Property Details
- Address: 7 Wellesley Avenue
- Property Description: North half of semi-detached. 17.6 x 64
- Building Permit Date: 1888/1887
- Original Builder: Frank Armstrong
- Original Occupancy Date: 1889
- Original Owner: Samuel B. Bradshow
- Original Occupant: John Darrock, 3 people
- Assessment Rolls: 1893 - John Darrock, 29, stonemason, Samuel B. Bradshaw, 15.6 x 64, RC 15.6 x 28, BF 12 x 14, Assessed $955 1894 - Vacant house, Samuel B. Bradshaw, 15.6 x 64, RC 15.6 x 28, BF , 12 x 14 Assessed $1032 1910 - Thomas Smith, 30, elevator man, C & F. Cuthbertson, 5 people, assess $1,075
- 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: Red & yellow brick, gable elaborate decorative facia, 4 brackets, j Triangle - shaped red brick pattern in gable
- Doors: Shaved wood steps leading up to solid wood door. Fixed window above I door. Above door fixed window - shaved solid wood cornice with 3 brackets. Above brackets cornice - yellow brick pattern.
- Windows: Left of door - large basket weave window with large brick arch above. 2nd ! floor - wood sash window over front door - voussoir above. 2nd floor - wood sash window over basket weave window - voussoir above. Sliding basement window, metal well - Lintel over window.
- 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 gas light left of front doorway. Small front garden
- Trees: Sumach tree
- City Inventory: Listed
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