81 Metcalfe Street

 

Property Details

  • Address: 81 Metcalfe Street 
  • HCD Area: Unspecified 
  • Property Description: Lot Size 19' 6'' x 104' (1889 Assessment) 
  • Building Permit Date: None found 
  • Original Occupancy Date: 1889 
  • Original Owner: John Lumbers 
  • Original Occupant: Ephraim E. Starr; Commercial traveler; Age 25; 2 persons Other Owners & Occupants 
  • Assessment Rolls: 1889; 1890 Land value-$646; Building value-$ 1100 
  • City Directories: 1890 1891 
  • Land Use: Residential 
  • Building Type: Semi-detached 
  • Original Architectural Style: Gothic Revival 
  • Height: 2 stories 
  • Composition: Asymmetrical plan; bay window with stone lintels on 1st floor 
  • Materials: Red brick; frame; and roughcast 
  • Doors: Wood paneled door (recent); stained glass transom (probably original) 
  • Windows: Stained glass in upper portion of bay window on 3 sides (probably original) 
  • Roof: Sloped roof with cross gable; gingerbread verge board (probably original) 
  • Landscape Features: Wood board fence across frontage 
  • OHA Designation: Metcalfe Street Heritage Conservation District Study Area, 1999 

 

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