THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF BURLINGTON

WHEREAS by Section 29(6)(a) of the Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O. 1990, chapter O.18, as amended, the Council of a municipality shall pass a by-law designated property to be of historical and architectural value and interest where no Notice of Objection to the designation has been served on the City Clerk within thirty days after the date of first publication of the Notice of Intention to Designate in a newspaper having general circulation in the municipality;

AND WHEREAS Notice of Intention to Designate was published in a local newspaper and served on the owners of the property and Community Heritage Ontario by registered mail;

AND WHEREAS the reasons for the said designation are set out in Schedule "A" attached hereto and forming part of this by-law;

AND WHEREAS no Notice of Objection was served on the City Clerk of the City of Burlington.

NOW THEREFORE THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF BURLINGTON HEREBY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:

1. THAT 2021 Blairholm Avenue, described as Pt. Lots 1 & 9, Plan 426, designated as PART 3, Plan 20R-12073, being all of PIN 07074-0372, be designated as being of architectural and historical value and interest.

2. THAT the City Clerk be directed to cause a Notice of this by-law to be published in a local newspaper having general circulation in the municipality.

3. THAT the City Clerk be directed to cause a certified copy of this by-law to be served upon the owners of 2021 Blairholm Avenue and Community Heritage Ontario.

4. THAT this by-law shall take effect on the date of its registration in the Land Registry Office for the Land Registry Division of Halton (No. 20).

ENACTED AND PASSED THIS 27^th day of March, 2000.

MAYOR: _______________________________________

CITY CLERK:____________________________________

The solid brick, two-and-a-half storey Georgian Style structure is one of the oldest houses in downtown Burlington. From 1858 to 1898 it was the home of Nelson Ogg, a cooper and farmer, and his family. He and his brother Joseph had moved from Quebec to Kilbride and then in 1851 to the village then known as Wellington Square. The first Roman Catholic services in this area were held in his house on Pine Street, and he donated the land for the building of the first Roman Catholic Church, on Pearl Street. One of Nelson Ogg’s sons served on council for many years and another was commissioner of the fire department from 1894.

In 1898 George Blair purchased Ogg’s 50-acre farm north of what was then the boundary of the Village of Burlington. It is said that he wanted his sons to grow up in the country rather than in the downtown atmosphere of their previous home on Burlington Avenue. His sons worked on the farm and in the Blair family’s construction business. Between 1880 and 1920 George Blair built many of the most substantial houses and churches in Burlington. In 1950 the Blair family registered a residential subdivision of the farm. The front yard was retained as a green space; its mature trees are a fine example of natural heritage. One of the sons, Stanley Blair, lived in ‘Blairholm’ from 1898 until his death in 1994, in his 109^th year.

The house was modified by the Blair family, but retains many of its original Georgian details: the multi-paned casement windows at the second level, the louvered shutters, and the well-proportioned front entrance which has a rectangular divided transom and divided full sidelights. The end gables, centre front gable and also the barn gable are decorated with a distinctive looping 'gingerbread’ bargeboard. The interior features include exceptionally good paneled doors, mouldings and baseboards, and an impressive and graceful oak staircase.