Description of Historic Place

The Howard Eaton Confectionary is located at 228 Queen Street South, on the west side of Queen Street South, south of Pearl Street, in the former village of Streetsville, now the City of Mississauga. The two-storey brick building was constructed in circa 1886.

The property was designated, by the City of Mississauga in 1997, for its heritage value, under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act, By-law 394-97.

Heritage Value

The Howard Eaton Confectionary is associated with the land originally patented to James Glendenning, Streetsville's first settler. John Graydon, a well-known local builder, purchased Lot 21 in 1866. The building was believed to have been built by John Graydon for Howard Eaton in circa 1886.

The Howard Eaton Confectionary is a good example of typical commercial architecture of small Ontario towns. These elements include the dichromatic brickwork, the unique keyhole type window, the fanciful verge board and the pilasters on the storefront.

Source: City of Mississauga, By-law 384-97.

Character-Defining Elements

Character defining elements that contribute to the heritage value of the Howard Eaton Confectionary include the:
- two-storey red brick exterior
- gable roof
- decorative verge board
- buff coloured quoins
- segmented window arches
- keyhole windows
- bay window with flat its mansard roof
- pilasters
- bracketed cornice returns