Altar & Hearth Exhibition Park

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Altar & Hearth - Exhibition Park
Original text by Florence Partridge
Digital revision by Guelph Arts Council (2016)
Some photos courtesy of Guelph Museums
Map by Andy McLennan
Begin this tour at the central branch of the Guelph Public Library
at the corner of Norfolk and Paisley Streets.
There is free public parking on Oxford and Norfolk Streets
but the Library lot is paid parking during library hours.
This route is approximately 2 km and takes about 1 hour.
Drawing of 88 London Road by Ida Seto

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Guelph Public Library
Central Branch
Begin this tour at the downtown
public library at the corner of
Norfolk and Paisley Streets. In
1901 Guelph applied for a
Carnegie Library Grant. William
Frye Colwill was chosen as the
architect. When finished in 1905
the building was described as an
elaborate Beaux Arts structure of grace that took advantage of its position
on what was then Nelson Crescent. It was constructed of artificial stone
and was dominated by a dome and delicate columns topped with Ionic
capitals. It was torn down in 1965. The present library was erected on the
same site.
Walk north on Norfolk street to Liverpool Street staying on the west sidewalk.
3 Liverpool Street
The house on the north-west corner of
Liverpool and Norfolk was built 1874-1875 for
Alex Hadden, of G. & A. Hadden, whose
brother George owned Hadden Cottage on
Paisley Street.
Using the south sidewalk proceed
west on Liverpool Street.
15 Liverpool Street - Greystone
On the north side of the street is a c. 1865
stone house with an L-shape
configuration with gable roofs (right
1977). The windows have stone sills that
extend from the building and feature
stone bracketing and working shutters. The projecting corner quoins are
“rusticated” to add texture. The entrance canopy is a later addition.

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18 Liverpool Street - Donegal House
On the south side, #18 is a Neo-Classical
home built c. 1875 of yellow brick and
placed sideways to accommodate a narrow
lot. It has arched 2-over-2 sash windows
with louvred shutters. The front door has a
small transom, but the Georgian style door
casing is a later addition. This house was
built for William Bell at the rear of the
Bellevue Villa property. Originally the
residence of Bell’s coachman, it later
became the home of William Bell Jr.
23-25 Liverpool Street
This multi-unit dwelling was built c. 1865 of
orange brick with raised “white” brick used for
quoins and details around openings. Notice the
ornate bay window on the west end wall. Front
porch with turned columns and fret work
details are later additions when the introduction
of machinery made sawing and turning wood
less labour-intensive. Emily Hayward (right)
and her sister operated a private school here
after moving from their previous location at
279 Woolwich Street.
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32 Liverpool Street
Built in 1864 this stone cottage
currently has 9-over-9 pane
windows, but they were likely 6-
over-6 originally. Notice the
angled keystone above the
windows and stone sills. The
simple Neo-Georgian door casing
frames a 6-panel door. The original occupant was Robert Anderson, a
carpenter. This is believed to have been the first home built on this street.
37 Liverpool Street
This yellow brick house was built in 1885 and
has low pitch gable roofs. It has tooled stone
sills and hammer-dressed lintels. The front
door is on a side wall of the porch and has a
bolection-moulded panel and glass door with a
leaded stained glass transom. There is a two-
storey rectangular bay on the west side of the house. The broad-arched,
gable roof porch featuring groups of three short columns was added later.
The house was formerly the manse for the Norfolk Street United Church,
and Reverend Edwin Arthur Pearson lived there from 1917 to 1921. Upon
his departure, the Guelph Mercury of July 1, 1917 said: “Norfolk Street
Methodist Church will lose one of the most popular ministers who ever
held the pastorate there, and Guelph will lose a citizen who is highly
esteemed by all classes.” His son, Lester B. Pearson, a future Canadian
Prime Minister and winner of the Nobel
Peace Prize, lived here for a short time.
Baseball was his passion and he played
for the Guelph Maple Leafs of the
Ontario Intercounty Baseball League
(1921 team photo at right). In 1883 he
was inducted into the Canadian
Baseball Hall of Fame.
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42 Liverpool Street
This yellow brick house was built in 1868, also for
William Bell, the piano factory owner. It is
considered late Italianate in style. Note the heavy
wood frames on the upper windows, and French
doors to the front verandah, which has Tuscan
columns on brick pedestals. The front door has
sidelights and a stained glass transom.
Proceed to intersection with Dublin Street.
Dublin Street United Church and Manse
The property of Dublin Street United Church extends
from Liverpool to Suffolk. The yellow brick house
with the two-storey bays on the front and side at
#154 Dublin was the manse. The church was built in
1874-75 with the main portion designed by James
Smith, in the Gothic Revival style. Norfolk United
Church, at Norfolk and Cork Streets, was the first
Wesleyan Methodist Church in Guelph and due to the
growth of its congregation the Dublin Street church was built in the so-
called suburbs. It was originally the Dublin Wesleyan Church, a Methodist
congregation, until church union in 1925 resulted in the United Church. Dr.
Egerton Ryerson, Methodist clergyman and educator (left), officiated at the
building’s opening. Ryerson was a
District Superintendent of schools. He
advocated for consistent textbooks
across Upper Canada and free
education to all children. The Christian
Education wing was added to the
church in 1954. This church is reputed
to have a female ghost, dressed in
1900s attire, who has been seen by
several people.
Proceed north on Dublin to the Suffolk intersection.

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44 Suffolk Street
On the south-east corner, across from
the church, you will see an 1860 red
brick home with “white” brick window
arches and corner quoins. This Neo-
Classical home is highly symmetrical
on the front face, with full side lights
and transom around the entrance.
49-51 Suffolk Street
On the north-east corner of this intersection
is an 1895 stone Queen Anne Revival house.
The ornamental work in the gable includes
roundels and sunbursts. Tuscan porch could
be a later addition.
57 Suffolk Street - King Edward Place
This building was originally King Edward School, built in
1903. It was awarded the 1993 Guelph Arts Council.
Bronze Plaque Heritage Award when it was converted into
condominiums while retaining the heritage architecture of
the exterior. Notice the third-floor centre and side gables
and cupola. The projecting front entrance has a brick arch
with a parapet above. Student photo below from 1947.

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Walk west on Suffolk to the back of the church and through the parking lot
to Liverpool Street, then proceed to your right (west).
71-73 and 77-79 Liverpool Street
These two, two-unit dwellings were built in 1882, and are Second Empire
style with a slope shed roof that has a mansard style front overlapping the
second floor. On the 71-73 unit patterned slates cover the roof and iron
cresting adorns the top edge. There are pedimented dormers, and
rectangular bays are featured in the highly symmetrical design. “White”
brick is used for door and window headers as well as corner quoins.
87 Liverpool Street
Built of red brick in 1876, this is the oldest
house on the block. It has the Italianate
feature of twinned arched windows, and in
this case “white” brick is used for the
headers and quoins. The front door has an
arched transom with side lights. The
Tuscan porch and sunroom were likely
added later. This home was built for Christopher Campbell, a manufacturer
of soap and candles. Campbell was also partner to Guelph merchant James
Massie in the firm “Massie and Campbell,” manufacturers of wholesale
biscuits and confectioneries. Campbell lived here until 1891, following
which George T. Moore, an organ regulator with the Bell Organ and Piano
Company, owned the home.
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Proceed west on Liverpool to the intersection with Glasgow.

136 Glasgow Street North
The large Italianate house on the south-west corner of Liverpool and
Glasgow was built in 1876, using red brick with stone for quoins, the door
surround and the hoods and sills over the paired windows. Notice the
highly ornamental carving (above 1957). The projecting central tower
contains two balconies that contribute to the
character of the building, although at some point
between 1957 and 1973 the upper part of the
tower was removed. The entrance canopy
features ornate stone brackets. The double doors
feature a leaf bolection-moulded panel. The
home now operates as a multiple-unit dwelling.
This house was designed by John Hall Jr., a local
builder/architect, for Thomas Gowdy (right) of
the Gowdy Manufacturing Company, makers of
agricultural implements, located a block down
the hill at Suffolk and Yorkshire. Thomas Gowdy
served as a city councillor and alderman for
many years and was mayor of Guelph from 1889
to 1890.
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Proceed north on Glasgow Street.
144, 150, 154, 160 Glasgow
Street North
The next block is populated by a
group of four white brick houses
in the Queen Anne Revival style.
#144 has a two-storey octagonal
bay at the front and side, with the side bay topped with iron cresting. The
front gable features roundels,
fish scales and sunburst
patterns. #150 is notable for
the conical roof on its
Tuscan wrap-around porch.
Its gable has a sunburst at
the peak and overlapping
shingles.
#154 has lattice-filled
arches on its porch and fish
scale shingles on the gable.
#160 has a rectangular bay
and a wave pattern on the front gable. These homes
were all built c. 1895.
Continue north on
Glasgow Street to the
intersection with
Suffolk Street.

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