Paris
- BB-P-60
- John J. McClintock House; 1886-90
- 116 Duncan Avenue
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- Complementing the collection of late nineteenth century houses at the
end of Duncan Avenue, this substantial brick dwelling is one of the most
sophisticated and intact Queen Anne dwellings in Paris. Its asymmetrical
massing is emphasized by the corner tower with conical roof, balanced by
the front gable. The pyramidal roof is distinguished by tall panelled chimneys
and a variety of dormers including an eyelid dormer on the front and triangular
and shed dormers on the sides. Round-arched and rectangular windows with
rusticated stone trim delineate the surf aces of the structure. An encirculing
verandah unifies the corner tower and gable.
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- Built in the last decades of the nineteenth century, this house was
one of the last erected in the new residential block between Pleasant and
Vine Streets. By 1908 it was the home of banker John J. McClintock and
his wife Kate, who left it as home for elderly ladies.
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- Perrin, p. 109.
- BB-P-73
- Frank O'Neil House; 1896-1900
- High Street
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- Although somewhat isolated on High Street, the two-and-a-half-story
brick dwelling is one of the more impressive late Richardsonian Romanesque
residences in the city. The high pyramidal roof has several entrance extensions,
including the gable, a low semi-octagonal dormer hipped-roof over the parlor,
and a bay-window on the corner facing 9th Street. The heavy rough stone
lintels emphasize the width of the openings, especially the segmental-arched
window over the entrance. There is also a shed-roofed dormer between the
two elaborately panelled chimneys on the south side, which have extremely
high doublecorbelled caps. In 1917 the house was purchased by Frank O'Neil,
a painter-contractor.