Property Details

• Address: 16 Laurier Avenue 
• HCD Area: Unspecified 
• Property Description: 1 of 11 Row Houses, 15.1 x 81 
• Building Permit Date: 1889 
• Original Builder: Frank Armstrong 
• Original Occupancy Date: 1890 
• Original Owner: Frank Armstrong 
• Original Occupant: John Coulong, 5 people 
• Assessment Rolls: 1890 - John Coulong, stonemason, 40, O. Frank Armstrong, - 2 story, BFRC 15.1 x 23, 15 x 14 Assessed $1,135 1895 - Harriet Gravlin, widow, O. William McCabe, 8 persons. - BFRC 15.1 x 23, 15 x 14, 4 people, Assessed $1,038 
• Land Use: Residential 
• Building Type: One of 11 attached houses on the west side of Laurier Avenue 
• Original Architectural Style: Queen Anne 
• Height: 2 story 
• Composition: Red brick - distressed condition. 
• Materials: Front of house is constructed of red brick with a shared sunburst gable with 2 windows (one shared with #18). Below the gable & window area is a small shared roof that is supported by 2 columns & covers a decorative shared wood balcony. 
• Doors: Wood steps lead up to a arched brick entrance which is covered with a wood door leading into the house. A wood door leads to balcony. 
• Windows: Right of front entrance - 2 wood sash windows with a plain lug sill underneath & a rectangular stained glass window overhead. Sliding window in basement is protected by a cement well. A shared sunburst gable has 2 windows separated by a narrow brick divide. Right of balcony - gothic style window. 
• Roof: A red brick chimney for both # 16 &# 18 are set in a small shared sunburst gable on roof. Black shingle roof. Decorative barge board with raised circular pattern. 
• Secondary Structures: No 
• Context: Laurier Ave., a dead-end street, runs N/S off the north side of Wellesley Street. Attached house on the west side of Laurier Ave. 
• Landscape Features: Small front garden. Outside light on right side of arched entrance. 
• Trees: Very large Sumach 
• City Inventory: Listed