The Cabbagetown Historical Preservation Association takes the preservation of Toronto’s Victorian housing seriously and with good reason – Cabbagetown is the largest stretch of Victorian housing in North America. On their homepage they have made available the resource, “What Style is My House” which is good reading for anyone who can’t identify the historic home [...]
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Wondering What Your House Should Look Like? “Put Down the Big Box Plastic Fense… “
Posted in Toronto's Bay-and-Gable Victorian Style, tagged Bay-and-Gable, Gothic, Mission Style, Queen Anne, Toronto, Victorian on May 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Bay-and-Gable Style of Victorian Toronto
Posted in Toronto's Bay-and-Gable Victorian Style, tagged Bay-and-Gable, Gothic, Italianate, Queen Anne, Toronto, Victorian on November 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Three story homes with ten foot or higher ceilings in the public rooms resulted in eccentric narrow and tall homes in both semi and row figurations. The Bay-and-Gable homes of Toronto are unique within the world of Victorian architecture, in part due to taxation laws of the time that assessed annual taxes based on the [...]
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