BYLAW - Heritage Designation~The George Browning House REPEALED BY 5404~12 - 20100914 - 5254~10THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF AURORA
By-law Number 5254-10
BEING A BY-LAW to designate a
property to be of cultural heritage
value or interest {The George
Browning House 15086-95088
Yonge Street)
WHEREAS Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter 0.18, as
amended, provides that the council of a municipality may, by by-law, designate a
property within the municipality to be of cultural heritage value or interest;
AND WHEREAS on October 27, 2009, The Corporation of the Town of Aurora
approved the recommendations of its Heritage Advisory Committee to designate the
property municipally known as 15086-15088 Yonge Street, Aurora (the "Property")
to be of cultural heritage value or interest;
AND WHEREAS the Town Clerk of The Corporation of the Town of Aurora caused
notice of the intention to designate the Property to be served on the owner of the
Property and the Ontario Heritage Trust and published in a newspaper having
general circulation in the municipality;
AND WHEREAS there were no objections to the proposed designation of the
Property served on The. Corporation of the Town of Aurora;
AND WHEREAS the Council of The Corporation of the Town of Aurora deems it
necessary and expedient to enact a by-law to designate the Property to be of
cultural heritage value or interest;
NOW THEREFORE THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF
AURORA ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
1. THAT the Property described on Schedule "A" attached hereto and forming
part of this By-law be and is hereby designated to be of cultural heritage
value or interest.
2. THAT a statement explaining the cultural heritage value or interest of the
Property and a description of the heritage attributes of the Property are set
out on Schedule "B" attached hereto and forming part of this By-law.
3. THAT the Town Clerk of The Corporation of the Town of Aurora shall serve
a copy of this By-law on the owner of the Property and the Ontario Heritage
Trust and publish notice of this By-law in a newspaper having general
circulation in the municipality.
4. THAT the Town Solicitor of The Corporation of the Town of Aurora shall
register against the Property in the proper Land Registry Office, a copy of
this By-law including an Affidavit of the Town Clerk respecting the giving of
notice referenced herein to be attached to and forming part of this By-law.
READ A FIRST AND SECOND TIME THIS 141" DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2010.
READ A THIRD TIME AND FINALLY PASSED THIS 14TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER,
2010.
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SCHEDULE "A"
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Description of Property
All and singular those certain parcels or tracts of land and premises situate, lying and
being in the Town of Aurora, in the Regional Municipality of York, municipally known as
15086-15088 Yonge Street, and being composed of Lot 52, Plan 246, subject to
R160971 (PIN 03653-0078), including the George Browning House and all other
buildings and structures thereon.
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SCHEDULE `B"
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Statement of Cultural Heritaae:Value or Interest ,
The George Browning House's cultural heritage value lies in its association with George
Browning, a local builder, in being one of the good examples of Italianate/Tuscan villa
style in Aurora, and in its significant contribution to the character of Yonge. Street.
,Historical or Associative Value
The George Browning House's historical value lies in its association with George
Browning, a local builder who constructed this house in 1889 as his own residence. The
Brownings'were a family of builders, responsible for numerous homes and other
structures in Aurora and beyond.
Design or Physical Value
The George Browning house has architectural value as an Italianate/Tuscan villa style
with formal balanced fagade. The house is two (2) storey and features yellow brick
walls, low pitched/hipped roof, quoins, dormers, heavy ornamental brackets underwide
eaves, and two gable -like projections in the roofline which are cut and raised above the
horizontal ridge over the fagade, affect Tuscan towers.
Contextual Value
The George Browning House has contextual value as distinguished structure on Yonge
Street. It is also one of the punctuation points of one of the very few surviving stretches
of dwellings on Yonge Street in Aurora.
Description of Heritage Attributes
Key exterior attributes that express the heritage value of the George Browning House
include:
Exterior Elements
• Italianate/Tuscan villa style, two (2) storey high;
• low pitched/hipped roof;
• projecting eaves supported by brackets and cornice structure;
• original window openings including the bay windows on main fagade;
• two gable -like projections in the roofline; and
• all exterior yellow brick and quoins.
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Explanatory Note
Re:. Heritage Designation. By-law 5254-10
By-law Number 5254-10 to designate the property municipally known as 15086-15088
Yonge Street, Aurora, as a property of cultural heritage value or interest pursuant to the
provisions of Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O.; 1990, Chapter
0.18, as amended.