HomeMy WebLinkAboutGoderich Signal Star, 2017-04-05, Page 13Goderich's Marine Museum
As officials wait on the results of hazardous substance
reports, the Marine Museum is still standing.
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The Waterworks
The Electric Light and Water Plant. 1667, was the first municipal steam -
Powered electric generation water pumping station. The buildings were located
on the current site of the Whiellwuse Marine Museum. By 1869. it was
supplykig electricity to some parts of the town. 1t was a large red brick
building whose trademark for meantime was one of the tallest brick chimneys
around It steed higher than the nearby elevators and rose beyond the top of
the banks that surround the harbour. In its latter years, the waterworks
supplied Lake IAron water for the Town. Th. original Docile Light and water
Plant pumped from leer water wells.
ln the early years, the staff at the waterworks plant also had r.spon*lbWHtles
Oar the operation of the foghorn. Up to the tins of the Great storm of 1913.
they wore expected to communicate with the lighthouse operators at the top of
the her to exchange weather warning Mdari nation.
After the tows jebn.d the Ontario electricity grid in the 1920s, this facility only
supplied water pumping and treatment for the town's water supply. The town
bent a new water pumping and filtration station in 1964 - further south along
the waterfront, amid the original waterworks building was torn down at that
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Photos by Kathleen Smith/Goderich Signal Sta
The Marine Museum offers historical information on the
Goderich waterfront.
Wednesday, April 5, 2017 • Signal Star 13
GODERcH
Canada's prettiest town
.NOTICE OF INTENTION TO DESIGNATE
TAKE NOTICE THAI the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Goderich intends to designate
the building located at 21 Nelson Street under the Ontario Heritage Act as a property of
architectural value or interest under Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act.
21 Nelson Street, Town of Goderich
This property is located in Goderich's north end on the north side of Nelson Street East and extends through to
Bruce Street in the rear. It is part of a mostly residential block of properties dating from the late 19th and early
20th century. The property includes a one -and -a -half storey residential building. Legal description is Plan 457,
Lot 830, Pt Lot 831, Pt Lot 806, Pt Lot 807.
The cultural heritage value of this property lies mainly in the design or physical value of the principal building.
It is an outstanding example of Arts and Crafts architecture, a style relatively rare in Goderich, and exhibits many
of the characteristic features of the style. Built circa 1915, the building has the appearance of a single -storey
structure but with side facing dormers on the second floor, east and west. It shows asymmetrical massing with
brick construction using cobblestone accents such as the chimney facing. The overhanging, low-pitched roof
shelters a porch supported by massive cobblestone pillars giving a rustic texture to the facade. The approach to
the recessed front door includes an Art Deco lamp post in the shape of a goose head and a hitching post. Original
interior features remain in remarkable condition.
Cultural heritage value from a contextual viewpoint is also found in this property being located across the street
from the Outer Square Heritage Conservation District and within sight of three other individually designated
properties, thus contributing to a heritage -related visual consistency for the surrounding area.
Part of the property (Pt Lot 831) was at one time owned by the Galt family, descendants of the town founder,
thus giving the property an associative cultural heritage value.
Heritage Attributes:
Exterior:
• single -storey appearance closely linking the building to the surrounding property
• cobblestone facing on chimneys, porch facade and massive porch pillars
• front porch sheltered by roof extension
• restrained decoration and rustic texture to the facade
• asymmetrical massing
• Art Deco lamp post in the shape of a goose head
• horse -head hitching post at curb
• location across from a Heritage Conservation District and near three other designated properties
• part of the property had been owned by descendants of the town founder, John Galt
Interior:
• original stained woodwork including ceiling beams in dining room, front and back halls, and front
basement room
• French doors in dining room (two pair) and living room (two pair) including screens and storms
• pocket doors between front hall and living room and dining room
• wainscoting in dining room, hall and vestibule
• four pillars separating front and back halls
• winding oak staircase in back hall
• connecting swing door between dining room and butler's pantry
• butler's pantry cabinet with flour bin and original hardware
• original broom closet in kitchen hallway
• vestibule door and sidelites with bevelled glass
• two wooden book cases with leaded glass doors in living room
• wooden floors in most rooms
• mosaic tile floors in vestibule and master bath
• original light fixtures in dining room and front hall
• cobblestone fireplace covered in panelled surround in living room
• cobblestone fireplace in front basement room
Notice of Objection to the designation may be served on the Clerk of the Town of Goderich within thirty (30)
days after the date of publication of this Notice of Intention in a newspaper having general circulation in the
Municipality.
For further details, please contact the undersigned.
Dated this 5th day of April, 2017.
Dwayne Evans
Clerk/Planning Coordinator
57 West Street
Goderich, Ontario N7A 2K2
519-524-8344 ext. 227