386 Ontario Street (formerly 226, 228, 230 Ontario Street)

 

Property Details

  • Address: 386 Ontario Street 
  • Property Description: (57 foot frontage) 
  • Building Name: Sprach Caffe Language Centre 
  • Original Occupancy Date: 1911 
  • Original Owner: Board of Education 
  • Original Occupant: Lee School 
  • Assessment Rolls: 1910: lots 12 & 13 vacant lots (O) The Girls Home Toronto, 229 Gerrard St. E. 26x95 and 26x951911: Block A Public School, Lee School (O) Board of Education Block A Plan E 378 not corner 52x95 Land: $1924; Bldg: $14,000; Total $15,924 Harriet Johnston, principal at Lee School, 229 Spiderd Ave. deduct income $1500 
  • Other Archival Sources: Goads: 1910-1912 shows brick bldg separate from Girls Home block A lots 12, 13, similar to configuration on 1989 map 
  • Land Use: Institutional 
  • Building Type: Residential 
  • Original Architectural Style: Gothic Revival 
  • Height: Two and half storeys 
  • Materials: Brick facade 
  • Doors: Replacement door. 
  • Windows: Replacement 
  • Roof: Hipped with shingles 
  • Secondary Structures: None 
  • Landscape Features: None 
  • Trees: None 
  • Other Information: Gothic brackets under roof eves and gothic flourishes to the windows. Some of the facade surfaces are covered with insole stone and painted over with blue stucco. Seeking original photo of building 

 

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