Address: 5A Sword St Toronto Ontario M5A 3N3 Canada
Original Occupancy Date: 1893
Original Owner: Charles Rogers (owned 5 Sword as well in 1893), combined lot size 26x127
Original Occupant: John Peters, carpenter 36
Assessment Rolls: 1893 - John Peters, carpenter, 36, owner Charles Rogers, lot 13x127, 5 occupants $1290
Land Use: Residential
Original Architectural Style: Bay and Gable
Height: 2 Vt. storey
Materials: Red brick, fish scale, wood shingle gable facing and decorative wood work
Doors: Second floor Georgian style 40 pane lower paneled with stained glass transom
Windows: Third floor - triple tilt. Second floor - Victorian sash with original storms. Lower - picture window (non-conforming) first and second floor fixed louver decorative non-conforming shutters. Basement window segmental yellow brick arch
Roof: Asphalt shingle
Secondary Structures: Upper walkout porch with wrought iron railings. Wood bracketed roof supports. Lower portico with decorative brackets. Thin slender support spindle columns. Concrete steps, wrought iron handrail
Context: Butted to north building
Landscape Features: Railway tie retaining wall, landscaped garden, concrete planter with tree
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