Heritage property
3480 Ninth Line
3480 Ninth Line, Oakville, built in 1886, is designated under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act by Town of Oakville By-law 2023-121.
History
The Henry and Mary Post Farmhouse property has historical value because of its direct associations with a number of early settler families, with the lost hamlet of Snider’s Corners, and with the agricultural development of Trafalgar Township. Henry and Mary Post built the farmhouse and farmed the land for over 50 years. One of the area’s earliest schoolhouses was built on the original 100-acre lot containing the subject farmhouse. Snider’s Corners was centered around this schoolhouse and the nearby church. As an early farmstead, the property has direct associations with the early agricultural development of Trafalgar Township.
Heritage attributes
The Henry and Mary Post Farmhouse building has design and physical value as a representative example of a 19th century Gothic Revival style residential structure. Constructed in 1886, the farmhouse displays several elements of the Gothic Revival style, including: its steeply pitched roof, front gables, dichromatic brick cladding, buff-coloured brick quoins, round-headed windows, bay window, and its elaborate round-headed brick lintels topped by brick hood moulds.
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 2023-121Town 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.