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Mary Ann Wilken House

588, Gorham Street, Newmarket, Ontario, L3Y, Canada

Reconnu formellement en: 2006/02/27

588 Gorham Street; Heritage Newmarket 2007
Mary Ann Wilken House
588 Gorham Street; Heritage Newmarket 2007
Mary Ann Wilken House
588 Gorham Street, Front of the House; Heritage Newmarket 2007
Mary Ann Wilken House

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Date(s) de construction

Inscrit au répertoire canadien: 2009/03/13

Énoncé d'importance

Description du lieu patrimonial

The Mary Ann Wilken House is located at 588 Gorham Street, in Newmarket Ontario. This one-and-a-half storey, unadorned Gothic Revival residence was built in circa 1875. It was clad in wood siding and rests upon a concrete foundation.

The Mary Ann Wilken House has been designated, for its historical and architectural significance, by the Town of Newmarket, through By-law number 2006-44.

Valeur patrimoniale

Named for its longest resident, Mary Ann Wilken, who lived there from 1875 to 1911, the building's construction is attributed to the previous owner, George Watson Hunter. It is located on Gorham Street, named for Eli Gorham, the original landowner and one of the earliest settlers in Newmarket.

The Wilken house is one-and-a-half storeys in height, of wood construction and rests on a concrete foundation. The building is an excellent example of a simple and unadorned Gothic Revival style house, popular in various forms, during the 19th century. In addition this house exemplifies the type of accommodations available to working and trades families, in Newmarket, during the latter half of the 19th century.

The building features a rectangular floor plan facing Gorham Street, with a centred main entrance, which is flanked by shuttered one-over-one double-hung windows. The gable roof is interrupted by a steeply pitched central gable that highlights the upper-storey window. The kitchen was added shortly after the home's construction to accommodate the Wilken family. During its history other additions have been made to the house, the most recent being a mudroom, a screened summer porch and a detached garage.

The straight lines and minimal decoration of the house provide a clean canvas for the gable window. Purchased during a renovation fundraising sale, from the Christian Baptist Church, its use of a former church window, is evident in the Gothic elements of pointed arch and tracery which contains stained glass. The window was original to the church and is of the same time period as the house.

Source: Town of Newmarket, By-law number 2006-44.

Éléments caractéristiques

Character defining elements which illustrate the heritage value of the Mary Ann Wilken house include its:
- simple and rectangular plan
- lack of decorative features that simplifies the gothic revival style
- stained glass window, that originally belonged to the Christian Baptist Church
- frame construction with wood siding

Reconnaissance

Juridiction

Ontario

Autorité de reconnaissance

Administrations locales (Ont.)

Loi habilitante

Loi sur le patrimoine de l'Ontario

Type de reconnaissance

Désignation du patrimoine municipal (partie IV)

Date de reconnaissance

2006/02/27

Données sur l'histoire

Date(s) importantes

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Thème - catégorie et type

Un territoire à peupler
Les établissements

Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction

Actuelle

Résidence
Logement unifamilial

Historique

Architecte / Concepteur

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Constructeur

George Watson Hunter

Informations supplémentaires

Emplacement de la documentation

Newmarket Historical Society 134 Main Street S. Newmarket, ON L3Y 3Y7 Heritage Newmarket C/O Town Clerk, Town of Newmarket Municipal Offices 395 Mulock Drive P.O. Box 328 STN Main Newmarket, ON L3Y 4X7

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Identificateur féd./prov./terr.

HPON07-0272

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