37 Third Street



Three-storey, Eclectic, house built of Credit Valley Stone, with south porch, curved corner verandah and turret, ornate south and west gables, much leaded glass, and slate roof (1902).

South Elevation – At LH side, curved corner verandah has turned wooden columns built off stone piers, below beam with frieze having Adamesque swags and ribbons. Balustrade with upper and lower railings and stocky balusters, spans between piers. Verandah encloses four-sided (part octagonal) turret having ground-floor, large, single-pane sashes (behind four-pane storms) under stone transoms and leaded-light transom windows. Corner door is half-glazed, four-pane, with panels below. Second floor windows are 1/1, with period storms and wooden shutters with pivoting lower louvres. Frieze above is as at verandah, with swags not quite meeting, and brackets at eaves above. Facetted, bell-cast roof of turret is clad in fish-scale slates, rising to decorative metal finial. To right, tall stone chimney, with three recessed stone panels below projecting copings, separates turret from central south façade. This comprises ground-floor, bow window having (again), single-pane sashes (with four-pane storms), stone transoms and leaded-light transom windows (behind metal storms). Second floor has shallow, wooden bay window, set behind curved stone parapet, with 1/1 sidelights (behind four-pane storms) flanking central window with stained-glass upper sash, and simple wooden panels above. Peripheral, dentilled, wooden frieze begins adjacent chimney and extends around entire house, ending at north side of corner turret; with beaded soffit boards above. At attic level, ornate gabled dormer has stubby, paired columns either of double-hung window with unusual, multiple upper panes. Window-head has tall entablature over fluted architraves at jambs. Dormer roof has slight bell-cast, and fascia decorated with typical, framed panels built off profiled returns to cheek mouldings, with metal final above. South entry has pedimented wooden porch with piers, columns, balustrade and dentils as at verandah, and with period, 3/4 glazed and panelled door under stone transom and lunette window. Arch is of stone voussoirs with articulated keystone. Projecting gabled wing to right has unusual curved corners. Ground-floor fenestration is 1/1 either side of large single-pane sash under stone transom and elliptical, leaded-light transom. Second floor is as at west gable (see below). Gable has unusual central window, and trim similar to adjacent dormer, with mouldings within fascia panels and shingle moulding above. Wall is clad in diamond-shaped, reddish-brown slates.

West Elevation – Elevation to Pine Street is similar to south elevation, including remainder of verandah and corner turret. Main entry here is framed by projecting, pedimented bay of verandah, with triple wooden columns over stone piers at either side. Dentils within pediment are as at main frieze below. Front door is original, in varnished oak, ¾ glazed, with lower panel. Gabled bay to left has masonry, including rounded corners as at south bay. Ground-floor fenestration is two-pane, unequal sashes below stone transom with very fine, elliptical-arch, leaded-light transom window above. At second floor, windows are 1/1 with operating wooden shutters having pivoting louvers in lower sections. Gable has lower, peaked fascia with metal flashing above. Wall is half-timbered below, with rendered upper portion over full-width, dentilled cornice. Curved cornice extends over top of round-headed central window having small peripheral panes in upper sash, and single-pane bottom sash. Gable fascia is decorated with small rectangular panels formed by battens extending between sloping upper and lower boards, each panel framed by small, peripheral internal moulding. Another typical, painted, facetted, galvanized sheet metal finial crowns the peak.

North Elevation – Rear wall is built of brick, over local limestone foundation and bevelled plinth. Very tall, central, bay window lights staircase within, having 2/2 sidelights flanking single-pane sash, and double-level leaded-lights above (all behind wooden storms). Chimney to east is cement rendered (on brick).

Roofs – Porch and verandah roofs are low-pitch and have grey asphalt shingles. Main floors are all clad in mottled, gray, fish-scale slates (square-cut at top and bottom of turret roof) with galvanized metal valleys and ridges, and with sheet-metal finials also at ends of ridges.

Fence – A decorative wrought-iron fence with cast-iron posts exists across the gardens at both Third and Pine Street sides.


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