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REPORT TO: Heritage Kitchener
DATE OF MEETING: November 7, 2023
SUBMITTED BY: Garett Stevenson, Manager of Development Review, 519-741-2200
ext. 7070
PREPARED BY: Victoria Grohn, Heritage Planner, 519-741-2200 ext. 7041
WARD(S) INVOLVED: Ward 10
DATE OF REPORT: October 6, 2023
REPORT NO.: DSD -2023-460
SUBJECT: Notice of Intention to Designate 73 Young Street under Part IV of
the Ontario Heritage Act
RECOMMENDATION:
That pursuant to Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, the Clerk be directed to
publish a Notice of Intention to Designate the property municipally addressed as 73
Young Street as being of cultural heritage value or interest.
REPORT HIGHLIGHTS:
• The purpose of this report is to request that Council direct the Clerk to publish a Notice
of Intention to Designate the property municipally addressed as 73 Young Street
under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act.
• An updated Statement of Significance on the property's cultural heritage value was
taken to the Heritage Kitchener Committee on June 6, 2023. On this meeting date, the
Committee recommended that pursuant to Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, the
cultural heritage value or interest of 73 Young Street be recognized and designation
pursued.
• The key finding of this report is that the property municipally addressed as 73 Young
Street meets the criteria for designation under Ontario Regulation 9/06 (amended by
Ontario Regulation 569/22) and has been confirmed to be a significant cultural
heritage resource.
• There are no financial implications.
• Community engagement included informing residents by posting this report with the
agenda in advance of the Heritage Kitchener committee meeting, providing written
correspondence to the property owner, and consulting with Heritage Kitchener. In
addition, should Council choose to give notice of its intention to designate, such notice
will be served to the Owner and the Ontario Heritage Trust.
• This report supports the delivery of core services.
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BACKGROUND:
The subject property is located on the east side of Young Street between Weber Street
West and Duke Street West. The subject property contains St. Mary's Roman Catholic
Church.
Figure 1: Location Map
A full assessment of 73 Young Street has been completed and included a field evaluation
and detailed archival research. The findings concluded that the subject property meets the
criteria for designation. An updated Statement of Significance on the property's cultural
heritage value was taken to the Heritage Kitchener Committee on June 6, 2023. On this
meeting date, the Committee recommended that pursuant to Section 29 of the Ontario
Heritage Act, the cultural heritage value or interest of 73 Young Street be recognized and
designation pursued. This work was undertaken as part of the City of Kitchener Municipal
Heritage Register (MHR) Review, initiated in February of 2023. The MHR Review is the
City's response to amendments to the Ontario Heritage Act introduced in January of 2023
through Bill 23, the More Homes Built Faster Act. The City contacted owners of listed
properties through an initial letter dated May 23, 2023, to inform them of this undertaking.
Owners of properties recommended for designation were contacted via a second letter
dated August 25, 2023, and invited to contact the City's Heritage Planner with any
comments, questions, or concerns. Per standard procedure, should Council support the
Notice of Intention to Designate, Owners will be contacted a third time through a Notice of
Intention to Designate (NOID) Letter. An ad for the NOID will also be published in a
newspaper. Once the letter is served and the ad posted, there will be a 30 -day appeal
period in which Owners may object to the designation.
REPORT:
Identifying and protecting cultural heritage resources within the City of Kitchener is an
important part of planning for the future, and helping to guide change while conserving the
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buildings, structures, and landscapes that give the City of Kitchener its unique identity. The
City plays a critical role in the conservation of cultural heritage resources. The designation
of property under the Ontario Heritage Act is the main tool to provide long-term protection
of cultural heritage resources for future generations. Designation recognizes the
importance of a property to the local community; protects the property's cultural heritage
value; encourages good stewardship and conservation; and promotes knowledge and
understanding about the property. Designation not only publicly recognizes and promotes
awareness, but it also provides a process for ensuring that changes to a property are
appropriately managed and that these changes respect the property's cultural heritage
value and interest.
Figure 2: Front (west) Facade of 73 Young Street
The property municipally addressed as 73 Young Street contains an early 20th century
church building constructed in the Gothic architectural style. Constructed in 1900, the
property contains the St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, and is recognized for its
design/physical, historical/associative, and contextual values. It satisfies eight out of the
nine criteria for designation under Ontario Regulation 9/06 (amended by Ontario
Regulation 569/22).
Criteria
Criteria Met (Yes/No)
1. The property has design value or physical value
Yes
because it is a rare, unique, representative or early
example of a style, type, material, or construction
method.
2. The property has design value or physical value
Yes
because it displays a high degree of craftsmanship or
artistic merit.
3. The property has design or physical value because it
No
demonstrates a high degree of technical or scientific
achievement.
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4.
The property has historical value or associative value
Yes
because it has direct associations with a theme, event,
belief, person, activity, organization or institution that is
significant to a community.
5.
The property has historical or associative value because
Yes
it yields, or has the potential to yield, information that
contributes to an understanding of a community or
culture.
6.
The property has historical value or associative value
Yes
because it demonstrates or reflects the work or ideas of
an architect, artist, builder, designer or theorist who is
significant to a community.
7.
The property has contextual value because it is
Yes
important in defining, maintaining or supporting the
character of an area.
8.
The property has contextual value because it is
Yes
physically, functionally, visually, or historically linked to
its surroundings.
9.
The property has contextual value because it is a
Yes
landmark.
Design/Physical Value
The design and physical value of 73 Young Street relates to its Gothic architectural style,
laid out in the shape of a Latin Cross with extensive use of decorative brick and stone
moulding, buttresses, and circular brick tiles, and overall symmetry of the church with
similar facade and fenestration patterns throughout.
Historical/Associative Value
The historical and associative value of 73 Young Street relates to the original owner and
use of the property and building, and the contributions made to Kitchener's history. The
land has always been used as a church and contains one of the oldest churches in
Kitchener.
The subject property has direct associations with Arthur William Holmes, a prominent
architect who devoted most of their career to designing buildings for the Roman Catholic
Church in Southern Ontario.
Contextual Value
The contextual value of 73 Young Street relates to physical, historical, functional, and
visual links to the building's surroundings. The building is located on the block bounded by
Duke Street, Young Street, Weber Street West, and Ontario Street, and the west portion of
this block has been historically owned by St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church. The church
building has a strong visual presence, including important views, on Duke Street and
Young Street as the building occupies a large site slightly elevated on a hill. The church
building has also been recognized as a landmark within the City of Kitchener.
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Heritage Attributes
The heritage value of 73 Young Street resides in the following heritage attributes of the
Gothic architectural style:
All elements related to the construction and architectural style of the building,
including:
o All elevations of the building;
o The scale and massing of the building;
o Roofline;
o Plan of building in the shape of a Latin Cross;
o Red rick, including brick buttresses and other brick details;
o Stone decorative details, including surrounding windows, on the buttressed
towers and sills;
o Gothic pointed arch door and window openings, including:
■ Gothic pointed arch windows with tracery;
■ Four sets of double wood doors with hinges on the front elevation;
■ Stained glass windows;
Rose window and statue of the Virgin Mary above front doors;
■ Rose windows on the transepts;
o Two squared buttressed towers with conical peaks topped with small
crosses;
o Decorative circular brick tiles above
statue of Mary;
o Trefoil stone details;
o Rusticated stone foundation; and
rose windows and on either side of the
o All other decorative elements on all elevations of the building; and
All elements related to the contextual value of the building, including:
o The original location of the building on Young Street.
STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT:
This report supports the delivery of core services.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
Capital Budget — The recommendation has no impact on the Capital Budget.
Operating Budget — The recommendation has no impact on the Operating Budget.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT:
INFORM — This report has been posted to the City's website with the agenda in advance
of the Heritage Kitchener committee meeting.
CONSULT— Heritage Planning staff have consulted with the Heritage Kitchener committee
regarding designation under the Ontario Heritage Act. Property owners were invited to
consult via two separate letters dated May 23, 2023 and August 25, 2023.
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Section 29(2) of the Ontario Heritage Act requires Council to consult with the Municipal
Heritage Committee (Heritage Kitchener) before giving notice of its intention to designate a
property. Heritage Kitchener will be consulted via circulation and consideration of this
report (see INFORM above). Members of the community will be informed via circulation of
this report to Heritage Kitchener and via formal consideration by Council. In addition,
should Council choose to give notice of its intention to designate, such notice will be
served on the property owner and the Ontario Heritage Trust, and published in the local
newspaper (The Record). Once notice has been served, the owner has the right of appeal
to the Ontario Land Tribunal. It should be noted that should Council decide not to proceed
with a Notice of Intention to Designate, that the building will remain on the City's Municipal
Heritage Register until January 1, 2025, after which it will be removed according to the
changes enacted by Bill 23. Once removed, it cannot re -listed on the Register again for
five (5) years, i.e. January 1, 2030.
PREVIOUS REPORTS/AUTHORITIES:
• Ontario Heritage Act, 2022
REVIEWED BY: Rosa Bustamante, Director of Planning
APPROVED BY: Justin Readman, General Manager, Development Services Department
ATTACHMENTS:
Attachment A — Statement of Significance for 73 Young Street
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STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
73 YOUNG STREET
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Summary of Significance
❑x Design/Physical Value
❑x Historical/Associative Value
❑x Contextual Value
Municipal Address- 73 Young Street
Legal Description- Plan 401 Part Lots 1, 3-5 and 7
Year Built- 1900
Architectural Style- Gothic
Original Owner- St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church
Original Use- Church
Condition- Good
®Social Value
❑Economic Value
❑Environmental Value
Description of Cultural Heritage Resource
73 Young Street is an early 20th century building built in the Gothic architectural style.
The building is situated on a 0.98 acre parcel of land located on the east side of Young
Street between Duke Street West and Weber Street West in the City Commercial Core
Planning Community of the City of Kitchener within the Region of Waterloo. The principal
resource that contributes to the heritage value is the church.
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Heritage Value
73 Young Street is recognized for its design/physical, historical/associative and
contextual values.
Desipn/Physical Value
The design/physical value of 73 Young Street resides in its Gothic architecture. Laid out
in the shape of a Latin Cross, the church exhibits extensive use of decorative brick and
stone moulding, buttresses, and circular brick tiles. The overall symmetry of the church
is reflected through similar facades and fenestration patterns throughout the building.
Front/Main Facade (West Elevation)
The main fagade of the church can broadly be divided into three sections:
The left most section is a three-storey tower of red brick construction with two brick
buttresses on either end and with a brick corbel table on the third storey. There are two
long arched windows with tracery on the arches. The first -storey has a single two -over -
two arched window. The ground floor level also has a big arched window with
decorative detailing and tracery. There is a band of decorative stone bandcourses on
each storey. All the windows have decorative stone moulding and trefoil detailing.
The central part of this elevation contains two big arched doors with tracery with stone
detailing. The first storey has a gable end with a cross at the top and brick quoining one
the roof slopes towards the peak. Above these doors is a statue of Virgin Mary in the
centre, with two circular rose brick tiles on each side. One the second and third storeys,
there are two decorative stone arches with gable peaks on either end, with a large
central decorative stone arch containing a large central rose window with tracery, and a
decorative rose brick wall tile and smaller arched windows underneath it. This section
also has a gable end with a cross with brick quoining.
The right most section of this fagade includes two square buttressed towers with conical
peaks topped with small crosses with a total height of four (4) storeys. The first storey
includes a door with decorative tracery and stone detailing. The second and third
storeys also contain arched windows with tracery with the top of the tower containing
three arched but segmented windows. There are decorative stone bandcourses on each
storey of the tower.
Side Facade (North elevation facing Weber Street)
This fagade includes a three-storey tower following the same fenestration and
decorative pattern from the left-most section of the front fagade, except instead of a
door, the first storey has a small arched window with decorative stone moulding. The
central part of this fagade is only one -storey, and has four (4) buttresses, with gable
peaks and decorative brick arches, dividing the fagade into 5 bays. Each bay contains a
large arched stained glass window with tracery with two small arched windows on either
side of them. At the end of this fagade is a large rose window with a gable peak with
decorative brick quoining. There also seems to be an arched entry way on this fagade in
front of the left side corner -most bay.
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Rear Facade (East elevation facinq Ontario Street North)
This facade is generally semi -circular with brick buttresses on the upper storey, dividing
this fagade into five (5) bays on each storey. There is a circular window with tracery,
with a chimney with decorative brick detailing. There also seems to be wooden addition
on this fagade which was added probably after the church was built. On the ground
storey, each bay contains three (3) arched windows with a soldier course and sills. At
the end of the fifth bay, there a rectangular extension with arches windows and sills.
Side Facade ( South Facade Facing Duke Street)
This fagade includes a circular window with tracery on one end, with a section
protruding from the rest of the fagade. This section has a gable peak with a cross and a
large circular rose window with tracery, stone moulding and a small arched window
underneath that. Following a similar fagade pattern as the elevation facing Weber
Street, the central part of this fagade includes four (4) buttresses with brick gable peaks
and brick arches, dividing this section into 5 bays. Each bay contains large arched
stained-glass windows with tracery and decorative stone moulding. On the other side of
this fagade are two squared buttressed towers with conical peaks topped with small
crosses. The first storey includes a small arched window with decorative stone
moulding. The second -storey includes a larger window with decorative stone moulding
and tracery. The third storey includes two windows with trefoil tracery and decorative
stone detailing. The tower peak includes three arched windows with decorative stone
moulding and brick corbelling.
Historical/Associative Value
The historic and associative values of 73 Young Street relate to the original owner and
use of the property and buildings, and the contributions they made to Kitchener's
history. This land has always been used a church and contains one of the oldest
churches in Kitchener.
The church today sits on land that was purchased on August 16, 1854 from David
Weber for $200.00. Prior to the formation of St. Mary's Parish, the few Catholic families
travelled to St. Agatha Church to attend mass. In 1852, Kitchener (Berlin) was chosen
to be the county seat. Since this was chosen to be the leading community, the Jesuits
chose the this area to make a community centre. Father Rupert Ebner S.J., who was
the spiritual leader from 1848 to 1856, encouraged the Catholics of Strassburg
Williamsburg, Bridgeport, and Lexington to unite with those of Berlin to build a church,
and the group agreed. On September 17, 1854, the cornerstone was laid by Bishop
DeCharbonnel of the Toronto Diocese. The church was completed in 1856, blessed by
Bishop Farell, the first Bishop of Hamilton, and was given the title of St. Mary of the
Seven Dolors. The original church measured 80 by 40 feet with additions being
constructed in the next few years.
On June 26, 1892, a meeting held in the church resulted in a discussion for funding the
construction of a new church because of crowding and it was decided that the church
would collect monthly funding to fund the new church. By 1899, the church had
sufficient funds to purchase the adjoining land from John Fennell for $7,500.00. On
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September 30, 1900, Bishop T. J. Downing laid the cornerstone and in the late autumn
of 1903, the church was completed. It had been planned by Arthur William Holmes of
Toronto. It's date of construction, having been built at a time when Kitchener was Berlin,
makes this church one of the oldest churches and buildings in Kitchener, thus having
significant historical and associative value.
Arthur William Holmes
This building also has significant associative value related to Arthur William Holmes, the
architect of the Church, who devoted most of his career to designing buildings for the
Roman Catholic Church in Southern Ontario. Holmes was born in London, England in
1863 and received his early education there. He then went on to train with George
Edmund Street (1824-1881), the `innovative master of the High Victorian style' in
England. Holmes emigrated to Canada in 1885 and opened an office on Adelaide Street
in Toronto. Initially, he worked with Joseph Connolly, first as a student then as a
draftsman. During this time, he converted from Protestant to Catholic, which would have
profound effects on his career. Upon entering into a partnership with Albert A. Post in
July 1891, together they executed several designs for Catholic churches in communities
around the Toronto Region. With the death of Joseph Connolly in 1904, Holmes
became the successor of his former mentor, and Holmes then dominated the field of
ecclesiastical design for Roman Catholic Churches in southern Ontario until 1940.
Some of his works include: Holy family Roman Catholic Church at King Street West in
Toronto, St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church on Queen Street East in Toronto, St.
Helen's Roman Catholic Church in Toronto, St. Clement's Roman Catholic Church in
Preston, St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church in Welland.
Contextual Value
The contextual value of 73 Young Street relates to the physical, historical, functional and
visual links to the building's surroundings. The building is located on the block bounded
by Duke Street West, Young Street, Weber Street West and Ontario Street. The west
portion of this block has been historically owned by St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church.
Historic buildings still present on the block include: the St. Mary's Roman Catholic
Church; the St. Mary's Roman Catholic Presbytery; and, the Lutherwood's Betty
Thompson Youth Centre (historically known as the Notre Dame Convent). In addition,
the St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church has a strong visual presence, including important
views, on Duke Street and Young Street as the building occupies a large site slightly
elevated on a hill. This church building has also been recognized as a landmark within
the City of Kitchener.
Other Values
Social Value
St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church has significant social value as a place of worship that
has been in Kitchener for over a century. This building has been providing these services
for over 100 years and has become a landmark and a place of importance in the
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community. Places of worship often provide intangible community value as a place where
people gather and are often a central piece of a community.
Heritage Attributes
The heritage value of 73 Young Street resides in the following heritage attributes of the
Gothic architectural style:
■ All elements related to the construction and architectural style of the building,
including:
o all elevations of the building
o The scale and massing of the building;
o Roofline;
o plan of building in the shape of a Latin cross;
o red brick, including brick buttresses and other brick details;
o stone decorative details, including surrounding windows, on the buttressed
towers and sills;
o gothic pointed arch door and window openings, including:
■ gothic pointed arch windows with tracery;
■ four sets of double wood doors with hinges on the front elevation;
■ stained glass windows;
■ rose window and statue of the Virgin Mary above front doors;
■ rose windows on the transepts;
o two square buttressed towers with conical peaks topped with small crosses;
and;
o decorative circular brick tiles above rose windows and on either side of
statue of Mary;
o trefoil stone details;
o Rusticated stone foundation; and
o All other decorative elements on all elevations of the building.
■ All elements related to the contextual value of the building;
o The original location of the building at the intersection of Weber Street West
and Young Street.
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73 Young Street — Architectural Detailing
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