Notice of Intention to Designate: 12455 Creditview Road

TAKE NOTICE that the Town of Caledon intends to designate the following property as being of cultural heritage value or interest under Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter O.18:

• 12455 Creditview Road

The property is located on the east side of Creditview Road between Mayfield Road and Old School Road, being within the west half of Lot 20, Concession 3 West of Hurontario Street, geographic Township of Chinguacousy.

Statement of Cultural Heritage Value or Interest

The design and physical value of the property at 12455 Creditview Road relates to its c.1897 farmhouse. Built in red brick over a fieldstone foundation, the two-and-a-half storey dwelling is a representative example of a late Italianate style farmhouse with Queen Anne style influences. The home’s significant Italianate features include its symmetrical fenestration, projecting frontispiece, truncated hip roof with high chimneys, paired brackets with finials, rounded-arch brick voussoirs, and overall vertical orientation. The dwelling displays the influence of the Queen Anne style in the wider proportioning of its first-storey picture windows and eastern entrance, as well as the organic-style decorative vergeboard which originally adorned the front centre gable and east verandah. The building entails a high level of ornamentation for a farmhouse, featuring cast egg-and-dart moulding on all voussoirs and a datestone [1897]. Overall, the farmhouse’s grand scale and form are rare within Caledon and reflective of the affluence of the Clark family, for whom it was built. The Canada Farmer journal may have served as a stylistic reference for the home, as it is similar in design to the ‘Two Storey Farmhouse’ described in the April 1865 edition of the publication.

The property has historical value for its association with the Clark family. Originally from County Down, Ireland, the Clarks were early pioneers of Chinguacousy Township. The house was built for Hugh Herbert (H.H.) Clark, and its relative opulence speaks not only to the family’s prosperity, but also to the modernization of rural agricultural life in the region. H.H. Clark was a member of the building committee of the nearby Home United Church and served as an agricultural machinery judge at several fairs in Canada, including the Canadian National Exhibition. In 1871, members of the Clark family imported the first Jersey cattle to Peel County from Oneida County, New York. 

The property holds contextual value as it is historically linked to other extant historic buildings in the former crossroads hamlet of Alloa, including Home United Church. The farmhouse, visually prominent on the landscape, plays a role in supporting the agricultural character of the area.

Contact

Please contact Heritage staff at heritage@caledon.ca for further information regarding the cultural heritage value and heritage attributes of these properties.

Right to Object

Any person may, within thirty days after publication of this notice, serve the Clerk notice of their objection to the proposed designation in accordance with the Ontario Heritage Act, setting out the reason for the objection and all relevant facts.

By email: 
Kevin Klingenberg 
Town Clerk 
kevin.klingenberg@caledon.ca

By mail, courier or personal delivery attention:
Kevin Klingenberg, Corporate Services/Town Clerk
6311 Old Church Road
Caledon ON L7C 1J6