Autre nom(s)
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Liens et documents
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Date(s) de construction
1893/01/01
Inscrit au répertoire canadien:
2010/01/13
Énoncé d'importance
Description du lieu patrimonial
753 Walker Road is a semi-detached, two storey brick dwelling built in 1893 for employees of the Hiram Walker distillery. It is located on the west side of the 700 block of Walker Road in the former Town of Walkerville.
It is recognized for its heritage value by the City of Windsor By-law 10317.
Valeur patrimoniale
753 Walker Road is an exceptional example of Victorian-era, middle class housing built in the former Town of Walkerville during the 1890s. It is an integral component within a grouping of five identical Hiram Walker Worker Houses on the west side of Walker Road.
The south side of this two storey dwelling was built in 1893 on a tract of land deeded to the Walkerville Land and Building Company by Hiram Walker on December 19, 1890. The Walkerville Land and Building Company built and leased these homes to employees of the Hiram Walker distillery. A full range of municipal services were provided for them by the Walkerville Land and Building Company.
753 Walker Road is the south half of a T-shaped, two-storey, semi-detached building. It features red brick walls laid in stretcher bond, a fieldstone foundation, a pitched roof, a decorative fascia board with a finial at its peak, eleven window openings with brick voussoirs, double-hung, multi-paned wood sash windows and some original ornamental wood millwork.
Hiram Walker, a distiller from Detroit, founded the Town of Walkerville in 1858. By the late 1880s the Walkers were developing rental properties for the distillery's employees at all levels. The building is located on the fringe of Walkerville where the working-class employees traditionally resided. 753 Walker Road, as well as the entire row of Hiram Walker Worker Houses on the 700 block of Walker Road, is representative of the former Town of Walkerville's original streetscape.
Sources: City of Windsor By-law 10317, May 11, 1990; Building Analysis Form, June 29, 1989
Éléments caractéristiques
Character defining elements that that embody the heritage value of 753 Walker Road include its:
- two storey, semi-detached construction
- red brick walls laid in stretcher bond
- fieldstone foundation
- pitched roof
- original ornamental fascia board and finial
- eleven window openings with brick voussoirs
- double hung, multi-paned wood sash windows
- original ornamental wood millwork
- status as one of a grouping of five identical, semi-detached buildings
Reconnaissance
Juridiction
Ontario
Autorité de reconnaissance
Administrations locales (Ont.)
Loi habilitante
Loi sur le patrimoine de l'Ontario
Type de reconnaissance
Désignation du patrimoine municipal (partie IV)
Date de reconnaissance
1990/05/11
Données sur l'histoire
Date(s) importantes
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Thème - catégorie et type
Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction
Actuelle
- Résidence
- Logement unifamilial
Historique
Architecte / Concepteur
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Constructeur
Walkerville Land and Building Company
Informations supplémentaires
Emplacement de la documentation
Office of the Heritage Planner, City of Windsor
Planning Department
Suite 404B, 400 City Hall Square East
Windsor, Ontario, Canada N9A 7K6
Réfère à une collection
Identificateur féd./prov./terr.
HPON06-0012
Statut
Édité
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