Morley Donaldson House - Ottawa, Ontario - Victorian Style Architecture on Waymarking.com

This residence is recommended for designation under IV of the Ontario Heritage Act for architectural and historical reasons.

Constructed circa 1864 as a one-and-a-half storey stone structure and converted to its present form circa 1889, the additive building programme employed at 504 Albert Street rendered it a pleasantly idiosyncratic example of the Queen Anne Revival style.

504 Albert street's front facade is symmetrical, reflecting its earlier construction date, but the later features of the building such as the shingled dormers. tall chimney and the gabled bay window on the west facade create the richly textured look typical of the Queen Anne Revival style. Other noteworthy features of the building that identify it with the style include the use of a variety of materials (shingles. stucco and stone), the varied roofline, the dormer and multiple light windows and the use of wood to suggest half timbering. The house also had a widow's walk and a porch roof balustrade that have been removed. In 1922. a garage and sun porch, compatible in style and execution to the structure, were added to the rear.

When completed, 504 Albert Street was an imposing building, well-suited to its
owner Morley Donaldson, General Superintendent of the Canada and Atlantic Railway. The ingenious use of the building's original stone walls as the base for an elaborate Queen Anne Revival structure is unusual within the Ottawa context.

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Public/Private: Private Tours Available?: No Year Built: Circa 1864 Web Address: Not listed

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Date Logged Log User Rating   09/16/2021 elyob visited it