General: The Collingwood Museum execpted, St. Paul Street tends to have it's heritage on the west side of the street. The infill housing project just south of the Museum is well-executed and quite sympathetic to the Heritage Character of the Downtown.

St. Paul Street, Block 1:
 

West Side: Although it lies outside of the B.I.A., the west side of St. Paul Street is zoned commercially, and it is fairly rich in heritage resources. Other than the Huron Street corner property, all but No. 49 are 19th-century house-form buildings, although half of these are marred by modern re-facing, additions or alterations. The one-storey cottage at No 58 may be a very early building. About 65% of the built frontage has heritage value.

East Side: The Collingwood Museum occupies the reconstructed heritage train station on a Town-owned site that fills most of the northern end of the block. Extensive improvements are ongoing throughout the parklands surrounding the Museum, including extensive planting and the provision of an active recreational and cultural area to the east. The southern portion of the block is occupied by a recent well-executed infill housing development which is sympathetic to heritage values in scale and detail

St. Paul Street, Block 2:
 

West Side: A fine heritage hotel building, defaced by ground floor alterations, a garage, four very good heritage residences, and an unsympathetic modern building. About 65% of the frontage has heritage value.

East Side: A continuation of the modern sympathetic infill housing development.
 

St. Paul Street, Beyond Ontario Street:
 

Heritage values fall off. Modern commercial buildings occupy the first 2 lots on the east side. South of Market Lane, modern buildings begin to be mixed with heritage properties.

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