Heritage property
1314 Lakeshore Rd E
1314 Lakeshore Rd E, Oakville, built in 1929, is designated under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act by Town of Oakville By-law 2025-026.
History
The house is associated with the MacKendrick family that built the estate that is now Gairloch Gardens. Dane MacKendrick built the subject house on the estate, originally developed by his father Colonel W.G. MacKendrick, a notable local and provincial figure. The house is also associated with William Gould Armstrong, a well-known architect who worked for his father’s architectural firm in Toronto, as well as designing buildings in Oakville and Mississauga. He was the architect of the Studio, the designated structure now in Gairloch Gardens.
Heritage attributes
The Dane MacKendrick House is a representative example of a Tudor Revival house design and construction with Arts and Crafts influences. The house was built around 1929 with Tudor Revival elements such as its: asymmetrical and irregular massing and form with steep bellcast roof; mix of wooden shingles and stucco cladding; wooden soffits and fascia with exposed wooden eaves; west elevation porch with flagstone; presence of a panelled wooden front door; fenestration of the windows on the west and south elevations, including bay windows on the west and south elevations; the use of multipaned wood windows in the Arts and Crafts style with wood trim; and the red brick chimney.
Criterion met under Ontario Regulation 9/06
The property has historical value or associative value because it has direct associations with a theme, event, belief, person, activity, organization or institution that is significant to a community.
What the status means
Designated individually under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act by a Town by-law. Alterations to the heritage attributes and demolition need Town approval.
Sources
Sources
Town of Oakville
By-law 2025-026Town of Oakville
Heritage Properties (open data layer)Town of Oakville
Heritage Districts and Properties
The OakvilleIQ Brief
Heritage designations and district changes
What changes on the Town's heritage register, once a week.