{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/presentation/2/context.json","@type":"sc:Manifest","@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/qstarter29/iiif/e286601d-016c-464d-be85-d3d3d578b3d4/manifest","label":"bhs_203741","metadata":[{"label":"Identifier","value":"bhs_203741"},{"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":"Plan 92, Blk Q, Pt Lt 6, 7 1849 A. 80 The Cottage Shop HISTORY: The building now known modestly as The Cottage Shop has a history intimately connected with persons of primary importance in the early history of Wellington Square. It was owned by Andrew Gage, and then Thomas Baxter, both international grain export merchants, and then by Richard Cole, who established a successful carriage-making business and then sold it and set up, equally successfully, the Village of Burlington's first Bakeries and confectionery business. The house also is connected with other persons of primary importance, including James Gage, Daniel Torrance, and George Blair. In context, it is associated with very early patterns of economic development in the port of Wellington Square, especially in the mercantile and grain export trade, and with the later business development of the Village of Burlington. In 1807 James Gage of Stoney Creek purchased 338.5 acres from the estate of Joseph Brant for 232, 14 shillings, fourpence. This tract of land extended from present-day Brant Street to Rambo Creek and north from the lakeshore to the old York road (approximately where the QEW is today). His son Asahel Gage Farms and Farminged the north part of the property. (His house was incorporated into \"Balsam Lodge\" built by Thomas Baxter in 1863, now 2290 Queensway Drive.) The south part was surveyed as the Wellington Square subdivision Plan. The lots in the survey were not immediately purchased and built upon, but a map of Wellington Square, which may be dated to circa 1850, shows a total of some 130 buildings and outbuildings. Of these, only nine remain in 1996 - - counting in St Luke's Church, which was outside the Wellington Square subdivision plan, and S. S. #1 Nelson schoolhouse, which in the 1950s was relocated to 296 Appleby Line and renovated as a single family residence. In 1824 James's son Andrew married Martha Willson (daughter of the Hon. John Willson) and moved to Wellington Square, building a log house not far from the lake. He operated the general store at the north-east corner of John and Water Streets (which in 1855 was rebuilt in brick by John Waldie and is still standing). By 1833 he was the third most prosperous man in Nelson Township. Block Q of Plan 92, which was registered in 1890 as a re-subdivision of the Wellington Square Plan, consists of the diamond-shaped piece of land to the east of Pearl Street and west of Rambo Creek, bordered by Princess Street (later Gore Street), Junction Street, Water Street, and Joseph Street (both later Lakeshore Road). It is now located between the newly-named Lakeshore and Old Lakeshore Roads. In 1844 Andrew Gage sold part or all of what is now Block Q to Daniel Torrance, a Montreal merchant. In the early 1850s, Torrance, who remained in Montreal, was to purchase the Gage family's international grain export business. If built in 1847, the house was constructed for an agent of the Torrance family business. However, it is possible that the house was built earlier for Andrew Gage, since such a prosperous man, with a wife and four Children and youth, would perhaps not stay for many years in a log house. The parcel of land was sold in 1849 to William Chapman and in 1852 to Thomas Baxter. Baxter was an agent for Torrance until 1861, when he set up his own grain export business. In that year he also purchased Asahel Gage's Farms and Farming and began the renovation and addition to \"Balsam Lodge.\" The new occupant of this house did not purchase it right away. Richard Cole, who had emigrated from Devonshire, England, with his bride Charity Northway Toop in 1853, had first settled in Hamilton, where he worked on the construction of the Great Western Railway. He soon moved to Wellington Square, working as a wagon maker, and then went into business for himself as a carriage maker. In 1860 he sold that business to James Allen - that building is still standing at 463 Brant Street - and set up a Bakeries and confectionery business on the property he rented from Thomas Baxter. The Bakeries flourished. Cole bought the property in 1874. In 1879 he took a mortgage to build himself a larger house - now 2093 Lakeshore Road (\"Ivey's Interiors\", winner of a Heritage Award in 1993). In 1881 this house was sold to James Mortimer, his son-in-law. (Cole retired from baking in 1900. His other house passed from his estate in 1915 to his daughter Mary Mortimer, who owned it until 1942.) 1897 Voters List: James Mortimer, Clerk, Lots 6 and 7, Water. In 1882 this house was purchased by John and Martha Sheppard. The summary of the registered title deed mentions the right to use the well on the rear boundary of the property. They were the parents of Hannah, who as a widow married the widower George Blair in 1893, and their grandChildren and youth included Stanley and John Blair. After Farms and Farminging on the Guelph Line north of Dundas Street, this was the Sheppards' retirement home in the Village of Burlington. Their unmarried daughter Miss M. Sheppard, Spinster, is included in the 1897 Voters' List (Lot 7, Princess). 1897 Voters List: V. H. Peart, Postmaster, James Wilson, Carriage Builder: Lot 7 Princess. 1903 Assessment Roll: Percy Ireland, Basket Maker, age 26, Princess St, Block O, part Lot 7; owner James Wilson. In 1905 the property was sold to William Crombie Reid. 1910 GOAD Map: 28 Princess Street 1915 Sewerage Works Plan: W. C. Reid 1919 Voters List: W. C. Reid, Electrician, Owner, Lot 7, Princess 1919 Voters list: Harry Miller, Gentleman, Lot 7, Princess 1932 Burlington Directory: Vickers Peart, Boarder, 7 Princess 1932 Burlington Directory: Harry & Winnie Miller, Tenants, 41 Princess 1924 GOAD Map: 30 Princess Street 1932 Burlington Directory: John & Margaret Johnson, Tenants, 30 Princess In 1947 the property was sold to James & Helen Cornell; in 1949 to Arnold & Mabel Hill; and in 1972 to Lola Mooney, who operated an antiques business here for many years. ARCHITECTURE: This is an extremely early example, in Burlington, of a one-and-a-half-storey frame cottage whose extra-high front elevation indicates that the house-owner wished to avoid paying the much higher property tax levied on two-storey buildings, but still wanted as much head-room as possible on the second floor. The low-pitched gable roof with an end chimney and the eaves returns on the gable ends are in the neo-classic design tradition. This design is modified, however, by the practical nature of the vernacular-style builder, as seen in the asymmetrical arrangement of the three bays in the original front elevation - the off-centre door allows the room on the east side to be larger that the room on the west side. The shed-roofed one-storey side addition for the kitchen is an apt development of this asymmetry. The north elevation is mirrored in the south elevation, suggesting that the house was designed - like Joseph Brant's house - to have two fronts: one facing the lake, and the other facing north with an inland vista up Martha Street. The structure should be investigated to see if it is a typical form of early construction, a half-timber or columbage construction, insulated between the struts with rubble and lime. The original narrow clapboard siding is exceptionally well preserved. The wood sash windows with matching shutters have a simple drip shelf header. The shutters also appear to be original. It is possible, however, that they were built for the Sheppards by their son-in-law, the builder George Blair. The interior, especially the second storey, has kept its integrity. ENVIRONMENT: Painted an eye-catching pink and white, this is a well-known Downtown landmark along the Lakeshore Road. It makes a very strong contribution to the heritage streetscape of the lakeshore and Pearl Street in the Village Square. USABILITY: It is zoned for commercial retail use, with some parking at the rear. INTEGRITY: For over 150 years, owners of this property have not spoiled the house with inappropriate \"improvements\". It has retained exceptional integrity and authenticity and represents a very rare opportunity for a purchaser who appreciates historic structures. The effects of deferred maintenance and modifications for new uses should be attended to by an architect or designer and a contractor who are experienced with the special techniques of historical restoration and renovation. LACAC is willing to advise on such techniques and practices. The house has the highest priority for preservation, perhaps by relocation if necessary."},{"label":"Creator","value":"Pat Taylor"},{"label":"Date","value":"1847"},{"label":"Date (EDTF)","value":"D:00 M:00 Y:1847"},{"label":"Title","value":"2096 Gore Street (Now Lakeshore Road), Burlington, ON"},{"label":"Repository","value":["Burlington Historical Society"]}],"description":"2096 Gore Street (Now Lakeshore Road), Burlington, ON","sequences":[{"@type":"sc:Sequence","canvases":[{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/qstarter29/iiif/e286601d-016c-464d-be85-d3d3d578b3d4/canvas/_1","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"2096 Gore Street (Now Lakeshore Road), Burlington, ON","height":1064,"width":1600,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/qstarter29/iiif/e286601d-016c-464d-be85-d3d3d578b3d4/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/e286601d-016c-464d-be85-d3d3d578b3d4","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/e286601d-016c-464d-be85-d3d3d578b3d4/canvas/_1","metadata":[]}],"thumbnail":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/qstarter29/iiif/e286601d-016c-464d-be85-d3d3d578b3d4/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","height":500,"width":500}}]}],"thumbnail":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/qstarter29/iiif/e286601d-016c-464d-be85-d3d3d578b3d4/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","logo":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/qstarter29/iiif/logo"}