Heritage Advisory Committee Virtual Meeting June 18th, 2020 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

ASI Heritage Advisory Committee Virtual Meeting June 18th, 2020 Archaeological Services Inc. 528 Bathurst Street Toronto, Ontario M5S 2P9

Town of East Gwillimbury Heritage Register Review ASI • Introductions • Project Objectives, Goals and Timeline • Review of Existing Heritage Register • Historical Thematic Framework and Historical Context Statements • Screening Process and Evaluation Methodology • Screening and Evaluation Results • Recommendations • Next Steps

Town of East Gwillimbury Heritage Register Review ASI Introductions Annie Veilleux, MA, CAHP Manager and Senior Cultural Heritage Specialist Senior Project Manager and Public Engagement Lead Kristina Martens, BA, Dip. Heritage Conservation Project Manager and Cultural Heritage Specialist Technical Lead and Heritage Register Advisor

Town of East Gwillimbury Heritage Register Review ASI

Town of East Gwillimbury Heritage Register Review ASI Intended Project Outcomes: • To help make the Town’s Heritage Register more manageable • A more manageable Heritage Register should allow the Heritage Advisory Committee to focus their efforts on heritage education, outreach, designation, and other community cultural events, rather than on the need to continually process removal requests

Town of East Gwillimbury Heritage Register Review ASI

Town of East Gwillimbury Heritage Register Review ASI

Town of East Gwillimbury Heritage Register Review ASI

Town of East Gwillimbury Heritage Register Review ASI

Town of East Gwillimbury Heritage Register Review ASI

Town of East Gwillimbury Heritage Register Review ASI Historical Thematic Framework: Review of primary and secondary sources Review of historical mapping Historical Identification of significant Context people Identification of key historical Statements themes with significant dates and events Development of a historical narrative for East Gwillimbury

Town of East Gwillimbury Heritage Register Review ASI Historical Context Statements Are rooted in O.Reg. 9/06 and can be used to identify common qualities and characteristics of: • Similar property types: • Agricultural • Rural Civic and Institutional Statement of Significance • A place: Associated Building Types • Holland Landing • Eligibility Standards Sharon • Queensville Character Defining/ • Mount Albert Associative Features Integrity Considerations • A time period: • World Wars and Post-War Period

Town of East Gwillimbury Heritage Register Review ASI Not Screening Process: Recommended Recommended recommended for evaluation for removal for removal • Tailored to focus on a review Part IV Designated of the current material integrity to determine if a Cemetery property had sufficient Associated with the Sharon Temple National Historic Site integrity to demonstrate its Non-designated property potential or known cultural and is not a ‘real’ property heritage value asset Property has recently been • denied a removal request Identified properties that are Non-designated property not recommended for with sufficient integrity removal from the Heritage Non-designated property Register based on level of that is not visible from the With Town’s heritage protection, type, ROW (integrity unknown) photos and/or historical associations Non-designated property with insufficient integrity or with conflicting information • Included a field review to in the property file document properties from Duplicate entries or incomplete location the public right-of-way information

Town of East Gwillimbury Heritage Register Review ASI Evaluation Methodology • Properties were evaluated against Historical Context Statements, which are rooted in O.Reg. 9/06 and consider potential design/physical, historical/associative, and contextual values • Properties were reviewed for their known associations with people, organizations, events, etc. significant to the community • Standardized language was used for value statements and reasons for removal, with individualized information added as needed, in order to be consistent across all properties. The evaluation methodology does not constitute a complete evaluation against all O.Reg. 9/06 criteria. It has been developed to address key indicators of value to ensure that consistent and clear reasons for inclusion on the Heritage Register are expressed.

Town of East Gwillimbury Heritage Register Review ASI Evaluation Results: Properties considered to meet the evaluation criteria developed as part of this project: • Reflect important themes in the Town’s growth and development as expressed in the historical context statements • Meet the eligibility standards embedded in its associated theme • Have character-defining/associative features that directly relate to the potential or known heritage value of its associated theme and building type • Meet the integrity considerations correlated to its associated theme

Town of East Gwillimbury Heritage Register Review ASI Not Recommended Recommended recommended for removal by Screening for removal for removal staff Part IV Designated 12 and Cemetery 15 Associated with the Sharon Temple National Evaluation 7 Historic Site Non- designated property and is not a ‘real’ Results: 2 property asset Property has recently been denied a removal 3 request Meets evaluation criteria 280 8 Does not meet evaluation criteria 93 Evaluation could not be completed 2 14 Property with insufficient integrity/demolished 8 Property with conflicting information in the property file (e.g., address on the Register does 10 not match the property description and/or photo) Duplicate entries or incomplete location 9 information Total 321 22 120 % of current Heritage Register (463) 69% 5% 26%

Town of East Gwillimbury Heritage Register Review ASI Screening and Evaluation Results:

Town of East Gwillimbury Heritage Register Review ASI Screening and Evaluation Results:

Town of East Gwillimbury Heritage Register Review ASI Screening and Evaluation Results:

Town of East Gwillimbury Heritage Register Review ASI Screening and Evaluation Results:

Town of East Gwillimbury Heritage Register Review ASI Screening and Evaluation Results:

Town of East Gwillimbury Heritage Register Review ASI Recommendations: • That Council consider the removal of properties from the Heritage Register as outlined in the Screening and Evaluation Results table • Due to the high concentration of heritage properties within Mt. Albert, it is recommended that HAC consider a Heritage Conservation District study for the area at a future date • Prioritization of 23 properties for further study for potential Part IV designation

Town of East Gwillimbury Heritage Register Review ASI Next Steps: • Update of report based on Staff and HAC feedback – beginning of July 2020 • Virtual Public Open House – July 2020 • Presentation to Council – end of July 2020 East Gwillimbury, 1811 (Archives of Ontario)