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Frederick P. Gregory Residence

20 Horsfield Street, Saint John, New Brunswick, E2L, Canada

Formally Recognized: 1982/03/18

This photograph shows the contextual view of the building, 2005; City of Saint John
Frederick P. Gregory Residence - Contextual View
This photograph shows the entrance to the building, 2005; City of Saint John
Frederick P. Gregory Residence - Entrance
This photograph shows the cornice and the upper portion of the bay window, 2005; City of Saint John
Frederick P. Gregory Residence - Cornice

Other Name(s)

Frederick P. Gregory Residence
Miss Jessie Earle's Boarding House
Maison de pension de Mlle Jessie Earle

Links and documents

Construction Date(s)

Listed on the Canadian Register: 2009/01/23

Statement of Significance

Description of Historic Place

The Frederick Gregory Residence is a two-storey Craftsman home with an overhanging cornice, an off-centered entrance and a two-storey square bay window. It is located on Horsfield Street in the Trinity Royal Heritage Preservation Area of Saint John.

Heritage Value

The Frederick Gregory Residence is designated a Local Historic Place for being part of the rebuilding of a Saint John residential district after the Great Saint John Fire of 1877. Although there are questions in regards to the age of this particular building, it is amongst a collection of commercial and residential, Italianate and Second Empire buildings that were built between 1877 and 1881 after two thirds of the City of Saint John were destroyed by the fire. The correct age of Frederick Gregory Residence is uncertain. This may have been either an 1878 Italianate home that underwent a complete façade renovation or a Craftsman residence constructed about 1916. It is known that stevedore Frederick Gregory had a wooden home with a cased brick façade built on this site shortly after the 1877 fire and lived in it until 1892. Miss Jessie Earle operated a boarding house in the late 1890's.

Source: Planning and Development Department - City of Saint John

Character-Defining Elements

The character defining elements that describe the Frederick P. Gregory Residence include:
- similar set-back with western neighbour;
- rectangular two-storey massing;
- wide projecting roof-line cornice with brackets;
- clapboard siding with pilaster corner boards;
- square two-storey bay window;
- Craftsman style windows with transoms in the bay window;
- cornices over the upper and lower portions of the bay window;
- Craftsman style sidelights and transom window around a wooden door with glass panel;
- columns supporting the entablature over the entrance.

Recognition

Jurisdiction

New Brunswick

Recognition Authority

Local Governments (NB)

Recognition Statute

Municipal Heritage Preservation Act, s.5(1)

Recognition Type

Municipal Heritage Preservation Act

Recognition Date

1982/03/18

Historical Information

Significant Date(s)

1916/01/01 to 1916/01/01

Theme - Category and Type

Expressing Intellectual and Cultural Life
Architecture and Design

Function - Category and Type

Current

Residence
Single Dwelling

Historic

Residence
Multiple Dwelling

Architect / Designer

n/a

Builder

n/a

Additional Information

Location of Supporting Documentation

Planning and Development Department - City of Saint John

Cross-Reference to Collection

Fed/Prov/Terr Identifier

638

Status

Published

Related Places

n/a

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