{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/presentation/2/context.json","@type":"sc:Manifest","@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/qstarter29/iiif/155bd9ab-6d7a-459e-a73e-13906956b9f9/manifest","label":"bhs_207729","metadata":[{"label":"Identifier","value":"bhs_207729"},{"label":"Rights","value":["Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user."]},{"label":"Language","value":["EN"]},{"label":"Format","value":["JPEG"]},{"label":"Type","value":["Photograph"]},{"label":"Subject","value":["Houses"]},{"label":"Source","value":"Historic House Project"},{"label":"Description","value":"Pl 144, Lt 14, 15 1912 B The Andrew Pettit Alton House ARCHITECTURE: This substantial two-and-a-half storey brick structure is built in a vernacular style with Craftsman style and Edwardian classical design elements. The high hipped roof has a front pedimented dormer with wide eaves and hip-roofed dormers on both sides. The dormers are clad with wood shingles. The dormer windows are grouped in threes and have their original six-over-one wood sash windows. The wide eaves of the dormers emphasize the Craftsman-style influence. Massive brick chimneys rise on both side elevations to Craftsman-style heights. The spacious full front verandah combines Craftsman-style fieldstone or cobblestone supports with slim Doric colonnettes in groups of three. The shed roof of the verandah is trimmed with a plain frieze which is broken by a slightly projecting pedimented gable above the entrance steps. At the second level of the front elevation, paired windows flank a small leaded-glass window above the verandah gable. All the windows have stone lintels and sills. On the north elevation, a one-storey projecting bay is clad with wood shingles, which flare out over the foundation. The windows above the bay are paired. HISTORY: Plan 144 is the Apple Park Survey, registered in 1912 by J. C. ('Apple Jack') & M.C. Smith, who was to be Mayor of Burlington in 1915, 1916 and 1919. Lots 14 & 15 were bought in 1912 by Andrew Pettit Alton, for whom this house was built as a residence in the village after he had retired from Farms and Farminging. He was the son of George Shepherd Alton (the eldest son of Thomas and Charlotte Alton) and Margaret (Cline) Alton. 'Lonview', their Farms and Farminghouse built in 1850 on Lot 11, Con 1 NDS, is still standing (3505 Dundas Street). Andrew is listed as living there in the 1851 Census (age 3), the 1861 Census, and in the 1881 Census as the husband of Frances and father of Walter (age 4). Andrew Pettit Alton at first worked on his father's Farms and Farming. In the 1898 voter's list he is registered as Farms and Farminging on Con 3 SDS, Lot 7; this lot is shown in the Halton Illustrated Atlas as owned in 1877 by his father George Alton. In 1897 and 1899, Andrew Pettit Alton served as Reeve of Nelson Township. The 5 June 1912 edition of the Gazette Documented that \"Mr A. P. Alton, Appleby. treasurer of Nelson Township, has sold his Farms and Farming to John Williamson & sons.\" On 19 June his \"purchase of two lots for his retirement house\" was Documented. The 1916 Sewerage Works Plan shows this Brant Street house as owned by A. P. Alton. He is also listed in the 1922 Telephone Directory as a resident on Brant Street. In that year this property was inherited by his daughter, Orpha Alexandria Taylor, wife of Fred Taylor, Merchant (1927 Voters List; see 421 Brant Street) The 1924 GOAD Fire Insurance Map shows the address as 125 (127?) Brant. In 1950 the property was purchased by Esther McJenkins; in 1951 by Marie Fraser; in 1954 by Arthur & Thelma Wheatley; in 1973 by a partnership. ENVIRONMENT: Situated on a corner lot at Baldwin Street, with a prospect on Victoria Avenue, beside Central School, this is a well-known landmark on Brant Street. It also forms a community-friendly link between the commercial Downtown area and the residential district of neighbouring Locust Street. USABILITY: It has been adapted for office use. INTEGRITY: The first and second level windows are replacements with sliding panes. The shutters are inappropriately sized; this minor detail slightly detracts from the archtectural design of this fine house. The structure has been well maintained. REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: Part of the Apple Park Survey, registered in 1912, this substantial two-and-a-half-storey brick house was built as a residence in the village of Burlington for Andrew Pettit Alton after he retired from Farms and Farminging. As a grandson of Thomas Alton, whose homestead Farms and Farming was on Dundas Street, and the son of George Alton, who also Farms and Farminged on Dundas Street, he continued the Alton Farms and Farminging tradition, and served as Reeve of Nelson Township. In 1912 he retired to this new town residence on the site of what had been the apple orchards of John Chamberlain (Apple Jack) Smith. The house is located at the corner of Baldwin Street, named after the apples formerly grown there. The architectural design blends Craftsman style and Edwardian neoclassical elements. The high hipped roof with wide eaves, dormers, and massive brick chimneys, and the projecting bay clad with wood shingles, all show Craftsman-style influence. The spacious full front verandah combines Craftsman-style fieldstone supports with slim Doric colonnettes, and its roof has a plain frieze broken by a slightly projecting pedimented gable above the entrance steps. On the front elevation, paired windows flank a small leaded-glass window; all have stone lintels and sills. This well-built and distinctively designed structure has been adapted for office use. A well-known landmark, it enhances the Edwardian heritage streetscape of Brant Street and forms a community-friendly link between the commercial Downtown and the residential district of Locust Street."},{"label":"Creator","value":"Pat Taylor"},{"label":"Date","value":"2012"},{"label":"Date (EDTF)","value":"D:00 M:00 Y:2012"},{"label":"Title","value":"620 Brant Street, Burlington, ON"},{"label":"Repository","value":["Burlington Historical Society"]}],"description":"620 Brant Street, Burlington, ON","sequences":[{"@type":"sc:Sequence","canvases":[{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/qstarter29/iiif/155bd9ab-6d7a-459e-a73e-13906956b9f9/canvas/_1","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"620 Brant Street, Burlington, ON","height":1064,"width":1600,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/qstarter29/iiif/155bd9ab-6d7a-459e-a73e-13906956b9f9/full/full/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/qstarter29/iiif/155bd9ab-6d7a-459e-a73e-13906956b9f9","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json","tiles":[{"width":512,"scaleFactors":[1,2,4]}]},"height":1064,"width":1600},"on":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/qstarter29/iiif/155bd9ab-6d7a-459e-a73e-13906956b9f9/canvas/_1","metadata":[]}],"thumbnail":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/qstarter29/iiif/155bd9ab-6d7a-459e-a73e-13906956b9f9/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","height":500,"width":500}}]}],"thumbnail":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/qstarter29/iiif/155bd9ab-6d7a-459e-a73e-13906956b9f9/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","logo":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/qstarter29/iiif/logo"}