1702 Fernwood Road
1702 Fernwood Road, Victoria, Colombie-Britannique, V8T, Canada
Reconnu formellement en:
1978/05/25
Autre nom(s)
1702 Fernwood Road
Elsworth Edwin Wescott House
Liens et documents
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Date(s) de construction
1907/01/01 à 1908/01/01
Inscrit au répertoire canadien:
2005/11/02
Énoncé d'importance
Description du lieu patrimonial
1702 Fernwood Road is a one-and-one-half storey, wood frame house situated on the northwest corner of the intersection of Fernwood Road and Balmoral Road behind a low wall. It is located near the centre of the Fernwood neighbourhood, approximately one and one-half kilometers from the downtown core of Victoria.
Valeur patrimoniale
1702 Fernwood Road is valued as an excellent example of a Queen Anne house built during the Edwardian era, when the style was declining from its earlier popularity in Victoria and was showing signs of transition to other styles. The building is located on a corner lot with two façades, each viewable from a different street. Each of these façades presents the impression of an asymmetrical Queen Anne house; however, when viewed obliquely from the corner, the house is perceived as symmetrical, congruent with the contemporary trend to Classical Revival houses.
1702 Fernwood Road epitomizes the homes of a large number of residents of the Fernwood neighbourhood, many of whom were skilled workers or small business owners.
Sources: City of Victoria Planning & Development Department; Victoria Heritage Foundation
Éléments caractéristiques
The character-defining elements of 1702 Fernwood Road include:
- its landmark corner location
- the overall symmetry when viewed on the diagonal through the corner
- the Queen Anne elements of the design, such as the cutaway bay windows with their coloured glass transoms, the beveled siding on the first-floor level separated by a pent roof from the shingles on the second-floor level, the wraparound porch, the pinnacles and cresting on the roof, and the cross gables and the corner tower with its eave brackets
- the Classical Revival elements, such as the Tuscan columns on the porch
- the artificial stone wall and piers and metal gate between the house and the street
Reconnaissance
Juridiction
Colombie-Britannique
Autorité de reconnaissance
Administrations locales (C.-B.)
Loi habilitante
Local Government Act, art.967
Type de reconnaissance
Désignation patrimoniale
Date de reconnaissance
1978/05/25
Données sur l'histoire
Date(s) importantes
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Thème - catégorie et type
- Exprimer la vie intellectuelle et culturelle
- L'architecture et l'aménagement
Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction
Actuelle
- Résidence
- Édifice à logements multiples
Historique
- Résidence
- Logement unifamilial
Architecte / Concepteur
s/o
Constructeur
s/o
Informations supplémentaires
Emplacement de la documentation
Victoria Planning Dept
Victoria Heritage Foundation
Réfère à une collection
Identificateur féd./prov./terr.
DcRu-213
Statut
Édité
Inscriptions associées
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