ACO Toronto - 314 Jarvis Street

AT RISK INFORMATION

At risk status

This building is at Risk

Information:

The building has suffered multiple fires that have caused significant damage. Per CBC News, City of Toronto engineering and construction services have been called to determine the next steps for the heritage building.

BUILDING INFORMATION

Name & Location:

314 Jarvis Street
314 Jarvis Street
Toronto
Downtown Yonge East

Year Completed:

1865

OTHER IDENTIFICATION

Notes:

This house was altered in 1901 by Matthew Sheard for Dr. Charles Sheard (Toronto’s first chief medical officer and a Conservative MP) and his wife Verna Stanton Sheard (a well-known poet).

in 2016 a fire gutted the building, and three more fires in 2019 further damaged the building.

Status:

Completed

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Companies:

The following companies are associated with this building

Architect - Matthew Sheard <-- More buildings by this architect.

BUILDING DATA

Building Type:

Detached house

Current Use:

Abandoned

Former Use:

Residential

Heritage Status:

Designated under Part IV Ontario Heritage Act

Main Style:

Beaux arts <-- More buildings in this style.

Sources:

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Inventory of Heritage Properties
Author - City of Toronto
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Toronto Architecture: A City Guide
Author - Patricia McHugh
Page - 163
Toronto fire believes heritage home fire is suspicious
Author - CBC News Toronto
Date - 2 September 2019
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Toronto heritage home burns, university residents evacuated from building
Author - Nick Dixon, CTV News Toronto
Date - 2 September 2019
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Fire knocked down in abandoned heritage home in Allan Gardens
Author - Chris Herhalt, CP24
Date - 2 September 2019
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Fire that tore through historic Jarvis St. home deemed suspicious
Author - Ilya BaÃ±ares, Toronto Star
Date - 2 September 2019
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Fire guts heritage Beaux Arts home on Jarvis St.
Author - Laura DaSilva, Toronto Star
Date - 4 January 2016
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Removal of a Designated Heritage Property under the Ontario Heritage Act â€“ 314 Jarvis Street
Author - City of Toronto: Robert Freedman, Director Urban Design City Planning Division
Date - 26 March 2012
Document - b67bd6f5135af089940010beb2c6e992.pdf
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Cause of Two-Alarm Fire in Heritage Home on Jarvis Street Still a Mystery
Author - Heather Seaman, iHeartRADIO
Date - 2 September 2019
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Investigators to probe fire at heritage home once engineers survey blackened remains
Author - Muriel Draaisma and Greg Ross, CBC News Toronto
Date - 3 September 2019
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Fire destroys Jarvis Street heritage home once owned by prominent Toronto family
Author - CBC News Toronto
Date - 4 January 2016
Notes - Includes a video of Sarah Sheard (great-granddaughter of Charles and Verna Sheard) talking about the house.
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308-314 Jarvis Street and 225 Mutual Street - Zoning Amendment Application â€“ Request for Directions Report/Refusal Report
Author - City of Toronto: Gregg Lintern, MCIP, RPP Director, Community Planning Toronto and East York District
Date - 22 May 2015
Document - 66de0e1ede379423fb50795d72db3ae7.pdf
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314 Jarvis St.
Author - Vik Pahwa, City of Toronto Archives
Date - 4 January 2016
Notes - Fonds 546, Item 31
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