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George's House
George's House was built in 1932 in the Neo-Tudor style.
The building is a two-storey Arts & Crafts style home and is constructed with materials such as carved stone, cast stone, textured stucco, slate and copper. It also has a high hipped roof with multi-coloured slate tiles, the front entrance has a paneled wood door and a decorative cast stone surround. A two-storey octagonal bay with a crenellated parapet and open porch on the side of the house with a roof supported by stone pillars.
The exterior of the home is quite impressive but to be honest I think the inside is what really made an impression on me. The home was meticulously taken care of over the years and it showed with many of the original design features remaining. All of the original hardwood floors were still intact and the exterior windows were all leaded glass. All of the interior doors had beveled leaded glass windows, some of which were more decorative than others. There are many more features to this home but I will let the video speak to these aspects.
Currently the building does not have a heritage designation and has been sitting vacant for a number of years now. Although historical protection has not been ruled out by the city at this point in time. From what I have read the owners wanted to subdivide the property into three lots and build at least two homes on the new pieces of land. After selling for nearly $3,000,000 a number of years ago, the property has since been listed a few times for about half the price without buyer interest.
A heritage designation for this home would be great and everything but that wouldn't stop the owners from completely gutting the inside and leaving the house as a shell of its former self. Personally I would like to see this building completely preserved by turning it into a museum but I highly doubt that would ever happen.
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