Property Details
- Address: 16 Sword Street
- HCD Area: Cabbagetown South HCD
- Original Occupancy Date: 1886
- Original Owner: Thomas Sheard
- Original Occupant: John Lewis, 25, bookkeeper
- Assessment Rolls: 1886 - John Lewis, bookkeeper, 25, owner Thomas Sheard, lot 20'x 127, 1+m, BFRC, 17x28, 12x15, 12x14, 3 people, $1055
- Land Use: Residential
- Building Type: Semi-detached
- Original Architectural Style: Second Empire
- Height: 2 storey
- Materials: Red brick with yellow brick detailing. Ornate wood window dormers, Georgian Revival with peaked gable
- Doors: Double centre opening wood with wood panel and single pane panel. Arched divided transom
- Windows: Victorian double hung in Georgian Revival peaked gabled dormers. Lower - 2 narrow Victorian double hung , basement half window visible with segmental brick arch
- Roof: Mansard with painted slate horizontal Style
- Secondary Structures: Covered portico with decorative brackets, wood squared columns and capitals. Wood stairs, handrails and railings
- Landscape Features: Grass and 3 cedars
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