Massey-Harris Co. Ltd. Sales and Showroom - London, Ontario - Ontario Heritage Properties on Waymarking.com

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Heritage Value
350 Talbot Street is an historic structure in a redeveloped section of a commercial streetscape in downtown London. It provides a visual reminder of the late nineteenth century commercial activity in this area.
Built in 1890, 350 Talbot Street is associated with the Massey-Harris Co. Ltd., a Canadian manufacturer of agricultural implements. The building was erected in 1890 as a showroom and repair shop for Massey-Harris Co. Ltd., and continued in this function until 1950. Some Londoners recall tractors being brought into the rear area of the building for repair.

Constructed in 1890, 350 Talbot Street is a good representation of Romanesque Revival commercial architecture. This style provides an overall impression of strength and solidity with the rusticated stone-block base and stone coursing on the building facade. Large arched window openings and a vehicular archway on the first storey are also typical of Romanesque design. Principal design features of the interior of 350 Talbot Street include exposed posts and beams and freight doors, recalling its original function as a showroom and repair shop.
Source: City of London By-law L.S.P. 2961-304.
Character-Defining Elements
Character defining elements that reflect the heritage value of 350 Talbot Street include its:
- sliding freight doors from the covered passageway
- steel hoist beam
- rear sliding doors to the former repair shop area
- covered arched vehicle passageway
- three storey rusticated stone base
- flat roof
- white brick facade
- arched window openings on first storey
- arched passageway
- pedestrian entranceway with decorative wooden pilasters
- brick pilasters on second and third storeys
- arched window openings on the second and third-storeys
- paired windows on the second and third storeys
- cut stone coursing on the upper-storey windows
- brick dentils and brick cornice at the roof line
- location on Talbot Street in a commercial district

Link to Property in The Ontario Properties Database: [Web Link] Building or Property Type: Commercial Building County or Regional Municipality: Middlesex

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