A resident’s comments. The favourite number being batted around as of late by proponents of keeping the Wilson Farmhouse (on Simmonds Dr) is that going ahead with the staff recommendation of documenting, salvaging and demolishing the building will come at a cost of $265,000. This fabricated number in the form of a public scare tactic […]
Category: Wilson Farm Park
Wilson farmhouse demolition would violate O.P., a By-law and City policies
A missive from concerned resident. Thank you for the opportunity to provide feedback to the staff report on the Wilson Farm Park – Farmhouse. My concern is that, if executed, the recommendations in the staff report would: 1) Violate a specific provision in the Official Plan which enshrines protection of the Wilson Farmhouse 2) Violate […]
Wilson Farmhouse on Simmonds Drive
A resident’s perspective. I just read the article in the Guelph Tribune about the farmhouse on Simmonds Drive. I live on Simmonds Drive and I am quite disappointed in the ‘neighbourhood’ opinion that is expressed in the article. As a person that lives in this neighbourhood, on this road, I don’t think that the farmhouse […]
Staff report recommends Wilson Farmhouse demolition
1. That Council withdraw the Notice of Intention to Designate the property known as 80 Simmonds Drive with Section 29 (14) of the Ontario Heritage Act. 2. That once the Notice of Intention to Designate has been withdrawn, the farmhouse be demolished, while documenting and salvaging, where possible, signficiant architectural and heritage features to the […]
Classic Ontario farmhouse to be preserved
Thought you might like this. FH If there is such as a thing as the afterlife, then Alexander Hutton will be able to walk up the laneway to his Bonnie Braes home in perpetuity. A master carpenter, Hutton and his sons built the first wing of the house, on what is now Credtiview Rd. in […]
Letter about Wilson Park farm house on 80 Simmonds Drive
My family and I would like to take this opportunity to voice our opinion on the Wilson Park farm house on 80 Simmonds Drive. We would have liked to attend the council meeting on this issue in December, but we are unable to. A little bit about ourselves, just to give you context; my wife […]
Heritage win does not mean farmhouse a keeper
The following article appeared in the November 13 edition of the Guelph Tribune: History has won out in a dispute between the city and a north-end neighbourhood residents’ group over the fate of an old farmhouse in a neighbourhood park. The provincial Conservation Review Board recently released its recommendation for the heritage designation of the Wilson […]
80 Simmonds Drive – Conservation Review Board
I am pleased to advise that the City has now received the report and recommendation of the Conservation Review Board for 80 Simmonds Drive. I am attaching a copy of the report and recommendation for your information. The Conservation Review Board is recommending that Council proceed with the designation of the property under Section 29 of the […]
Wilson Farm Park Construction
The contractor has notified us that work on the project is anticipated to start on site next week – approximately July 12th – pending complete utility clearances, weather and site conditions. The contractor’s current anticipated completion timing is early October. Staff
Old Guelph farmhouse “an ugly duckling,” heritage panel hears
The following article appeared in the June 6 edition of the Guelph Mercury: The Wilson farmhouse is “a bit of an ugly duckling” undeserving of a heritage designation, a landscape architect testified Tuesday. Owen Scott, who specializes in cultural heritage conservation, also took issue with the city’s position the house on Simmonds Drive has historical […]