Property Details

• Address: 17 Wellesley Avenue 
• HCD Area: Cabbagetown North HCD 
• Property Description: South half of semi-detached painted brick. 19 x 64 
• Building Permit Date: 1889 
• Original Builder: Frank Armstrong 
• Original Owner: Thomas Poucher 
• Original Occupant: Bessie McGriffin, 5 people 
• Assessment Rolls: 1903 - Vacant lot - Frank Armstrong, 38 x 64 1904 - Bessie McGriffin (S), Thomas Poucher, 19 x 64, BF 15.6 x 28, RC 12 x 14 Assessed $1085 1895 - Olaf Swanson, TSR, 27, Thomas Poucher, 19 x 64, BF 15.6 x 28, RC 12 x 14 Assessed $1085 1898 - Empty house, Thomas Poucher, 19 x 64, BF 15.6 x 28, RC 12 x 14 Assessed $890 
• Other Archival Sources: Heritage Toronto 1887 
• Land Use: Residential 
• Building Type: Semi-detached house sharing single gable 
• Original Architectural Style: Bay and Gable 
• Height: 2 1/2 story 
• Materials: Painted brick. Gable - elaborate, decorative facia. Triangle-shaped pattern of red brick in gable. 
• Doors: Shared steps leading up to solid wood door. Fixed stain glass window above door with voussoir above window. 
• Windows: Fixed Basement window, lug sill, Lintel above basement window. Right of door - 3 wood sash windows in bay - Bays directly above each other -Voussoirs over windows. Lug sills. 2^nd floor - 3 wood sash windows in bay. 2^nd floor - above door - wood sash window - voussoir over window, lug sill. 
• Roof: Asphalt shingle - red brick chimney 
• Secondary Structures: No 
• Context: semi-detached house on east side of Wellesley Ave. Wellesley Ave. is a narrow dead end street that runs N/S off the north side of Wellesley Street. 
• Landscape Features: Outside light right of front doorway. Wrought iron fence around small front garden. 
• Trees: Huge vines