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Inventory Report: 2483 Burnhamthorpe Rd. West, Schellenberg Stables

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39: 2483 Burnhamthorpe Rd. West, Schellenberg Stables

1. Description of Property Municipal Address 2483 Burnhamthorpe Rd. West Name (if applicable) Schellenberg Stables Legal Description PT LT 30, CON 2 TRAFALGAR, NORTH OF DUNDAS STREET , AS IN 645654, EXCEPT PT 1,

20R11519 ; OAKVILLE/TRAFALGAR Location of Property The property is located on the north side of Burnhamthorpe Road West. Bronte Road (Hwy

25) is located to the west, the 407 Express Toll Route to the south and east, and Trafalgar Road further to the west and Lower Base Line further to the north.

Ownership Private Access Access granted by owner. Site visit completed September 8, 2015 (AB, ES, CU) Current Use Residential-Commercial Existing Designation Listed on the Register of Properties of Cultural Heritage Value of Interest (NOT Designated).

Description: “This property has potential cultural heritage value for its historic farmstead, including the house and outbuildings, historically associated with the agricultural development of Trafalgar Township.”

General Description Schellenberg Stables is an equestrian business (boarding and lessons) and residence. The property comprises a two-storey, vernacular farmhouse, stables, barns, grazing areas, and training arenas (indoor and outdoor). The property is bounded by agricultural fields to the east, west and south, and by a driving range to the north. The topography of the property is slightly rolling; the house is built on a high point. A number of mature trees and newer plantings were noted along the laneway and throughout the property, including: Manitoba Maple, Willow, Siberian Elm, Sugar Maple, Silver Maple, Oak, Hickory, Black Locust.

Priority Level Low

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2. Key Recommendations Priority = Low

Rationale for priority level:

• Potential for development in surrounding landscape; • All existing built and natural cultural heritage resources may not have been identified or included in current listing.

Recommendations for future action:

• Continue to keep this property Listed on the Register of Properties of Cultural Heritage Value of Interest (NOT Designated); and

• Consider initiating a rural properties study to evaluate and consider protection and planning for farmsteads as a group.

3. Documentation and Inventory of Built Form List of Built Features:

• Two-storey, Edwardian style residence with aluminum cladding and hipped roof, with one storey tail (possibly earlier farmhouse) and a newer one storey addition off the east elevation;

• In-ground pool to the rear (north) of the residence, with wooden perimeter fence; • Seven large outbuildings of varying ages, scales and materials (i.e., cinderblock, frame with metal or aluminum

cladding), related to the activities of boarding and riding lessons; • A newer structure east of the farmhouse is a recent replacement for an earlier cinderblock structure; • A gravel laneway; and • Fencing throughout the property delineates activity areas (primarily wooden) and white vertical plank fence at the

entrance to the property.

4. Documentation and Inventory of Natural Form List of Natural Features:

• Old Manitoba Maple, Willow, Siberian Elm, Sugar Maple, Silver Maple, Oak, Hickory, Black Locust; • Willows located in odd places (front lawn, behind sawdust shed, in middle of gravel barnyard); and • Gently, rolling topography.


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5. Design (Typology)

‘X’ all that apply

Categories of Cultural Heritage Landscape

Description

Designed Landscape “…clearly defined landscape designed and created intentionally by man.”

x Organically Evolved Landscape

“…results from an initial social, economic, administrative, and/or religious imperative and has developed in its present form in response to its natural environment”

Relict Landscape (Evolved Landscape)

“…in which an evolutionary process came to an end at some time in the past.”

X Continuing Landscape (Evolved Landscape)

“…retains an active social role in contemporary society closely associated with the traditional way of life, and which the evolutionary process is still in progress.”

Associative Cultural Landscape

“…justifiable by virtue of the powerful religious, artistic, or cultural associations of the natural element rather than material cultural evidence, which may be insignificant or even absent.”

6. Historical and Thematic Associations The 200- acre parcel comprising Lot 30, Concession II (NDS) was first patented from the Crown to James Campbell, who is shown on the 1806 Wilmot survey map (Figure 3).1 Campbell is shown occupying the south half of the lot on both Tremaine’s 1858 Map of the County of Halton and the 1877 Map of Trafalgar, from the Illustrated Historical Atlas of the County of Halton. A farmhouse and orchard are indicated on the 1877 map (Figure 4).

Burnhamthorpe Road was created in the 1850's, likely as a result of increase in land grants between 1840 and 1850. More land parcels were settled and subsequently farmed. Among Oakville’s early exports were timber and potash, as local farmers undertook the process of clearing their land. By the 1840s and 1850s a great deal of land had been cleared and wheat fields were quickly established, followed by diversified grain crops. Following the crash in wheat price in 1857, fruit, in particular strawberries, began to be farmed commercially. By 1870, the area had more than 300 acres of strawberries.

1 Trafalgar Township Historical Society Website. Wilmot Survey, 1806. Accessed online October 2015, at http://images.ourontario.ca/TrafalgarTownship/2703198/data


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Figure 3: 1806 Wilmot Survey listing James Campbell under Lot 30, Con 2 (Wilmot Survey, 1806)

Figure 4: 1877 Township of Trafalgar Map shows James Campbell’s farm, south half of Lot 30 (Pope, 1877)

7. Contextual Associations Land use in the vicinity of the property is dominated by agricultural fields. Agricultural fields are located to the east, west, and south of the property. A driving range is located to the north. Schellenberg Stables represents a portion of, what was once, a much larger farmstead which incorporated surrounding agricultural fields to the east, west and north of the existing property parcel.


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8. Evaluation (O. Reg 9/06)

O.Reg.9/06 Criteria Criteria

Potentially Met (Y/N)

Potential Justification

1.The property has design value or physical value because it,

i. is a rare, unique, representative or early example of a style, type, expression, material, or construction method,

Y

Schellenberg Stables may be representative of the evolution of a 19th century, Trafalgar Township farm.

ii. displays a high degree of craftsmanship or artistic merit, or

N Not shown.

iii. demonstrates a high degree of technical or scientific achievement.

N Not shown.

2. The property has historical value or associative value because it,

i. has direct associations with a theme, event, belief, person, activity, organization or institution that is significant to a community,

Y

Schellenberg Stables is associated with the agricultural heritage of Trafalgar Township.

ii. yields, or has the potential to yield, information that contributes to an understanding of a community or culture, or

N Not known.

iii. demonstrates or reflects the work or ideas of an architect, artist, builder, designer or theorist who is significant to a community.

N Not shown.

3. The property has contextual value because it,

i. is important in defining, maintaining or supporting the character of an area,

N Not shown.

ii. is physically, functionally, visually or historically linked to its surroundings, or

N Not shown.

iii. is a landmark. N Not shown.


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9. Photographic Documentation

Figure 5: Stables (AB 2015)

Figure 6: Main Barn, indoor training arena (AB 2015)


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Figure 7: Outdoor training arena (AB 2015)

10. Analysis & Recommendations Potential Heritage Value:

Schellenberg Stables may have heritage value as a representative example of a 19th century farmstead and because of its historical associations with 19th century farming in Oakville. Its heritage value will depend on the integrity of the property (the extent to which it retains original elements of a 19th century farmstead) in comparison with other farmsteads in the Town. The value may lie in the collection of buildings created for agricultural purposes, and their placement on the site and in relation to the road and fields, more than in individual buildings.

Actions:

The property at 2483 Burnhamthorpe Road West is one of a number of former farmsteads listed on the Town Register of Properties of Cultural Heritage Value or Interest. It may be beneficial for the Town to look at these farmsteads as a group before making decisions about their heritage value and the appropriate means of protection. The Town could consider a heritage designation under Part IV OHA, but this may be an inappropriate tool to protect a Continuing (Evolved) Landscape; such a property may be better conserved through zoning or other planning measures.

A ‘low’ priority level is recommended for the following reasons:

• Potential for development of surrounding area; and • All existing built and natural cultural heritage resources may not have been identified or included in current listing.

11. Sources Bourke, Judith. Sixteen Hollow – 1820-1880, n.d., Accessed August, 2015 http://www.oakville.ca/culturerec/is-sixteen.html


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Gourlay, Robert. Trafalgar’s Story, 1817, Trafalgar Township Historical Society. Summer 2014 Newsletter: 7. Accessed online September, 2015 http://www.tths.ca/Newsletter-Summer2014.pdf

Griffin, George A. Oakville: past and present. Toronto: Griffin & Griffin, 1912.

Pope, J.H. Illustrated Historical Atlas of the County of Halton, Ont. Toronto: Walker & Miles. 1877. Accessed August 2015 from http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/countyatlas/searchmapframes.php

Town of Oakville Heritage Register: Section F. Last updated: October 24th, 2014. Accessed online http://www.oakville.ca/assets/2011%20planning/hrtg-SectionF-2015.pdf

Town of Oakville. Heritage Planning, Planning Services. North Oakville Heritage Resource: Review and Strategy. March 2010.

----Digital copy of 1806 Map of Trafalgar Township.

Trafalgar Township Historical Society. Early Ward 5 History. Accessed online October 2015, from http://www.tths.ca/ward5.html

Tremaine, George. Map of the County of Halton. Oakville: George C. Tremaine, 1858. Accessed online http://images.oakville.halinet.on.ca/58485/image/136620.

http://www.tths.ca/ward5.html

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1. Description of Property - Oakville - business/39-Schellenburg... · General Description Schellenberg Stables is an equestrian business (boarding and lessons) and residence. The