Heritage Properties
Melville Street Heritage Conservation District Study
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Alissa Golden
Cultural Heritage Program Lead
Planning Division
City of Hamilton
Email [email protected]
Council Approval of the Melville HCD Study Report - On September 11, 2024
Hamilton City Council approved the staff and Heritage Committee recommendations on the final Melville Street Heritage Conservation District Study findings and directed staff to proceed with preparing a Plan for the proposed District. Staff will be reaching out to affected property owners in the coming months with next steps in the heritage district designation process.
For more information or to submit feedback on this recommendation, please contact: Alissa Golden, Cultural Heritage Program Lead, [email protected].
Staff Report PED24140 - Melville Street Heritage Conservation District Study
- Melville Street Heritage Conservation District Study PED24140
- Melville Street Heritage Conservation District Study PED24140 Appendix A
- Melville Street Heritage Conservation District Study PED24140 Appendix B
- Melville Street Heritage Conservation District Study PED24140 Appendix C
- Melville Street Heritage Conservation District Study PED24140 Appendix D
- Melville Street Heritage Conservation District Study Presentation
Background
The community of Dundas, formerly the Town of Dundas and now part of the amalgamated City of Hamilton, is an historic settlement area comprised of a significant concentration of pre-1950 buildings of heritage value or interest, historic streetscapes and natural heritage features.
In the spring of 2022, the City of Hamilton initiated an updated heritage survey of Downtown Dundas as part of its Built Heritage Inventory Strategy. Research and engagement on the Downtown Dundas BHI had begun, including the preparation of a preliminary Historic Context Statement and the calling of a Downtown Dundas Heritage Focus Group. This project is currently on hold.
The local Ward Councillor brought forward a motion at the September 28, 2022 Council meeting which resulted in the passing of a by-law to designate a portion of Melville Street, located in the Downtown Dundas BHI project area, as a Heritage Conservation District Study Area and directing staff to initiate the HCD Study. The eastern portion of Melville Street, from Sydenham Street to Cross Street, was designated as part of the Cross-Melville Heritage Conservation District in 1990 by the former Town of Dundas By-law No. 3899-90. The western portion of Melville Street, from Sydenham Street to Wellington Street North, consists of a collection of pre-1950 buildings of potential heritage value or interest, including three properties individually designated under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act.
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