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Development Services Department www.kitchener.ca
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-2024-338
SUBJECT: Notice of Intention to Designate 97-99 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 97-
99 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 97-99 King Street West Under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act.
An updated Statement of Significance describing the cultural heritage value or interest
of 97-99 King Street West has been drafted by Heritage Planning staff.
The key finding of this report is that 97-99 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.
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BACKGROUND:
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97-99 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 (97-99 King Street West)
A full assessment of 97-99 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 97-99 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
s, or concerns.
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
r. Once the letter is
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
importance of a property to the local community
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
heritage value or interest.
97-99 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 97-99 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 Vernacular Classic
Revival architectural style include: nearly flat, low sloping roof; symmetrical façade on the
second- and third-storey; 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 and openings with decorative brick hood moulds with keystones
and continuous stone sills; flat head window design and openings; and, rectangular
transoms; 1/1 hung window design and openings with brick voussoirs and continuous
stone sills.
Historical/Associative Value
The property municipally addressed as 97-99 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 Fire Insurance Plan, the
foundation for a 3-storey building was built c. 1904. By 1908, the Fire Insurance Plan
shows a three-storey building with a tailor on the second floor. It is not clear who built the
building or who the original tenants were. J. D. Miller & C. H. Hohmeier founded their dry
goods business in 1912. The business operated at 97-99 King Street West (formerly 63
King Street West) from c. 1912 to c. 1936. And later moved to 58 King Street East until
1961 when J. D. Mill retired.
Contextual Value
The contextual value of the property relates to its location and proximity to adjacent
commercial buildings that share the same Vernacular 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 97-99 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 symmetrical façade on the second- and third-storey;
o two bay red brick façade;
o highly decorative brick cornice, 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 and openings with decorative brick hood moulds
with keystones and continuous stone sills;
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 97-99 King Street West
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
97-99 King Street West
Summary of Significance
Design/Physical Value Social Value
Historical Value Economic Value
Contextual Value
Environmental Value
Municipal Address: 97-99 King Street West
Legal Description: PT LT 1, 9 PL 380 KITCHENER PT 1, 58R6305; T/W 969401
Year Built: c. 1904
Architectural Style: Vernacular Classic Revival
Original Owner: Unknown
Original Use: Commercial
Condition: Good
Description of Cultural Heritage Resource
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97-99 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
97-99 King Street West is recognized for its design/physical, historical/associative andcontextual
values.
Design/Physical Value
The property municipally addressed as 97-99 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 Vernacular Classic Revival architectural style include: nearly flat, low
sloping roof; symmetrical façade on the second- and third-storey; 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 with decorative brick hood moulds with keystones and continuous stone sills;
flat head window openings; and, rectangular transoms; 1/1 hung window design with brick voussoirs
and continuous stone sills.
Historical/Associative Value
The property municipally addressed as 97-99 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 Fire Insurance Plan, the foundation for a 3-storey building was built c.
1904. By 1908, the Fire Insurance Plan shows a three-storey building with a tailor on the second floor.
It is not clear who built the building or who the original tenants were. J. D. Miller & C. H. Hohmeier
founded their dry goods business in 1912. The business operated at 97-99 King Street West (formerly
63 King Street West) from c. 1912 to c. 1936. And later moved to 58 King Street East until 1961 when
J. D. Mill retired.
Contextual Value
The contextual value of the property relates to its location and proximity to adjacent commercial
buildings that share the same Vernacular 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 97-99 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 symmetrical façade on the second- and third-storey;
o two bay red brick façade;
o highly decorative brick cornice, 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;
o 1/1 hung window design with decorative brick hood moulds with keystones and
continuous stone sills;
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.
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
. (1913). Vernon Directories
Limited: Hamilton, ON.
n Directories
Limited: Hamilton, ON.
Waterloo Historical Society. (1961). Waterloo Historical Society:
49(63).
Photographs
Front Elevation (North Façade) 97-99 King Street West
Detailing of brick frieze, stone and brick architrave and ornamental brick moulding along
with red brick corbelling 97-99 King Street West
Detailing of second-storey showing semi-circular window openings; semi-circular
transom; 1/1 hung windows; and, decorative brick hood moulds with keystones and
continuous stone sills
Detailing of second-storey showing flat head window openings; rectangular transoms;
1/1 windows; and, brick voussoirs and continuous stone sills
CULTURAL HERITAGE EVALUATION FORM
Michelle Drake
97-99 King Street West
Address: Recorder:
Commercial façade; brick construction; 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 original
Yes
Yes
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 original
Yes
Yes
site?
* If relocated, is it relocated on its
original site, moved from another site,
etc.
Alterations: Does this building
N/A Unknown No N/A Unknown No
retain most of its original
Yes
Yes
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 in
N/A Unknown No N/A Unknown No
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 to
N/A Unknown No N/A Unknown No Yes
Indigenous heritage and
Yes
history?
Additional Research
Additional Research Required
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 N/A Unknown No Yes
Indigenous history associated
Yes
with the property?
Additional Research
Additional Research Required
Required
* Additional archival work may be
required.
Function: What is the present
Unknown Residential Unknown Residential Com
function of the subject
mercial
Commercial
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: Does
N/A Unknown No N/A Unknown No Yes
the subject property
Yes
contribute to the cultural
Additional Research
Additional Research Required
heritage of a community of
Required
people?
Does the subject property
N/A Unknown No Yes
have intangible value to a
N/A Unknown No
specific community of people?
Yes
Additional Research Required
Additional Research
* E.g.- Waterloo Masjid (Muslim
Required
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: