292 Wellesley Street East (formerly 611 Parliament)

 

Property Details

  • Address: Toronto, ON, Canada 
  • HCD Area: Unspecified 
  • Property Description: Single house 17 x 83 ' Wellesley Street was first called Frank Street , named after Francis, son of John and Elizabeth Simcoe. Then the name changed to Charles Scadding, son of John Scadding. Later to Wellesley , comes from Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington 
  • Original Owner: 1910 Charles Chadwick 
  • Original Occupant: Francis Dymond 6 adults 
  • Assessment Rolls: 1908 vacant lot 1909 unfinished house - Charles Chadwick ‚, 1912 Francis Dymond, 42, bookkeeper, owner , 6 adults 
  • Other Archival Sources: Shown on map 1910-1923 ‚ PAGE 2 
  • Land Use: Residential 
  • Building Type: 2-1/2 Story Single detached 
  • Height: 2-1/2 Storeys Raised Basement 
  • Composition: Brick red, Stretcher Sills ; wood Bsmt wall; parged 
  • Materials: 1st fl. fixed window ,-concrete lintel ; Doorway ,- voussoir ,semicircle. with key & bearing stones ‚. 
  • Doors: Door, entrance, one leaf. Opening shape ,-flat. Leaf with single light ,-moldings & stain glass ; 3 panels below ; original door ‚ 
  • Windows: Windows, 1st fl. Opening shape; segmental , sliding & fixed , with awnings Windows, 2nd ,3rd fl. Opening segmental ; double hung & fixed, flat Face ,-plain Wood sash Wood Frame, ‚, 
  • Roof: Sloped-flat-sloped roof perpendicular to Wellesley St. Asphalt shingles, Flat addition Bargeboard flat SECONDARY STRUCTURES Recessed porch Arched doorway at facade ; semicircular. “  Wood paneling with moldings inside doorway S a Closed verandah on west wall ,- parallel to Parliament Street. - 
  • Context: Single detached, non-related 

 

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