2378 Sovereign St

Heritage attributes

The Permenus and Charlotte Osborne House has design and physical value as an early 20th century Oakville vernacular frame workers’ cottage. The house may have been designed and built locally or could have been a kit house from a mail-order company. The house is one-and-a-half storeys with a hip roof and square footprint. The front elevation retains its historic design and layout with a central single front door flanked by two single windows. The house contains a mix of historic wood windows, including one-over-one wood sash windows, finished with simple wood trim.

The Town of Oakville’s description, reproduced from its heritage register.

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.

O. Reg. 9/06 sets the criteria a property must meet to be designated under Part IV; the Town recorded which one applies.

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.

Whether a specific alteration needs a heritage permit is the Town’s call; ask its heritage planning staff before starting work. See permits and by-laws.

Sources

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence — Town of Oakville. Licence. Register checked September 24, 2026; the Town’s record is authoritative.