Description of Historic Place

623-629 Main Street is a two-storey brick commercial row building of late 19th-century Italianate architecture located in downtown Woodstock. The building is part of a row of similar buildings that have traditionally formed the town’s retail and service district.

Heritage Value

623-629 Main Street is designated as a Local Historic Place for its late 19th-century commercial row building architecture.

623-629 Main Street is a good example of the Italianate row buildings that form the town’s retail and service district. Built as part of the reconstruction of Woodstock’s downtown after the disastrous fire of 1877, 623-629 Main Street has retained many of its original architectural characteristics. Despite several changes over the years, much of the red brick exterior is original.

The buildings value also lies in that it continues to serve its original purpose as a commercial/residential property.

Source: Carleton County Historical Society Places Files, “Pantry Shop”

Character-Defining Elements

The character-defining elements that describe 623-629 Main Street include:
- rectangular two-storey massing;
- overall symmetry of the façade;
- segmented arch windows;
- large display windows;
- recessed entrances;
- separate front entrance and rear entrance to residential apartments;
- common bond red brick exterior;
- brick patterning at the roof line and framing the windows;
- physical attachment on the north side to the neighbouring building.