Stratford's house designs  1850-1905

Italianate

Italianate 1840-1885 Italianate is ornate but controlled, introduces use of heavy cornice brackets, and paired windows One of the most common architecture types in both residential and commercial forms in the mid to late 19th century 

1870  51 Avon Street Home of Miss Annie Macpherson who brought many orphaned children over from London England, between 1883 and 1919, to live in the house until they found employment on farms and in homes where they worked as domestics. 

1880   67 Douro St. The house was built for David Agnew, a locomotive engineer for the Grand Trunk Railway. For a 106 years railway people occupied this house. 

1882 12  Elizabeth St.  The house was built for Edmund Tyndal Dufton, who managed the Dufton Woolen Mills. 

1878    55 Elizabeth St.  The house was owned by John Farquharson, a shoemaker and later a grocer. 

1879  126 Mornington  St.   James Cardwell Makins, Judge. A sreet is named after him

1878 14 Nile St. Built by Peter Robinson Jarvis. A street is named after him.

1874   16 Norman St. The house was built by the Scrimgeour Bros. as a rental property.

1876  98 Norman St. 

1881   310 Ontario St.   William Boles, a well-respected businessman and sportsman, lived here.

1884 76 Queen St.  House was originally built for James Trow Jr, who worked as a broker, conveyor, and auctioneer, and who also served as a member of Stratford City Council.  

1880  20 Shrewsbury St.

1877  104 Water St. 

1875   203 William St.  David McLennan, purchased the house . His son, Sir John Cunningham McLennan, became a world famous scientist. The McLennan family owned the house till 1950. 

Gothic Revival

1880 129 Brunswick St. The house was built by John Way who was a shoemaker and a businessman.  

1870   210 Cambria St.  This home belonged to Lt. Colonel McComb, a commanding officer of the Perth Regiment in 1939-1940. 

 1873  227 Cambria James MacDonald, one of the founders of the MacDonald Threshing Company lived here.

1875 86 Milton St.  The house was built by George McFadden, a teamster by trade.  

1851:  140 Norman St.

1867: 351 St. David St. This house was built for contractor, John Holmes. 

1866: 72 Waterloo St,  When the house was built, the occupants had an unobstructed view of Lake Victoria. 

Queen Anne

1905 14 Caledonia St.  Harry J. Peter was the original owner of the house. He was the owner of a local plumbing and electrical firm. The house remained in Peter’s family until 1992. 

1896 220 Cambria st.  Historic Place

1889  298 Church St.  The house was built for John Alexander Davidson who was president of the British Mortgage and Trust. 

1891 55 Daly St. The house was built by Joseph Rankin. From 1878 to 1900, banker William Mowat lived here. Later Mowat became editor of the Beacon, Stratford’s first newspaper.  Mowat St. is named after him.

100 Daly St.

Vernacular   

Vernacular architecture (also folk architecture) is building done outside any academic tradition, and without professional guidance. It is not a particular architectural movement or style, but rather a broad category, encompassing a wide range and variety of building types, with differing methods of construction, Vernacular architecture usually serves immediate, local needs, is constrained by the materials available in its particular region and reflects local traditions and cultural practices.