The City of Hamilton intends to apply a heritage designation to sixteen (16) properties along the north side of King Street East, between Walnut Street and Mary Street, within the International Village Business Improvement Area.
Earlier today, Hamilton’s Municipal Heritage Committee approved moving forward with the designations.
The Copp Block, as the structures at 165 to 191 and 195 to 205 King Street East are known, are three-storey commercial row structures built between 1879 and 1881.
City of Hamilton staff write that they meet seven of the nine criteria for historical designation: they possess design and physical characteristics that merit retention, provide historical and associative connections to past events, and are important structures that contribute to the character of the surrounding community.
The staff report states that the design elements, including brick facades and symmetrical design, projecting wood cornice and brackets, rounded and segmentally arched window openings, and galvanized iron window hoods, are worthy of heritage protection.
“The properties are representative examples of a commercial row built in the Renaissance Revival style of architecture … and display a high degree of craftsmanship.”
City staff state the buildings have “historical value” due to “direct associations with Anthony Copp (Jr.) (1826-1910) and Edmund Brown Patterson (1866-1946) and the “property yields information that contributes to an understanding of Hamilton’s immigrant communities.”
City Council must ratify the decision.
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