Heritage Properties

Legal Description:

Plan 19 Blk 2 Part of Lot No.13

Owner:

Ashley & Josee Davies
1405 County Road 2
Johnstown, ON
K0E 1T1

Designating By-Law: 1913

Heritage Attributes:

Built circa 1795 by an unknown builder, this property is an interesting example of a commercial structure, with a basic pattern of a simplified three storey Scottish-Canadian architecture; incorporating beautiful exterior and interior moldings, rugged stone work and zestful fireplaces. It maintained its original design and fabric with a few interior alterations. The building is a local landmark and important in streetscape terms because of its position and location. 

Legal Description:

Plan 19 BLK BLK 1 PT Lot 199

Owner:

Stanley & April Sinclair
356 East Street
Prescott, ON
K0E 1T0

Designating By-Law: 1962

Historical Attributes:

356 East Street was the home of Mrs. Mona and the late Captain C.W. Fetterly and is one of the most exciting and interesting buildings in the Prescott area. The structure was built circa 1810 by Edward Jessup as a schoolmaster's residence. From 1812 to 1835 the building was used as a barrack, military hospital, and store house. 

The home, of stone construction, is minimally altered architecturally from the original structure and contains original interior moldings, floors and pegged beams. The building's rare and elaborate network of chimneys link three fireplaces and a bake oven.

Archaeologically, the adjacent grounds contain remains of a surgery, an embrasured stockade, and other temporary buildings dating from the War of 1812.

Legal Description:

Plan 19, Block 2 Part Lot 6 Part Lot 7

Owner:

Interiors By Harding Inc.
P.O. Box 1295
Prescott, ON 
K0E 1T0

Designating By-Law:  1984-25

Historical Attributes:

These two buildings are fine examples of mid-Victorian commercial buildings from the early 1870s, a time when Prescott was experiencing a very impressive period of growth.

Together with the Baines building, these two buildings form one harmonious whole. It is important to preserve the façade of all three buildings since all three were constructed according to the same design. 

Grocers, Thomas and Marcus Keilty bought the King Street property in 1871. Together with the Boyd and Baines buildings, they form one of the most satisfying group of stores remaining on King Street. 

While all three buildings follow the same basic design in the new Italianate style, each have their subtle differences. The Keilty store is faced with ashlar limestone. This storefront provides an excellent example of the Victorian preference for changes in colour, texture, and design within the same composition. 

Legal Description:

Plan 19 Block 2 Lot 12 and Part of Lots 10 & 11 and Part of the Water Lots in front of Lots in front of Lots 10, 11 & 12, South side of Water Street, Plan 15R-6713

Owner:
Town of Prescott
P.O. Box 160
Prescott, ON
K0E 1T0

Designating By-Law: 1984-33 amended by 1987-15

Heritage Attributes: 

These large stone buildings are the only surviving properties on Water Street that were once warehouses that were important along Prescott's waterfront during the forwarding trade. 

Built in 1840 and 1844 when the forwarding trade was at its height and have retained their essential character despite alterations that have been made over the years.

This property has been associated with commercial enterprises that were important to Prescott, including the Life Saver Company in the 1920's and the Gold Glove Company during the second World War. 

Legal Description:

Part of Lots 47 and 46 on the South side of King Street, Block 3, according to Plan 19 and Part of Water Street opposite Lots 32 and 47 on the South side of King Street, in Block 3, according to Plan 19, designated as Part One on Plan 15R6032

Owner:

Linda & Mellis Ferguson
543 King Street West,
Prescott, ON 
K0E 1T0

Designating By-Law: 1984-43

Heritage Attributes:

Built for Susannah Covell Jessup, the wife of Edward Jessup II, both Loyalist founding families of Prescott, in 1805. This building is one of the oldest buildings in the Town of Prescott.

The building is an example of the rubble-stone cottages built in this part of Ontario as the first permanent dwelling place of pioneer settlers. 

Bartholomew White, the first Mayor of Prescott purchased and resided in the house in 1853.

Legal description:

Lot 7 on the South side of Dibble Street in Block 2 of the Town of Prescott. 

Owner:

2527132 Ontario Limited
Suite 402, 160 George Street,
Ottawa, ON
K1N 9M2

Designating By-Law: 1985-30

Heritage Attributes: 

Purchased from Susannah Covel Jessup, the wife of Edward Jessup II, in 1824 by Dr. William James Scott.

Dr. Scott attended the wounded in this home during the Battle of the Windmill which took place in 1838. The building is an example of the two storey homes built by many Upper Canada Loyalists during the period of 1785 to 1835.

Richard Scott, son of Dr. Scott, was knighted Sir Richard Scott in 1909 following 60 years of political life and is recognized as "the Father of the Separate School Act 1860" and was instrumental in having the "Scott Act: - the Canadian Temperance Act of 1878 passed. 

More recently property owners include Mr. W.H. Raney was a druggist and carried on business in Prescott for nearly sixty years.

Legal Description:

East one-quarter of Lot 7 on the North side of King Street in Block 2 according to Plan 19, saving and excepting the Northerly or rear ten feet, together with a right-of-way in common with others entitled thereto in, over, along and upon a strip of land twenty feet in width comprising ten feet off the rear of said Lot 7 on the North side of King Street and ten feet off the rear of said Lot 7 on the South side of Henry Street in said Block 2.

Owner:

1374594 Ontario Inc
1405 County Road 2,
Johnstown, ON 
K0E 1T1

Designating By-Law: 1985-31

Historical Attributes:

The Mechanics Block was an important contribution to the main business street of Prescott when it was completed in 1874. This property remains an integral part of the present downtown streetscape. The commercial buildings of the 1870s continue to dominate the main street and to determine its character even today.

Thomas Coates, Samuel Miles Coons, and Nesfield Ward purchased the property from Peter Moran. The three property owners co-operated in the construction of the large business block.

This three-storey building had a façade that was faced with yellow brick while the sides and back were constructed with red brick. There are four bays across the façade, each containing three windows which have stone sills and arched limestone cornices supported by small consoles. The large wooden cornice across the top of the building is decorated with brackets terminating in acorn-shaped finials. 

Legal Description:

Part West half of the East half of Lot 7 fronting on the N/S of King Street, Block 2, Plan 19

Owner:

Ashley & Josee Davies
1405 County Road 2,
Johnstown, ON 
K0E 1T1

Designating By-Law: 1985-32

Historical Attributes:

The façade of this property is designated due to its architectural and historical value. The façade is faced with yellow brick while the sides and back are constructed of red brick. There are four bays across the façade, each containing three windows which have stone sills and arched limestone cornices supported by small consoles. The large wooden cornice across the top of the building is decorated with brackets terminating in acorn-shaped finials. 

Legal Description:

East half of the West half of Lot 7 in Block 2, Plan 19

Owner:

Benoit Quenneville
1415 County Road 2 W, RR1
Prescott, ON
K0E 1T0

Designating By-Law: 1985-33

Historical Attributes:

The façade of this property is designated due to its architectural and historical value. The façade is faced with yellow brick while the sides and back are constructed of red brick. There are four bays across the façade, each containing three windows which have stone sills and arched limestone cornices supported by small consoles. The large wooden cornice across the top of the building is decorated with brackets terminating in acorn-shaped finials. 

Legal Description:

West quarter of Lot 7, Block 2, Plan 19

Owner:

Multivision Group
PO Box 500 BDGtN STN A
Ottawa ON K1N 8T7

Designating By-Law: 1985-34

Historical Attributes:

The façade of this property is designated due to its architectural and historical value. The façade is faced with yellow brick while the sides and back are constructed of red brick. There are four bays across the façade, each containing three windows which have stone sills and arched limestone cornices supported by small consoles. The large wooden cornice across the top of the building is decorated with brackets terminating in acorn-shaped finials. 

Legal Description:

Lot 8, North side Dibble Street, and Lot 8 South side of James Street, Block 2, Plan 

Owner:

Moulton Group Inc.
2075 Shanly Rd.,
Cardinal, ON 
K0E 1E0

Designating By-Law: 1985-50

Historical Attributes:

The Samuel Crane House was built by Samuel Crane, a prominent Prescott business man and head of the largest board and barge forwarding house in Canada. Mr. Crane represented the County of Grenville in parliament and was called to the Legislative Council in 1848, and became The Honorable Samuel Crane. 

The Samuel Crane House was later used as a doctor's office and in 1905 sold to the Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Kingston for use as a convent. 

This house is an imposing structure and appears to be a mix of Upper Canada Neo Classic style and Upper Canada Regency. The home is comprised of two sections. The front and main part of the home was built around 1830 with the smaller section at the rear built around 1875.

The windows are double hung with elongated sash and thin glazing bars. There are twelve sections to each window. The lintels over the doors and windows are stone. The exterior of the home is stucco over stone. There is a hip roof gently sloping down to the eaves. The eaves is the most prominent part of the home. It is supported by forty-four wood carved ornamental brackets which give strength and beauty to the entire roof line. 

This beautiful home sits in the centre of a large lot immediately east of the Roman Catholic Church. It is a stately and imposing structure which the builder, The Honorable Samuel Crane, a man of distinction, no doubt intended it to be. 

Legal Description:

Plan 19 Block 3 Lots 27 and 28

Owner:

David Franklin
243 Bruce Street,
Oshawa, ON 
L1H 1R4

Designating By-Law: 1983-36

Historical Attributes:

The house was build by Albert Whitney, a prominent Prescott business man associated with the J.P. Wiser distillery, one of the important town business enterprises of the late 19th and early 20th century. It is a good example of two-storey Victorian town dwelling erected by a prosperous business man of the time period and plays an important part in the streetscape of that part of north side of Dibble Street. 

Albert Whitney erected the house in 1875 and was married to Charlotte Coursolles Jones, the daughter of Alphaeus Jones, one of the prominent Loyalist settlers in Prescott. 

The imposing two-storey red brick dwelling built in the mid-Victorian period possesses decorated stone lintels over the double hung windows, double outer doors and a segmental inner door set off-centre in the façade of the building. There is a decorated frieze surrounding the building, and open wooden front verandah and a wooden belvedere surmounting the room.

Set well back form the street on a well-treed lot, the house complements a streetscape made up of such other dwellings as the Chauncey Peck House next door and the Alphaeus Jones House on the same side of Dibble Street in the next block east. 

Legal Description:

East half of Lot No. 6 on the south side of King Street in Block 2 according to Plan 19

Owner:

13466541 Canada Inc.
36 Conover St,
Nepean ON
K2G 3Z5

Designating By-Law: 1983-37

Historical Attributes:

The front façade of the Keilty Building is an excellent example of mercantile architecture dating from the 1870s, the heyday of Prescott's commercial boom.

Built by Marcus Keilty in 1874, the existing buildings and new additions were harmoniously incorporated and the whole fronted by a magnificent façade in the then new Italianate style.

In 1878, the Canadian Illustrated News described the building as "a fine block," and said that it "would do credit to any city."

The façade is worth of preservation both to commemorate past achievements and to maintain downtown Prescott's period streetscape.

Its stone on brick façade in classical Italianate style with extant limestone round-headed windows, flat roof, and decorative cornices should be preserved. 

Legal Description:

Lots 1 & 2, south side of King Street, Block 2, Plan 19

Owner:

Torbill Holdings Ltd
612 C O'Connor Dr,
Kingston ON
K7P 1N3

Designating By-Law: 1983-38

Historical Attributes:

The Duffy Hotel is a tangible illustration of the evolution of commercial growth in Prescott. It is a 19^th century building that began as a Tavern, bakery, boarder house, and now apartments.

Several improvements were made in 1868 including the addition of shop fronts to the dressed limestone façade on the North face of the block. 

The property is composed of four separately built sections each with similar building materials, wall heights, roof slopes and window openings but with different details reflecting the evolution of the block. The eastern portion is also stuccoed on the east and south faces. Inside, some original features including original bake ovens are extant. The basic structure, the stone work, and original features should be preserved. 

Legal Description:

Part of Lot 6 on the South side of King Street, in Block 2, according to Plan 19.

Owner:

Pierre Lalonde
162 King Street West, Unit #2
Prescott, ON
K0E 1T0

Designating By-Law: 1984-24

Historical Attributes:

These two buildings are fine examples of mid-Victorian commercial buildings from the early 1870s, a time when Prescott was experiencing a very impressive period of growth.

These properties form one harmonious whole with the Baines building. These three buildings were constructed according to the same basic design, with importance placed on the preservation of the façade of all three. 

Grocers, Thomas and Marcus Keitly bought their King Street property in 1871. It is believed that all three properties, including the Baines building, were constructed in 1874 since the keystone in the Boyd building bears the inscription "1874". In 1878, the Canadian Illustrated News described the building as a fine block which would do credit to any city. 

Legal Description:

Plan 19 Block 3 Part Lot 38 Lots 39, 40 north side Dibble Street Part Lots 38, 39, 40 south side James Street 

Owner:

Adam Strimaitis & Paige Stewart
530 Dibble Street West
P.O. Box 555
Prescott, ON
K0E 1T0

Designating By-Law: 1984-23

Historical Attributes:

Built by James Irwin, a prosperous Prescott lumber merchant who was the Mayor of Prescott six times in the late 1860's and 1870's. This house is a good example of Italianate style popular during that time period. 

James Irwin during his time as mayor was responsible for imposing Old Town Hall that stood on King Street, which was completed in 1874 during his last term as mayor. 

The James Irwin house is a fine example of the Italianate style town house. There is a large square tower on the south-east corner of the house with three semi-circular windows on each side offering a magnificent view over the river and the town. All the windows in the house are round headed. The main window on the façade of the building is a three-sash with mullion window, each sash having a semi-circular head. Its overall effect is gracious and imposing. 

Legal description:

Lots 9 and 10, North side of Dibble Street, and Lots 9 and 10, South side of James Street, Block 2, Plan 19

Owner:

The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Kingston In Canada
7288 Old Highway 2,
Marysville, ON
K0K 2N0

Designating By-Law: 1985-51

Heritage Attributes: 

This building is an excellent example of Gothic Architecture. This style was brought about by a group of English theologians who south to revive architecture used during the Middle Ages. 

Along with the Convent and Rectory located on either side of the Church, these buildings create an attractive and historical area on Dibble Street. 

In 1832 Bishop Macdonnell purchased the property from the Jessup estate and a Catholic Church was built but is no longer on the property. It is unknown whether this church was destroyed by fire or pulled down after the present church was built in 1888.

The present church was designed by Mr. Thomas Connolly and completed in 1888. The interior of the church was completed in 1906 by the Paneroni Brothers, an Italian firm. 

Legal Description:

Lot 11, North side of Dibble Street, Block 2, Plan 19

Owner:
The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Kingston In Canada
7288 Old Highway 2,
Marysville, ON
K0K 2N0

Designating By-Law: 1985-52

Historical Attributes:

This property built by Reverend Father J.W. Campion, who was the Prescott Parish Priest from 1832 to 1836, make this area of Dibble Street an attractive and historical area.

St. Marks Rectory appears to be a mix between Upper Canada Neo Classic architecture and Upper Canada Georgian. It is built of grey cut stone, is rectangular in shape and has a gentle sloping roof which runs the full width of the home to the front and back eaves. Two large internal stone chimneys are located at each end of the home. All windows are rectangular in share, are long and narrow and are double hung. The window and door frames are made of wood and painted white. An enclosed porch runs across the entire front of the house. 

The Rectory is an attractive home, which has been well maintained and blends in well with the adjacent structures on this street.

Legal Description:

Plan 19, Block 2 Lots 8 to 11

Owner:

The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Diocese of Kingston In Canada
7288 Old Highway 2,
Marysville, ON
K0K 2N0

Designating By-Law: 1985-53

Historical Attributes:

This building was formally a part of the first school in Prescott and was built by Reverend Father J.W. Campion, who was the first Parish Priest in Prescott. Most of the school was dismantled except for the west wing which was left intact and is now used as a garage and a shed by St. Marks Roman Catholic Church. 

While the building has changed since it was originally built, it is of considerable historic value. It housed the first school in the area and some of the alterations made reflect interesting structural features from the 1848 time period.

It is believed that this school was built of rubble stone and had one centre block with two wings. St. Mark's Club is a well maintained two storey red brick building. The bricks separating the main floor from the floor above have been made into an attractive border. These bricks stand on end at an angle. The windows are long and narrow with white wooden frames. The lintels over the windows are also made of red brick in an arched pattern. The door to the main floor is encased with white wooden wall approximately eight feet wide. All components in the structure fit together in an attractive manner without losing its heritage appearance.

Legal Description:

Part of Lot 16 on the south side of King Street in Block 2, Plan 19

Owner:

Grenville Heritage Investment Properties Inc.
c/o Sandra Lawn
P.O. Box 1634
Prescott, ON
K0E 1T0

Designating By-Law:  1985-54

Historical Attributes:

The Glasgow/Smyth Building is one of the only inns on Water Street during the forwarding trade to exist today. It possesses the only remaining stone arched carriageway in Prescott. 

During its operation as an inn, a portion of the property was rented to Samuel Glasgow. Both business owners chose to operate their business from the premise on the King Street side rather than from the Water Street side. 

Legal Description:

Part of Lots 18 and 19, North Side James Street, Block 2, Plan 19, Town of Prescott

Owner:

Heather Sullivan
256 James Street
Prescott, ON
K0E 1T0

Designating By-Law: 1986-45

Historical Attributes:

The Portre-Purkis House was built by Francis Porter and was eventually sold to Isaac D. Purkis, a well known forwarder.

Built in the 1850s, this house has the prominent Classical Revival features which were popular in Upper Canada from 1825-1855. Made of stone rubble (once stuccoed) and cut stone, with a long porch stretching across the front, supported by four Doric columns, this is a property that retained most of its original features. 

Legal Description:

Plan 19, Block 2 PT Lot 23

Owner:
Shaun & Julie Wilkinson
385 Park Street West,
Prescott, ON
K0E 1T0

Designating By-Law: 1986-46

Historical Attributes:

Built by Mr. Ebenezer Bacon, this house is a good example of Italianate and Gothic styles of architecture popular during between 1835 and 1890. The property was later purchased by Mr. William Dunn, Mayor of Prescott in 1875.

The house is comprised of two adjoining rectangular two-storey sections, one being set back from the other. The entire exterior is built of red brick with imitation stone over the basement part of the structure. It has a gently sloping roof with a wide overhang. Thirty pairs of decorative wooden console brackets surround the home under the eaves. The windows are rectangular in shape, are double hung, and have twelve panels of glass to each window. 

The front porch is rectangular in shape and is very attractive. The door opening is rectangular with narrow glass panels on both sides and along the top. There are two rectangular towers on the roof. One has twelve Gothic-style arched windows which probably afforded an excellent view of the Town and St. Lawrence River at the time the house was built. The second tower has louvers on all four sides and was most likely used for ventilation purposes.

The porch, roof design, and towers all blend in well with the overall exterior hose design, resulting in a gracious and imposing structure. 

Legal Description:

Lots 24 and 25, North Side Park Street, Block 7, Plan 19

Owner:

The Mayfield (Prescott) Facility
Suite 401, 3760 14th Avenue
Markham, ON
L3R 3T7

Designating By-Law:  1988-02

Historical Attributes:

The front part of the house was built by Alfred Hooker, a prominent forwarder. The rear wing was originally a farmhouse belonging to James Walker, grandson of Major Edward Jessup.

The property was later purchased by George Heck, great-grandson of Barbara Heck in 1893.

The house, built in Classic Revival Style, is of limestone, covered with rough cast stucco. Many original features remain including four windows and a door on the main level at the front and three dormer windows upstairs. There are original semi-elliptical windows in the gale ends, with two chimneys in each gable end. The rear wing still has a Palladian window in its gable. At the front there is a wainscoting of open ornamental work, made of wood from the old verandah which was removed. 

Legal Description:

Part Lot 200 on the east side of East Street in Block 1, Plan 19

Owner:

Leslie & Susan Randall
302 East Street
P.O. Box 2345
Prescott, ON
K0E 1T0

Designating By-Law: 1988-35

Historical Attributes:

Built circa 1823, this building served two functions that are associated with Fort Wellington. A commissariat for the Fort Wellington Garrison and a Military Hospital for the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment between 1840 and 1854.

Following its use as a commissariat, after the Battle of the windmill in 1838, the building was renovated for use as a hospital. 

This building complements the Stockade Barracks located at 356 East Street as it has an important link with the military history and medical activities of Prescott and Fort Wellington. 

This vernacular two-storey frame structure, with gable ends facing east and west, rests on a stone foundation. A lower profile gable forms the north wall of a single-storey, early addition to the building. Many of the walls are of original plaster construction. The central hall and rear shed or store room are still evident.

This buildings conventional appearance and use as a family he today disguises its important historic associations with Fort Wellington. 

Legal Description:

Plan 19, Part Lot 19, Block 2, South Side Dibble Street

Owner:

Joanne Spero
P.O. Box 2372
Prescott, ON
K0E 1T0

Designating By-Law: 1988-36

Historical Attributes:

This property is a good example of framed Georgian style architecture - a square box-like structure under a gable roof. Built by Frederick Belfoy, a carpenter in the 1840's this house has many unusual features, including a side-hall, main floor plan.

The house is wood frame with siding, has vertical boards along the siding being beaded and originally had two end chimneys and cornices that indicate a pre-1850 building. 

This property plays an important part in the streetscape of Prescott, being across the road from the United Church and the Alpheus Jones' house, dating back to 1832.

Legal Description:

Part Lot 18, North Side Henry Street, Block 2, Plan 19

Owner:

Jamie Macphee
290 Henry Street East,
Prescott, ON
K0E 1T0

Designating By-Law:  1989-09

Historical Attributes:

The Old Registry Building is a well preserved example of an original administrative building and Classical Vernacular Style.

This property was originally purchased by Edward Jessup. It was sold in 1858 to the Municipal Council of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville.

The stone building is an interesting example of vernacular architecture. The walls are plastered and there is some rock-faced stone on the front façade used for decoration. This also highlights a large pediment, which tends to give the building a somewhat formal, classic look.

The front room has a false ceiling at about 9 foot height. Above this, near the front door, original plaster cornice moulding of ornamental outline is still intact. It likely continues in other portions of the room, which are not as visible. The small original stone building was enlarged, and later a two-storey brick addition was built at the rear. 

The exterior of the main building of the Old Registry Office (excluding the porch) as well as the decorative cornice moulding at the ceiling in the front or south room is designated.

Legal Description:

Lot lettered "I" and the easterly four feed extending from front to rear of Lot Lettered "K" on the north side of Park Street, Block 7, Plan 19

Owner:

Gavin & Pauline Robertson
138 Park Street West
P.O. Box 316
Prescott, ON 
K0E 1T0

Designating By-Law: 1989-10

Historical Attributes:

Built and occupied for a long period of time by the Assistant Commissary General Fulford B. Feilde, a veteran of the Battle of Waterloo, who was stationed for some time at Fort Wellington. He represents the era of Prescott's history when a garrison occupied Fort Wellington. 

The origins of the nickname of 'The Ark' are unknown. The building is a rectangular structure with its main entrance on the narrow side of the building. The roof has a fairly high gable, with a plain roof trim. The building is made of rubblestone and is mostly in its original state. 

This property is one of the less ornate structures of the mind ninetieth century and reflects a military atmosphere with its fortress-like stone walls. 

Legal Description:

Part Lots 15 and 16, South Side Park Street, Block 2, Plan 19, Town of Prescott

Owner:

Jeremy & Virginia Adams
569 Centre Street
Prescott, ON
K0E 1T0

Designating By-Law: 1989 -38

Historical Attributes:

Purchased by Robert Headlam from Susannah Jessup the house was built around 1838 and 1853. Mr. Headlam was a prominent citizen, holding the offices of Prescott's Clerk, Treasurer, Assessor and Collector. 

The property was then purchased by a Patrick Carberry, a notary and then by Edwin Cook in 1917.

The architecture of the house includes influences of American and New England architecture of the times. Included in the designation is the exterior of the building as well as the hour interior fireplaces and bake oven. In 1915, a porch in the style of Arts and Crafts movement was added.   

Legal Description:

Lot 32 wand Westerly 51' even width throughout of LOt 31, Block 3, Plan 19, Town of Prescott

Owner:

Jon Lavelle & Karen Caldwell
C/O Boyld and Wilma,
35 Charles St.,
Brockville, ON 
K6V 1T1

Designating By-Law: 1990-07

Historical Attributes:

The Ranson House is one of the older stone buildings in town, believed to be built around 1840. It is a good example of a modest residence form the period following Prescott's incorporation and is an important part of the historic fabric along King Street. 

Purchase from Susannah Jessup by John Furness had very few owners. 

This property is one of a collection of older residences forming an historic streetscape along this part of King Street. The building is reminiscent of the Ontario cottage style. The porch on the east side of the building is believed to have been built in the early 20th century when the arts and crafts style was popular. 

Legal Description:

Plan 19 Block 3 Part Lots 50-51, Plan 19 Block 3, Part Lots 51-52

Owner:

Joseph Muise & Mary Campbell
724 King Street West
P.O. Box 1774
Prescott, ON
K0E 1T0

Designating By-Law: 1996-06

Historical Attributes:

This property is part of the Wiser properties which represent a significant legacy of Prescott's Historical and Architectural Heritage. It also shows the evolution and changes in lifestyle and design of riverfront and town properties in the Town of Prescott. 

Eugene Frank Wiser purchased the property in 1888 and then sold to his father, J.P. Wiser in 1905.

This two-storey hip-roofed structure made of coursed rubble masonry, is classically inspired in it proportions, with regularly placed windows and an off-center doorway with rectangular transom and sidelights. The house has many Italianate details including a bracketed frieze under the eaves and window hood moulds with floral appliques. It has a stucco finish and prominent bracketed cornice from that era. The interior exhibits a range of moulding profiles that differentiate the stages of construction and the relative importance of spaces, with flat trim work in the stone block and more elaborate trim elsewhere Fireplace mantles range from early classically inspired models to a c. 1920s version with radiating brickwork in the dining room. 

The property is enhanced by a stone and iron fence with stone gateposts and an early coach house with evidence of horse stalls, recalls the building's beginnings as a large country estate. 

Together with the properties located at 741 and 724 King Street west, there is a strong historical, architectural, and contextual (environmental) value that should be protected.

Legal Description:

Plan 19, Block 3, Lots 41 and Lot 43 and 44 and Part Lot 42 RP 15R0122 Part 1

Owner:

Nancy Casselman
741 King Street West
Prescott, ON 
K0E 1T0

Designating By-Law: 1996-07

Historical Attributes:

This property is part of the Wiser properties which represent a significant legacy of Prescott's Historical and Architectural Heritage. It also shows the evolution and changes in lifestyle and design of riverfront and town properties in the Town of Prescott. 

The Isaac Wiser home was the first of three wedding gifts to his children built by J.P. Wiser. The property was granted by John to his son Isaac in 1892. Its interior was decorated with extensive woodwork, in the front hall, staircase, and dining room. The fireplace surround in the front hall is distinctly English in carving and detail and is representative of much of the work found in Rushton Hall. 

Isaac Philip Wiser was Mayor of Prescott in 198 and 1919. The property was purchased by MP Arza Clair Casselman, party whip for 35 years from the R.B. Bennett Government and Jean Casselman was elected to the seat of Grenville-Dundas in 1958. This house was a popular entertainment centre for MPs, Senators, Prime Ministers, and Governor Generals for over 70 years. 

The cross-gable house in the Queen Anne Revival tradition is characterized by its elaborate interplay of gables, roof forms, prominently chimneys, finish materials, window sizes and types; and interior millwork. The composition is typical of the style with its irregular elevations, prominent chimney stacks and projecting round gallery. Features essential to the design include the differentiation of the level of the building through finish materials and through prominent horizontal banding. Texture and colour are emphasized, through the choice of shaped and coloured wood shingles and decorative brickwork. 

The interior boasts sumptuous woodwork and fine hardware. The principal rooms are differentiated from each other by distinctive wood species, profiles and designed, and by fireplace surrounds of different types and materials. The level of detail and finish changes from storey to storey with no diminishment of quality.

Together with the properties located at 763 and 724 King Street west, there is a strong historical, architectural, and contextual (environmental) value that should be protected.

Legal Description:

Plan 19, Block 3, Part Lot 42, RP 15R987 Pt parts 1 and 2

Owner:

Robert & Teresa Pelda
P.O. Box 2240
Prescott, ON
K0E 1T0

Designating By-Law: 1996-26

Historical Attributes:

This property is part of the Wiser properties which represent a significant legacy of Prescott's Historical and Architectural Heritage. It also shows the evolution and changes in lifestyle and design of riverfront and town properties in the Town of Prescott. 

This property was transferred to Mary Kate (Wiser) Brown in 1904. Mary Kate (Wiser) Brown was the daughter of J.P. Wiser. She married William Clinton Brown, an American consulting engineer. This Edwardian House was completed in 1906 and is unique because it was built as an entirely new structure to a specific architectural style. 

This property is reminiscent of American Four-Square, Colonial Revival or Craftsman styling. It has deep overhanging eaves, exposed rafter rails, chunky, masculine columns and horizontal emphasis, typical of the Craftsman influence. The massive exposed structural members at the front porte-cochere, together with the stucco finish, lend a rustic medieval character. The emphasis on outdoor spaces, such as large open or screened porches, is typically Craftsman.

Together with the properties located at 741 and 724 King Street West, there is a strong historical, architectural, and contextual (environmental) value that should be protected.