent property along Moore Avenue. The Sacred Heart Church operated the Roman Catholic Mount Hope Cemetery between 1918 and 1958 (City of Kitchener, n.d.). The Canadian Polish Congress, a national association of Polish organizations across Canada, has identified 5 plaques at Sacred Heart Church as having historic value for Polish Canadians, including the Our Lady of Czestochowa Plaque (south elevation); the Millennium Bas-Relief(south elevation); the Father Jerzy Popieluszko Plaque, the Heroic Dead Plaque, and St. Maximilian Kolbe Plaque and Portrait (Canadian Polish Congress, n.d.). 1 - 2 APPENDIX`A': STATEMENTS OF SIGNIFICANCE The associative / historic value also relates to the architect of the church. The church was designed by Toronto architect, Arthur William Holmes, a prolific, ecclesiastical architect who devoted most of his active career to the design of buildings for the Roman Catholic Church in southern Ontario (Thomas, 1985; Hill, 2009). A. W. Holmes' use of traditional architecture and his rejection of modernism appealed to the conservative character of Roman Catholicism in the early 1900s, permitting Holmes to dominate the field of ecclesiastical design for Catholic churches in southern Ontario between 1904 and 1940 (Thomas, 1985; Hill, 2009). Other local churches designed by A.W. Holmes include: St. Agatha Roman Catholic Church and St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church (Hill, 2009). The contextual value relates to the role of the church as a landmark and the physical, historic and functional linkages between the church, rectory and convent to the adjacent former Sacred Heart Catholic School and Mount Hope Cemetery. Sacred Heart Church is situated in a prominent location at the corner of Moore Avenue and Shanley Street and its square tower and peaked roof rise above of the surrounding two storey residences. The church is connected to the rectory by a breezeway. The property forms a contiguous viewscape along Moore Avenue with the adjacent separate school property, which in turn shares a boundary with Mount Hope Cemetery. Heritage Attributes The heritage value of 79 Moore Avenue / 54-68 Shanley Street resides in the following heritage attributes: ■ All elements related to the construction and architectural style of the church, including: o All elevations of the building; • Roofline; • Buff brick construction; • Rough-faced, squared stone foundation; • Square corner tower; • Half circular tower at the rear (north elevation) with half conical roof; • Doors and door opening, including: ■ one front entrance on south elevation and with wooded double doors, semi-circular window, with concrete surround and moulding; • two side entrances, one east elevation and one west elevation, with wooded double doors, semi-circular window, with concrete surround and moulding; • Windows and window openings, including. • single and paired semi-circular arched windows with concrete surrounds; • tripled semi-circular arched window with hood and sill; ■ singular semi-circular arched windows on side elevations; • stained glass; 1 - 3 APPENDIX`A': STATEMENTS OF SIGNIFICANCE • Arcaded corbel table under cornice and dentil moulding on all elevations; • Concrete detailing on all elevations; • Rough stone and concrete staircase on south elevation; • Cornerstone dated 1916; • Plaques. • All elements related to the construction and architectural style of the rectory, including: o All elevations of the building; • Roofline; • Buff brick construction; • Doors and door openings, including: ■ Concrete surround on south elevation door; • Windows and window openings; • Chimney. • All elements related to the construction and architectural style of the residential house at the west side of the property (historically known as 54 Shanley), including: o All elevations of the building; • Roofline; • Buff brick construction; • Doors and door openings; • Windows and window openings; • Porch; • Chimney. • All elements related to the construction and architectural style of the convent, including: o All elevations of the building; • Roofline; • Buff brick construction; • Concrete brick foundation • Symmetrical front facade; • Vertical bands of brick on the west and side elevations; • Doors and door openings, including: ■ One front entrance with arched pediment and columns; • Windows and window openings, including: ■ transoms on front and side elevation ground floor windows; • concrete cornice and dentils under the cornice; • iron balcony on west elevation above entranceway; • Cornice and dentil moulding. 1 - 4 APPENDIX`A': STATEMENTS OF SIGNIFICANCE References City of Kitchener. (n.d.). A walk through time: A historical walking tour of Kitchener's Mount Hope Cemetery. Kitchener, Ontario: City of Kitchener Cemeteries. Canadian Polish Congress. Polish Heritage in Canada. Retrieved from: http://www.polishheritge.c /contct. spx Hill, R. (2009). Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada 1800-1950. Retrieved from http://www.dictionryofrchitectsincnd .org/architects/view/264. Spetz, T. (1916). The Catholic Church in Waterloo County. Catholic Register and Extension. Thomas, C. A. (1985). A Thoroughly Traditional Architect: A. W. Holmes and the Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto, 1890-1940. Bulletin of the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada, 10(1): 3-9. Uttley, W. V. (1937 reissued 1975). A History of Kitchener. Waterloo, Ontario: Wilfrid Laurier University Press. Unknown. (n.d.). A History of Sacred Heart Church, Kitchener. Vernon's City of Kitchener and Town of Waterloo Ontario Directory. (1933). 291h Edition,Vernon Directories Ltd, Publishers, Hamilton Ontario. Walewandra, Rev., E. (1992). Sacred Heart Church. 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