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REPORT TO: Heritage Kitchener
DATE OF MEETING: August 6, 2024
SUBMITTED BY: Garett Stevenson, Director of Development and Housing Approvals,
519-741-2200 ext. 7070
PREPARED BY: Michelle Drake, Senior Heritage Planner, 519-741-2200 ext. 7839
WARD(S) INVOLVED: Ward 9
DATE OF REPORT: July 2, 2024
REPORT NO.: DSD-2024-337
SUBJECT: Notice of Intention to Designate 87-91 King Street West
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 87-
91 King Street West as being of cultural heritage value or interest.
REPORT HIGHLIGHTS:
The purpose of this report is to request that Council publish a Notice of Intention to
Designate 87-91 King Street West Under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act.
An updated Statement of Significance describing the cultural heritage value or interest
of 87-91 King Street West has been drafted by Heritage Planning staff.
The key finding of this report is that 87-91 King Street West meets five (5) of nine (9)
criteria for designation under Ontario Heritage Act Regulation 9/06 (amended by
Ontario Regulation 569/22) and has been confirmed to be a significant cultural
heritage resource recognized for its design/physical, historical/associative, and
contextual values.
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 at their
August 6, 2024 committee meeting. Should Council choose to give Notice of Intention
to Designate, such notice shall be served to the property owner and the Ontario
Heritage Trust.
This report supports the delivery of core services.
BACKGROUND:
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87-91 King Street West is a three-storey early 20-cenutry brick building. The building is
constructed in the Vernacular Classic Revival architectural style. The building is situated
on a 0.08-acre parcel of land located on the south side of King Street West between
Gaukel Street and Ontario Street South in the City Commercial Core planning area of the
City of Kitchener within the Region of Waterloo. The principal resource that contributes to
the heritage value is the façade of the building.
Figure 1.0: Location Map of Subject Property (87-91 King Street West)
A full assessment of 87-91 King Street West has been completed, including: field
evaluation and archival research. The findings concluded that the subject property meets
five (5) of nine (9) criteria for designation under Ontario Heritage Act Regulation 9/06
(amended by Ontario Regulation 569/22). An updated Statement of Significance
describing or interest was presented to the Heritage
Kitchener Committee on May 7, 2024. The Committee recommended that pursuant to
Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, the cultural heritage value or interest of 87-91 King
Street West should be confirmed by pursuing designation of the subject property under
Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act. This work was undertaken as part of the City
Municipal Heritage Register (MHR) Review, initiated in February of 2023. The MHR
to amendments to the Ontario Heritage Act introduced in
January of 2023 through Bill 23, the More Homes Built Faster Act. Bill 200, the
Homeowner Protect Act, 2024, extended the time municipalities have to designate
properties listed on their municipal heritage registers until January 1, 2027. 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. The property owner for 87-91 King Street West was
contacted via second letter sent by mail dated May 17, 2024. This letter was accompanied
by the updated Statement of Significance and a
prepared in June 2023. The letter invited property owners to contact the
Per standard procedure, should Council support the Notice of Intention to Designate
(NOID), the property owner will be contacted a third time through a letter advising of the
served on the property owner and the Ontario Heritage Trust, and the newspaper ad is
posted, there will be a 30-day appeal period in which the property owner may object to the
designation.
Figure 2.0: Front (North Façade) Elevation
REPORT:
Identifying and protecting cultural heritage resources within our City is an important part of
planning for the future, and helping to guide change while conserving the 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 conservation
of cultural heritage resources for future generations. Designation recognizes the
value or interest; 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
tural
heritage value or interest.
87-91 King Street West is recognized for its design/physical, historical/associative, and
contextual values. It satisfies five (5) of nine (9) criteria for designation under the Ontario
Heritage Act Regulation 9/06 (amended by Ontario Regulation 569/22). A summary of the
criteria that is or is not met is provided in the table below.
Criteria Criteria Met
(Yes/No)
1. The property has design value or physical value because it is a Yes
rare, unique, representative or early example of a style, type,
material, or construction method.
2. The property has design value or physical value because it Yes
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.
4. The property has historical value or associative value because it Yes
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 it Unknown
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 because it Unknown
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 important in Yes
defining, maintaining or supporting the character of an area.
8. The property has contextual value because it is physically, Yes
functionally, visually, or historically linked to its surroundings.
9. The property has contextual value because it is a landmark. No
Table 1: Criteria for Designation under Ontario Regulation 9/06 (Amended by Ontario
Regulation 569/22)
Design/Physical Value
The property municipally addressed as 87-91 King Street West demonstrates design or
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physical value as an early and rare example of 20-century, commercial brick building built
in the Vernacular Classic Revival architectural style. The building has many intact heritage
attributes and is in good condition. Features which represent the Classic Revival
architectural style include: nearly flat, low sloping roof; two-bay red brick façade; highly
decorative brick cornice, brick frieze, and stone and brick architrave; ornamental brick
moulding along with red brick corbelling; brick pilasters; semi-circular window openings;
semi-circular transom design; 1/1 hung window design featuring decorative brick hood
moulds with keystones and continuous stone sills; ribbon of three flat headed window design
and opening; flat head window design and openings; rectangular transoms; and, 1/1 hung
window design with brick voussoirs and continuous stone sills.
Historical/Associative Value
The property municipally addressed as 87-91 King Street West has historical/associative
value given its direct association with early development of King Street West in what is now
referred to as Downtown Kitchener. According to the 1898 (revised 1904) Fire Insurance
Plan, the subject property was to be a 3-storey brick building for Pearl Steam Laundry.
However, by 1901 Pearl Steam Laundry advertised their business as being located at 9
and Waterloo,
1901-1903). The 1908 (revised 1925) Fire Insurance Plan identifies the subject property as
a 3-storey brick building housing the Express Office. The Express Office is associated with
early (1865) railway companies (Express Company Operations, date unknown). Various
National Express Company between 1908 and c. 1932.
Contextual Value
The contextual value of the property relates to its location and proximity to adjacent
commercial buildings that share the same Classic Revival architectural style and almost
identical heritage attributes. It is likely that these buildings were constructed around the
same time by the same builder. Collectively, the properties municipally addressed as 83-85
King Street West, 87-91 King Street West and 97-99 King Street West contribute to
character of the Downtown and the King Street streetscape.
Heritage Attributes
The heritage value of 87-91 King Street West resides in the following heritage attributes:
All elements related to the construction and Classic Revival architectural style of the
building (excluding the first storey), including:
o nearly flat, low sloping roof;
o two-bay red brick façade;
o highly decorative brick cornice,
o brick frieze, and stone and brick architrave;
o ornamental brick moulding along with red brick corbelling;
o brick pilasters;
o semi-circular window openings;
o semi-circular transom design;
o 1/1 hung window design featuring decorative brick hood moulds with
keystones and continuous stone sills;
o ribbon of three flat headed window design and opening;
o flat head window design and openings;
o rectangular transoms; and,
o 1/1 hung window design and openings with brick voussoirs and continuous
stone sills.
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
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 May 17, 2024. Heritage Planning
staff corresponded by email with the owner of the property and met virtually on June 21,
2024 to discuss the proposed designation. During this meeting, the owner advised that
they do not object to the proposed designation of 87-91 King Street West.
Section 29(2) of the Ontario Heritage Act requires Council to consult with the Municipal
Heritage Committee (Heritage Kitchener) before giving Notice of Intention to Designate
(NOID) 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.
Should Council choose to proceed with a NOID, such notice will be served on the property
owner, the Ontario Heritage Trust, and published in the local newspaper (The Record).
Once notice has been served, the property owner has the right of appeal to the Ontario
Land Tribunal (OLT). Should Council decide not to proceed with a NOID then the building
7, after
which it will be removed in accordance with the legislative changes enacted by Bill 200.
Once removed from the MHR, it cannot be re-listed on the MHR for five (5) years (i.e.,
January 1, 2032).
PREVIOUS REPORTS/AUTHORITIES:
Ontario Heritage Act, 2022
Ontario Regulation 9/06 (Amended by Ontario Regulation 569/22)
Bill 23 Municipal Heritage Register Review (DSD-2023-225)
Municipal Heritage Register Review August 2023 Update (DSD-2023-309)
Municipal Heritage Register Review January 2024 Update (DSD-2024-022)
Municipal Heritage Register Review February 2024 Update (DSD-2024-056)
Municipal Heritage Register Review March 2024 Update (DSD-2024-093)
Municipal Heritage Register Review April 2024 Update (DSD-2024-131
Municipal Heritage Register Review May 2024 Update (DSD-2024-194)
Bill 200, Homeowners Protection Act, 2024
Municipal Heritage Register Review June 2024 Update (DSD-2024-250)
APPROVED BY: Justin Readman, General Manager, Development Services Department
ATTACHMENTS: Attachment A Statement of Significance for 87-91 King Street West
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
87-91 King Street West
Summary of Significance
Design/Physical Value Social Value
Historical Value Economic Value
Contextual Value
Environmental Value
Municipal Address: 87-91 King Street West
Legal Description: Plan 380 Pt Lot 1 RP 58R6628 Parts 1 to 4 TOG WITH ROW
Year Built: c. 1898
Architectural Style: Vernacular Classic Revival
Original Owner: Unknown
Original Use: Commercial
Condition: Good
Description of Cultural Heritage Resource
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87-91 King Street West is a three-storey early 20-cenutry brick building. The building is constructed in
the Vernacular Classic Revival architectural style. The building is situated on a 0.08-acre parcel of land
located on the south side of King Street West between Gaukel Street and Ontario Street South in the
City Commercial Core planning area of the City of Kitchener within the Region of Waterloo. The principal
resource that contributes to the heritage value is the building.
Heritage Value
87-91 King Street West is recognized for its design/physical, historical/associative and contextual
values.
Design/Physical Value
The property municipally addressed as 87-91 King Street West demonstrates design or physical value
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as an early and rare example of 20-century, commercial brick building built in the Vernacular Classic
Revival architectural style. The building has many intact heritage attributes and is in fair condition.
Features which represent the Classic Revival architectural style include: nearly flat, low sloping roof;
two-bay red brick façade; highly decorative brick cornice, brick frieze, and stone and brick architrave;
ornamental brick moulding along with red brick corbelling; brick pilasters; semi-circular window
openings; semi-circular transom design; 1/1 hung window design featuring decorative brick hood
moulds with keystones and continuous stone sills; ribbon of three flat head window opening; flat head
window openings; rectangular transoms; and, 1/1 hung window design with brick voussoirs and
continuous stone sills.
Historical/Associative Value
The property municipally addressed as 87-91 King Street West has historical/associative value given
its direct association with early development of King Street West in what is now referred to as Downtown
Kitchener. According to the 1898 (revised 1904) Fire Insurance Plan, the subject property was to be a
3-storey brick building for Pearl Steam Laundry. However, by 1901 Pearl Steam Laundry advertised
Berlin and Waterloo, 1901-1903). The 1908 (revised 1925) Fire Insurance Plan identifies the subject
property as a 3-storey brick building housing the Express Office. The Express Office is associated with
early (1865) railway companies (Express Company Operations, date unknown).
directories reference either the Canadian Express Company or the Canadian National Express
Company between 1908 and c. 1932.
Contextual Value
The contextual value of the property relates to its location and proximity to adjacent commercial
buildings that share the same Classic Revival architectural style and almost identical heritage attributes.
It is likely that these buildings were constructed around the same time by the same builder. Collectively,
the properties municipally addressed as 83-85 King Street West, 87-91 King Street West and 97-99
King Street West contribute to character of the Downtown and the King Street streetscape.
Heritage Attributes
The heritage value of 7-91 King Street West resides in the following heritage attributes:
All elements related to the construction and Classic Revival architectural style of the building,
including:
o nearly flat, low sloping roof;
o two-bay red brick façade;
o highly decorative brick cornice,
o brick frieze, and stone and brick architrave;
o ornamental brick moulding along with red brick corbelling;
o brick pilasters;
o semi-circular window openings;
o semi-circular transom design;
o 1/1 hung window design featuring decorative brick hood moulds with keystones and
continuous stone sills;
o ribbon of three flat head windows in one large window opening;
o flat head window openings;
o rectangular transoms; and,
o 1/1 hung window design with brick voussoirs and continuous stone sills.
References
Berlin Fire Insurance Map. (1894 revised 1904). Kitchener Public Library: Kitchener, ON.
Express Company Operations. (date unknown). Retrieved from:
https://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/1922-23/192207150643_p.%20643.pdf \[Accessed on: 2024, April
10).
Kitchener Fire Insurance Map. (1908 revised 1925). Kitchener Public Library: Kitchener, ON.
Tiessen, P. (1979). Berlin, Canada: A Self-Portrait of Kitchener, Ontario Before World War One. Sand
Twin-City Directory and Official Guide of the Towns of Berlin and Waterloo. (1907). Watts & Bowden:
n.p., ON.
-1903). Vernon Directories Limited: Hamilton, ON.
-1908). Vernon Directories Limited:
Hamilton, ON.
-1909). Vernon Directories Limited:
Hamilton, ON.
rt Directory. (1910-1911). Vernon Directories Limited:
Hamilton, ON.
Photographs
Front Elevation (North Façade) 87-91 King Street West
Detailing of brick frieze, stone and brick architrave and ornamental brick moulding along
with red brick corbelling
Detailing of third-storey semi-circular window openings; semi-circular transom design;
1/1 hung window design featuring decorative brick hood moulds with keystones and
continuous stone sills
Detailing of second-storey with a ribbon of three windows in the first bay; two flat head
window openings in the second bay; rectangular transoms; and, 1/1 hung window
design with brick voussoirs and continuous stone sills
CULTURAL HERITAGE EVALUATION FORM
Michelle Drake
87-91 King Street West
Address: Recorder:
Commercial façade; red brick; Classic Revival
March 19, 2024
Description: Date:
(date of construction, architectural style, etc)
Photographs Attached:
Front Facade Left Façade Right Façade Rear Facade Details Setting
Recorder Heritage Kitchener Heritage Planning Staff
Designation Criteria
Committee
1. This property has
N/A Unknown No N/A Unknown No
design value or
Yes
Yes
physical value
because it is a rare,
unique,
representative or
early example of a
style, type,
expression, material
or construction
method.
2. The property has
N/A Unknown No N/A Unknown No
design value or
Yes
Yes
physical value
because it displays a
high degree of
craftsmanship or
artistic merit.
3. The property has
N/A Unknown No N/A Unknown No
design value or
Yes
Yes
physical value
because it
demonstrates a high
degree of technical or
scientific
achievement.
* E.g. - constructed with a
unique material
combination or use,
incorporates challenging
geometric designs etc.
4. The property has
N/A Unknown No N/A Unknown No
historical value or
Yes
Yes
associative value
because it has direct
associations with a
theme, event, belief,
person, activity,
organization or
institution that is
significant to a
community.
* Additional archival work
may be required.
5. The property has
N/A Unknown No N/A Unknown No
historical or
Yes
Yes
associative value
because it yields, or
has the potential to
yield, information
that contributes to an
understanding of a
community or
culture.
* E.g - A commercial
building may provide an
understanding of how the
economic development of
the City occured.
Additional archival work
may be required.
6. The property has
N/A Unknown No N/A Unknown No
historical value or
Yes
Yes
associative value
because it
demonstrates or
reflects the work or
ideas of an architect,
artist, builder,
designer or theorist
who is significant to a
community.
* Additional archival work
may be required.
7. The property has
N/A Unknown No N/A Unknown No
contextual value
Yes
Yes
because it is
important in defining,
maintaining or
supporting the
character of an area.
* E.g. - It helps to define
an entrance point to a
neighbourhood or helps
establish the (historic)
rural character of an area.
8. The property has
N/A Unknown No N/A Unknown No
contextual value
Yes
Yes
because it is
physically,
functionally, visually
or historically linked
to its surroundings.
* Additional archival work
may be required.
9. The property has
N/A Unknown No N/A Unknown No
contextual value
Yes
Yes
because it is a
landmark.
*within the region, city or
neighborhood.
Notes
Additional Criteria Recorder Heritage Kitchener
Committee
Interior: Is the interior
N/A Unknown No N/A Unknown No
arrangement, finish,
Yes Yes
craftsmanship and/or
detail noteworthy?
Completeness: Does this
N/A Unknown No N/A Unknown No
structure have other
Yes
Yes
original outbuildings,
notable landscaping or
external features that
complete the site?
Site Integrity: Does the
N/A Unknown No N/A Unknown No
structure occupy its
Yes
Yes
original site?
* If relocated, is it relocated on
its original site, moved from
another site, etc.
Alterations: Does this
N/A Unknown No N/A Unknown No
building retain most of its
Yes
Yes
original materials and
design features? Please
refer to the list of heritage
attributes within the
Statement of Significance
and indicate which
elements are still existing
and which ones have been
removed.
Alterations: Are there
N/A Unknown No N/A Unknown No
additional elements or
Yes
Yes
features that should be
added to the heritage
attribute list?
Condition: Is the building
N/A Unknown No N/A Unknown No
in good condition?
Yes
Yes
*E.g. - Could be a good
candidate for adaptive re-use if
possible and contribute towards
equity-building and climate
change action.
Indigenous History: Could
this site be of importance
N/A Unknown No Yes N/A Unknown No Yes
to Indigenous heritage
and history?
Additional Research Required
Additional Research Required
*E.g. - Site within 300m of water
sources, near distinct
topographical land, or near
cemeteries might have
archaeological potential and
indigenous heritage potential.
Could there be any urban
N/A Unknown No Yes
N/A Unknown No Yes
Indigenous history
associated with the
Additional Research Required
Additional Research Required
property?
* Additional archival work may
be required.
Function: What is the
Unknown Residential Unknown Residential Com
present function of the
mercial
Commercial
subject property?
Office Other -
Office Other -
________________
________________
* Other may include vacant,
social, institutional, etc. and
important for the community
from an equity building
perspective.
Diversity and Inclusion:
N/A Unknown No Yes
N/A Unknown No Yes
Does the subject property
contribute to the cultural
Additional Research Required
Additional Research Required
heritage of a community
of people?
Does the subject property
N/A Unknown No Yes
N/A Unknown No Yes
have intangible value to a
specific community of
Additional Research Required
Additional Research Required
people?
* E.g.- Waterloo Masjid (Muslim
Society of Waterloo &
Wellington Counties) was the
first established Islamic Center
and Masjid in the Region and
contributes to the history of the
Muslim community in the area.
Notes about Additional Criteria Examined
Recommendation
Does this property meet the definition of a significant built heritage resource, and should it
be designated under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act? (Does it meet two or more of the
designation criteria?)
N/A Unknown No Yes !
If not, please select the appropriate action for follow-up
Remove from the Municipal Heritage Register
Additional Research Required
Other:
General / Additional Notes
TO BE FILLED BY HERITAGE PLANNING STAFF:
Date of Property Owner Notification: