The council of the Town of Saugeen Shores has announced its intention to designate a local Southampton property a heritage site.
Located at 34 Victoria Street North, Southampton, the site has a Regency-style lawn bowling clubhouse that was erected in 1913 as a one storey, wood-frame building.
The clubhouse remains in its original orientation on the site, as well as its most important Regency-style attributes. That includes the original one-storey rectangular form with a hip roof extended by a gently sloping canopy roof over the former verandah. Additionally, four of the original neoclassical verandah pillars are maintained.
The building has had some alterations over the years. The property has a direct association with The Southampton Lawn Bowling Club (formed in 1907), continuing today as The Saugeen Shores Lawn Bowling Club. The clubhouse was designed and built by the internationally known Alfred Richley, an accomplished contractor and manager of large construction projects in Ontario and the United States.
The club is also associated with important individuals in the community who helped found the club, including manufacturer Charles Martin Bowman, M.P.P.
Further information respecting this notice of intention to designate the property is available by contacting the Clerk’s Division.
A notice of objection to this Notice of Intention to designate the property may be served on the Clerk within 30 days after the date of publication of the Notice of Intention.
The Clerk’s Division may be reached at Town of Saugeen Shores, 600 Tomlinson Drive, P.O. Box 820, Port Elgin, Ontario, N0H 2C0, by email at clerk@saugeenshores.ca, or by phone at 519-832-2008 ext. 102.