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Mulcaster Street Armoury

36 Mulcaster Street, Barrie, Ontario, L4M, Canada

Reconnu formellement en: 1995/07/10

West and north facades, former Barrie Armoury, 2004; City of Barrie, 2004
Former Barrie Armoury, 2004
East and north facades, former Barrie Armoury, 2004; City of Barrie, 2004
Former Barrie Armoury, 2004
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Autre nom(s)

35th Battalion Simcoe Foresters drill hall
Barrie Farmer's Market building
Barrie Board of Works
Mulcaster Street Armoury

Liens et documents

Date(s) de construction

1888/01/01 à 1889/01/01

Inscrit au répertoire canadien: 2004/07/23

Énoncé d'importance

Description du lieu patrimonial

This small scale, 19th century brick armoury in Barrie has a centre assembly hall with right and left wings, under 3 roofs. Its heritage value is recognized by City of Barrie Bylaw 95-157.

Valeur patrimoniale

This 1888-1889 armoury is important in its association with the role of Barrie and area militia units in Canadian military defence. The armoury was built by the councils of Barrie and Simcoe County, in cooperation with the federal Public Works/ Militia Department, to replace a drill shed in Queen's Park that burned in 1886. Although small scale, it provided the 35 Battalion (Simcoe Foresters) volunteer militia with a drill shed, battalion headquarters, and storage of armaments, uniforms, and equipment. It was in continuous use for military purposes through 1914 when a larger facility was erected in Queen's Park. The Mulcaster building became the auxillary drill shed and a rehearsal hall for the 35th Regiment band. After the First World War, it was occupied by the Barrie Board of Works. About 1948, the Board relocated and the building became a Farmer's Market. Constructed in brick with wood roofing shingles, the structure was revitalized in the 1990s. Source: City of Barrie Bylaw 95-157 and accompanying research report.

Éléments caractéristiques

The heritage value is contained in key elements that relate to the original use as an armoury including: - form and massing of a storey and a half centre section, with single storey, right and left wings, covered with a main and two secondary roofs; - parapet walls of the east facade; - original door and window openings, sashes and transoms; - interior woodwork, floor
boards, and support walls defining the tri-part interior

Reconnaissance

Juridiction

Ontario

Autorité de reconnaissance

Administrations locales (Ont.)

Loi habilitante

Loi sur le patrimoine de l'Ontario

Type de reconnaissance

Désignation du patrimoine municipal (partie IV)

Date de reconnaissance

1995/07/10

Données sur l'histoire

Date(s) importantes

1914/01/01 à 1914/01/01
1948/01/01 à 1948/01/01

Thème - catégorie et type

Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction

Actuelle

Gouvernement
Bureau ou édifice à bureau

Historique

Défense
Manège militaire, salle d'exercices ou arsenal

Architecte / Concepteur

s/o

Constructeur

s/o

Informations supplémentaires

Emplacement de la documentation

City of Barrie Planning and Clerk's Departments, Barrie City Hall

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Identificateur féd./prov./terr.

HPON04-6

Statut

Édité

Inscriptions associées

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