Excerpt from www1.toronto.ca:
Address:
1 Draper Street (formerly identified as Nos. 1-1½ Draper Street;
northeast corner of Front Street West and Draper Street).
Construction Date:
1886
Contractor/Builder:
Smith and Simpson
Alterations/Additions:
Window sash and entrances altered; brick painted; porches
removed; south wall reclad.
Original Owner:
Peoples’ Loan Company
Original Occupants:
#1:
----- Gallinger (first name illegible; in 1886);
#1½: Peter McIntyre (in 1886)
Building Type: *B: 2-storey Ontario House Type (* Draper Street HCD)
Construction:
In 1886, Smith and Simpson acquired the vacant property at the northeast corner of Draper and FrontStreets. They constructed the two-storey brick-and-roughcast semi-detached houses now identified as 1 Draper Street and originally known as Nos. 1-1½ Draper. The mortgager then acquired the properties, renting the houses to a series of tenants.
Design:
The two-storey semi-detached houses follow the form of a single Ontario House, a type popularized in the province in the mid-19th century and identified by its central gable peak. With a brick façade and roughcast side and rear (east) walls, the building is covered by a gable roof with end chimneys. The principal (west) façade features a symmetrical arrangement with the paired entrance doors (since altered) centered between single-storey bay windows. Four flat-headed window openings light the upper storey.
According to historical records, the property at the northwest corner of Draper and Front Streets (now identified as No. 500 Front Street West) contained a similar house, demolished in 1938-1939.
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