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HB NEWS 19TH CENTURY CABIN/FORMER CHURCH PARSONAGE T0 BE DEMOLISHED VID LEA dlea@metroland.com A 19th century settler's cabin and former Palermo Methodist Church Parson- \ouse, which is lo- cated at 3017 OldBronteRd., was built around 1819 and was recently designated 2 a property of cultural hi tage value under part Vv ‘of the Ontario Heritage Act. a report submitted to council, town staff noted that the property owner supported the designation and, in the summer of 2022, hired a heritage contractor to complete restoration work on the buildi Anew roof was complet- ed, and the non-historic concrete porch and side- walks around the house ‘were removed to expose the tore foundation and be- gin re] "Town stat noted it was structural issues and dete- rioration. "Instead of an intact stone foundation, the con- tractor founda collection of loose fieldstones with no mortar," wrote Carolyn Van Sligtenhorst, town Heritage Planner, in a re- port to council. ‘Further, the sill plates around the house and heavy timber plate beam holding up the framing of the house had been in direct contact with the soil and had suffered significant de- terioration and, in some ar- eas, were missing sections entirely." Town staff noted that due to this deterioration, the framing 0 of the house in some anging with no support from below and is leaning with a 25-centi- metre slant. The contractor also re- ported significant rot in the wall and roof framing from water infiltration. The property owner hired structural engineers to complete an assessment of the building's structural integrity. The report by Revive Structural ngineering, which has oxperunee with heritage structures, called the structure 'unsafe' and recommended that the building be deconstructed, that a safety fence be erected around the site and that the building be photographed, historical significance. Van Sligtenhorst said staff have inspected the building's areas of concern and determined tl any kind of rebuild mee would require a significant amount of material to bere- Placed, resulting in a repli- with very few heritage clements rel Town staff ultimately recommended that the building's cultural heritage value be protected: thro photo documentation prior to the building being dis- mantled; and through the 8-1450 Headon Rd, HHS photo The 19th century settler's cabin and former Palermo Mainoatet Church Parsonage at 3017 Old Bronte Rd. salvaging and storing of in- eo | Se will be designed and con- & structed in conjunction & and vis- Van Sligtenhorst many of the salvaged mat rials will be reused in the commemorative feature. The building served as the Palermo ane fee at Church ps e for al- most four decades, during which time it was not only home to the pastors and their families but the church's administrative of- fice. said 202 Lz ‘aame kepay LL | sent tact historic materials, in- The dwelling was alsoan cluding wood beams, tim- example of Victorian Goth- er framing, wood win- ic style, which was popular bows wood window trim, in Ontario at the time of its wood cladding and founda- _ construction. tion stone. With all information Staff also called for the heard council voted to ap- construction of a com-_ prove town staffs recom- feature on the , including one subject property,complete that called’ for the com- with signage and/or other memorative feature to be interpretive devices used to tell the history of the property. 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