127, 129, 133 & 135 Hurontario Street



Two-storey brick, in ABBA rhythm, respectively of three-bay and two-bay, upper floors. Note that nos. 127 and 135 (‘A’ bays) are designated – see also Designation descriptions.

Ground Floor – A variety of treatments, none of which seems original, though no. 129 comes closest. Entry doors to upper floors remain at 127, 129 and 135, presumably at original locations, though all doors are replacements. Brick piers are generally concealed by tiles, or painted plywood with flush-mounted trim. Store-front soffits are very low at nos. 127 and 133. Modest cornice exists at no. 129, and probably remains at no. 135, where period fascia may also remain behind aluminum cladding. No. 135 has various period shop-front elements, including panelled stall-riser at door, and v-jointed boards at sidewalk (where incongruous wooden brackets seem a later addition), and fluted pilasters above. Signage varies, with incongruous, back-lit boxes at nos. 127 and 135, and with huge fascia at no. 133. No. 129 (Benjamin Moore) has most successful signage, having also (period) spun-metal fixtures.

Second Floor – Nos. 127 and 129 have painted brick, ivory on details and grey on wall surface, while nos. 133 and 135 are built of (cleaned) red brick. At nos. 127 and 135, three, segmental-arch window apertures rise off cast-stone sills. Arches are framed with single hood-moulding, with minor corbelling down and inwards at jambs (as at Block 33). Windows are all square-headed, with replacements, vertical-sliders at no. 127 and bottom-sliders at no. 135. Central units (nos. 129 and 133), have two, elliptical-arch, window apertures with rustic, cast-stone voussoirs and rock-faced stone sills. Voussoirs at no. 129 are painted, and repaired with cementitious render. Original windows remain only at no. 133, (with three-pane storm over) textured-glass transom window, and with a pair of vertical metal sliders (behind metal storms) below. At no. 129, fenestration is replaced with large, fixed, upper PVC sash and twin, small, PVC sashes below.

Cornice and Parapet – Amazingly intact throughout, with unusual, corbelled piers, and with staggered, dog-toothed courses above. Excessive metal flashing caps parapets throughout. Pilasters end with corbelled piers with rustic, central panels and projecting bands near and at tops. Piers seem intact, though crudely boxed-in at 129.


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