Property Details

• Address: 6 Wellesley Cottages 
• HCD Area: Cabbagetown North HCD 
• Property Description: Private Street - East house in a row of 6. Lane to east Cobblestone Paving - 22.6' x 154' 
• Building Permit Date: 1887 
• Original Builder: William Hooker 
• Original Occupancy Date: 1889 
• Original Owner: Wm. T. Hooker 
• Original Occupant: Frank Hope, labourer, 29 
• Assessment Rolls: 1886 - Vacant land - Adam Beatty - Spadina Ave 1887 - Vacant Land - Wm. T. Hooker 145 x 154 1888 - unfinished house, 22.6 x 154, rough cast 20 x 24, 7 x 12, assessed $330 1889 - Frank Hope, labourer, 29, O Wm. Hooker, 3 people, assessed $430 1890 - John Wame, lamplighter, 31, O. Eliz. M. Hadwin, 2 people, assessed $587 1892 - John Wame, lamplighter, 41, O. Eliz. M. Hadwin, 2 persons, assessed $587 1894 - Ann Hunter, widow, O. Eliz. M. Hadwin, 3 people, assessment $587 1910 - Edward Laycock, shipper, 45, O. Sarah K. Gooderham, 3 adults, 1 child, assessment $488 
• Land Use: Residential 
• Building Type: Labourer's cottage (most east cottage in a group of 5 attached cottages) 
• Original Architectural Style: Gothic Revival 
• Height: 1 1/2 story 
• Materials: Painted white stucco 
• Doors: Brick path leads up to a wood front door with a two long narrow windows, light over door. 
• Windows: Fixed stained glass window over door and 1 sash window on either side of door. 
• Roof: Asphalt shingle, very steep gable above the front door. The gable has very decorative facia and a finial at apex of gable. 
• Secondary Structures: No 
• Context: Attached cottage on the north side of Wellesley Cottages. Short narrow asphalt street running north of Wellesley Street. The asphalt ends abruptly, changes to an interlocking brick street, turns west and widens into a parking area in front of the cottages. 
• Landscape Features: Interlocking brick street - privately owned. White picket fence for each cottage. 
• Trees: No. 
• City Inventory: Designated 149-81