Did You Know? Oak Ridges has 32 heritage properties. Which ones are in your neighbourhood?
The City of Richmond Hill has an Inventory of Cultural Heritage Resources that provides key information on Richmond Hill’s designated and listed properties that are of cultural heritage significance or interest.
View the complete Heritage Inventory here
Click the map to view the heritage properties located in ward 1 Oak Ridges.
Below are some of the heritage properties located in Oak Ridges
12481 Bathurst Street
Nelson Thomson House Listed
Frame; aluminum siding; 2 storeys; c1929; Foursquare; hip roof with hip-roofed front dormer; shed-roofed enclosed veranda. Brick; red 2 storeys; Her Majesty the Queen as Represented by the Minster. Formerly known as 12451 Bathurst Street.
1229 Bethesda Road
Shadowmere Listed
Frame; stone; 2 storeys; c1935; long rectangular plan; large hip roof with deep overhangs; narrow flat headed windows and wider three panel windows; windows on the ground floor feature heavy stone lintels. Example of the Tudor Revival style.
1393 Bethesda Road
Jacob Sheffer House Listed
Frame; aluminum siding; 1 ½ storeys; c1840; gable roof with return eaves; Jacob Sheffer. Frame 1 storey rear addition; frame 1 storey garage side addition.
33 Betony Drive
Jane Carscadden House DES
Frame; brick veneer, patterned red/buff, painted on front, stuccoed on sides and rear; 1 ½ storeys; c1875; T-shaped; Classic Ontario with Gothic window, bargeboards and kingpost in centre gable; transomed entry; segmental windows; frame 1 storey rear wing; Jane Carscadden. Burned April 1st, 2008. Relocated from 12933 Bathurst Street
37 Chao Crescent
James Carscadden House DES
Brick; red, stuccoed; 1 ½ storeys; c1845; 3-bay; Georgian; gable roof with return eaves; 6/6 windows; Classical doorcase with 6-panel door; transom with diamond motif in glazing; James Corscadden; James W. Legge, 1893; fire damage, 2008. Relocated from 685 King Road in 2014.
40 Bond Crescent Listed
Brick; red (upper storey lighter in colour); 2 storeys; c1880; 3-bay; gable roof. Originally faced King Rd; shed-roofed side verandah; frame 1 storey rear addition.
630 King Road
John Love House DES
Timber frame/vertical plank; stucco; 1 ½ storeys; c1830; 3-bay; Georgian; gable roof with return eaves; entry with early 6-panel door and 3-light rectangular transom; small casement windows in gable ends; rear 9/6 window; Love family of Love’s Corners. 1 storey rear addition. Formerly known as 158 King Road.
734 King Road
Temperanceville (United) Church & Cemetery Listed
Brick; dark red; 1897(v); rectangular plan; Gothic Revival; steep gable roof with circular vent in front gable; buttresses; lancet windows; central double door with Gothic transom; Temperanceville Methodist Church. Cemetery from c1835
13076 Leslie Street
George Sproxton House & Toronto Muslim Cemetery Listed
Brick; patterned red/buff; 1 ½ storeys; c1855; 3-bay; Georgian; transomed entry with diamond motif glazing; 6/6 windows; shedroofed porch; brick 1 storey side wing; possibly George Sproxton. The building is situated on the site of the Toronto Muslim Cemetery, the first Muslim cemetery in the Greater Toronto Area.
3265 Leslie Street
Christopher Smith House Listed
Brick; patterned red/buff, Flemish bond on front; 1 ½ storeys; c1860; T shaped; Classic Ontario; transomed entry with sidelights filled in with brick; possibly Christopher Smith. Front gable not original.
16 Macleod Estate Court
Drynoch: Capt. Donald Martin Macleod DES
Brick; red; 1 ½ storeys; c1845; shallow U-shaped, front facing; Classical Revival; gable roof with return eaves; entry with sidelights with Regency glazing; 6/6 windows; hood moulds over upper windows; Drynoch; Capt Donald Martin Macleod; architect possibly John Edey of Thornhill. Brick addition to east side, c1915; frame addition to west side by B. Napier Simpson, c1970
53 St. Laurent Drive Listed
Frame; aluminum siding; 1 ½ storeys; c1915; hip roof; enclosed hip-roofed porch.