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The Bradford Go Station at 251 Holland St. E. at Dissette Rd and Bridge St.
Irma Pappenheim
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The Bradford Go Station at 251 Holland St. E. at Dissette Rd and Bridge St.
Irma Pappenheim
Part of George Jackson fonds
The mid-block building located at 71 John St. East was built around 1900 in the Edwardian Classicism style. It was once the home of Sam Stein and his son and daughter. He was the owner of the Toronto Manufacturing Co. (maker of baby carriages and wicker furniture). His business was located on the northwest corner of Dissette St. until around 1929. After its end, the house was rented to a number of O.P.P. officers and their families, including Ivan Spence and Sam Irwin (a talented violin player). It was also the home of Joe Kanyo (a market gardener) and his family at one time. Leonard Saint built a large cement garage at the rear of the house. It had a basement for storing vegetables and a ground-level room for vehicles. The house was eventually sold and redesigned into rental apartments.
The large, 2½-storey house has a rectangular plan with a side hall, an asymmetrical façade and a simple, formal composition. It has a prominent, gable roof. The Classical roof form is expressed as a pediment with extended eaves and mixed with the Queen Anne texture of wood shingles. A raised, entrance portico with a flat roof and balustrade with access from the second- floor portico roof is set on a plain entablature ornamented with a band of dentils and set on double posts on brick piers. The single door is off-centre. There are large window openings with high floor to ceiling heights. Multi-paned, double-hung windows are reminiscent of the Queen Anne style. Ground and second-floor windows are set into segmented, arch openings with brick voussoirs and concrete, lug sills. The third-floor windows have wood entablature and plain, wood trim and sills. Wood frame construction is covered with smooth brick and wood-shingle cladding. There is a parged, stone foundation. The portico steps, foundation and balustrade, and entrance door are not original. According to the 2000 inventory, the house is in good condition. It also notes that the original form and many details are still intact. (1, 2, 3)
George Jackson
Part of George Jackson fonds
"Council is very close to engineering a swap with local developer Michael Orsi which could save the town almost $20,000, The Witness learned this week. Mayor Joe Magani presented council with a draft agreement prepared by the developer and submitted for council's consideration. The proposed agreement calls for the town to trade three-quarters of an acre of land at the north end of Dissette Street, and to cancel a $7,500 debt in the developer's name. Mr. Orsi will, in return, undertake to pace an additional 2,000 feet of Dissette Street from Dominion Farms north."
George Jackson
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Article on a meeting by town council, highlighting the creation of a large processing plant for Bradford's vegetable growers to be built on Dissette Street (then called Doucette).
Bradford Witness
Holland Street East and Dissette Street
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Looking west at the corner of Holland Street East and Dissette Street from the parking lot of the Bradford GO Station.
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View of the (current) Tupling Insurance Building when it was vacant in the early 1990s. On the southeast corner of Holland St. East and Dissette Street.
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
View of Bradford from Go Train Station
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View of the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury from the Go Train Station. This view is looking southwest over the town from Dissette Street.
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
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Go Ticket Station for the previous version of the Train Station.
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
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Photograph of the previous intersection at Disette and Holland Streets, facing west. The street on the right of the photograph leads to the train station, while the street on the left is Bridge Street.
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library