TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Corporation of the Township of King intends to designate lands and premises municipally known as 13092 Highway 27 (George G. Pringle House), in the Township of King, in the Regional Municipality of York, Province of Ontario, as a property of cultural heritage value or interest under Part IV, S.29 of the Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O. 1990.
Description of Property
Located on the west side of Highway 27, south of Wilsen Road, the property is known municipally as 13092 Highway 27 in the Township of King and described as Property Identifier Number (PIN): PT LT 13 PL 19 DESIGNATED AS PTS 73 & 74 PL 65R34943; SUBJECT TO AN EASEMENT AS IN YR1992692, YR2112204 & YR2112250, Concession 9, Part Lot 6. The building is known as George G. Pringle House, and the property is approximately 0.036 hectares in size.
Statement of Cultural Heritage Value or Interest
The property at 13092 Highway 27 is worthy of designation under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act for its cultural heritage value as described in the following Statement of Significance. It meets the necessary criteria prescribed by the Province of Ontario under the three categories of historical value, design or physical value, and contextual value.
Historical/Associative Value
The property’s historical/associative value has a direct association with the Pringle Family, who were one of the original prominent families who immigrated to Canada and settled in the Village of Nobleton in the 19th century. The Pringle Family also acquired several farm properties in the Nobleton area and the offspring of the family would later become shop owners, carpenters and active members of the community.
The subject house on the property has a direct association with George G. Pringle, who was born on July 22, 1849 in the Village of Nobleton on Concession 9, Lot 8 to George Pringle and Susannah Bell. His father was well known in the county and working as a farmer. George G. Pringle’s grandfather, William Pringle came to North America from County Queens, Ireland in 1817.
George G. Pringle purchased Part of Lot 6, Concession 9, 40 perches (0.25 acres), Part E ½ from Nicholas James Armstrong on January 16, 1877. The house was most likely built between 1877 to 1878 after he purchased the land and was occupied from 1878 to 1885 by the Pringle Family until the time it was sold to Jacob Gould in 1885. The George G. Pringle House is one the few remaining buildings in the Village of Nobleton which represents the Victorian Style with elements of Gothic Revival and is historically one of the remaining buildings from the 19th century.
He was listed as a farmer, carpenter and local merchant and in the Village of Nobleton. He also held various occupations as a farmer (1881), butcher (1882), 1885 (merchant of the Village of Beeton, where he ran a large general store in Beeton on Main Street).
Pringle was also the President of the Tecumseth Society and his wife Mary Isabella Bell from the Bell family who owned land and a hotel at Bell’s Lake, north of Nobleton. Bell’s father, Walter James Bell was a hotel keeper at Bell’s Lake in the Township of King. Following this, Pringle would move to Beeton where he would continue as a merchant and grocer as recorded in the early Ontario directories.
Design/Physical Value
The George G. Pringle House at 13092 Highway 27 is a representative example of the Gothic Revival architectural style and a good representative example of an early rural farmhouse as popularized by the Canada Farmer in the 1860s.
The George Pringle House is a representative example of a Victorian Style home built circa 1878 with elements of Gothic Revival architectural style in the layout of a 1 ½ storey rectangular plan. The House is constructed with buff brick construction and features a steep pitched front gable roof with bargeboard trim while resting on a stone foundation. The design of the house mirrors the architectural style popularized in the 19th century Canada Farmer publication in the 1860s, which encouraged and promoted a template for a simple rural farmer’s cottage and dwelling. The George G. Pringle House is one the few remaining buildings in the Village of Nobleton which represents the Victorian Style with elements of Gothic Revival. The property features the following heritage attributes:
- 2 over 2 windows front and sides with bowed segmental brick arches
- Paneled front door (with Victorian Style Screen door)
- Yellow buff brick construction
- 3 bay
- stone foundation
- steep pitched centre front gable with bargeboard trim
- covered ornamental veranda with bargeboard supported by wooden columns on the front façade
- Finial
- Chimney
- Gable roof
Contextual Value
The structure has contextual value as the dwelling displays the 19th century historic character of the once Village of Nobleton. From when it was constructed until present day, it remains in its original construction location.
Description of Heritage Attributes
The George G. Pringle House at 13092 Highway 27 is a representative example of the Victorian Gothic Revival architectural style and a rural farmhouse as popularized in the Canada Farmer publication in the 1860s. The property contains the following heritage attributes that reflects these values.
The property contains the following heritage attributes that reflects these values:
- 1 ½ storey rectangular plan
- 3-bay
- 2 over 2 windows front and sides with bowed segmental brick jack arches
- Central entrance on front façade
- Central balcony door with railings
- Yellow buff brick construction
- Finial
- Chimney
- Gable roof
- Stone foundation
The George Pringle House at 13092 Highway 27 displays a high degree of craftmanship or artistic merit by way of the following heritage attributes:
- Bargeboard trim on the gable roof
- Covered ornamental veranda with bargeboard supported by columns on the front façade.
The George Pringle House at 13092 Highway 27 displays contextual value and is historically linked to its surroundings by way of the following heritage attributes:
- siting of house is in its original location since it was built circa 1887.
Notice of Objection
Any person wishing to file a notice of objection to the designation must file such notice of objection together with a statement of reasons, with the Township Clerk of the municipality within 30 days (Thursday, November 7, 2024 by 4:30 p.m.), after the date of publication of this notice on the Township of King website (www.king.ca ). Further information respecting the proposed designation is available by contacting Gaspare Ritacca, Manager of Planning & Development at 905-833-5321 or email at gritacca@king.ca.
Publication Date: Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Deadline for Objections: Thursday, November 7, 2024 by 4:30 p.m.
Objections should be directed to:
Denny Timm
Township Clerk
2585 King Road
King City, ON L7B 1A1
clerks@king.ca
Dated on this 8th day of October, 2024.