Houses in Owen Sound, Ontario

[chempat]

I have a birth in 1910 at 567 13th Street West, Owen Sound, Ontario. (Family came over, son born, on census, return to England.)

The house looks modern.  It is part of a group of 8 terraced houses with garages at the front.  There are many numbers missing along the street - assuming evens on one side of road, and odds on the other.

Would a lot of replacement buildings have occurred here?

Apologies for my ignorance of Canadian urban renewal.

[RunKitty]

Hi,

The houses on the other side of the street appear to be much older.   If you swivel your "street view", you can see them.   Those look like early 20th c houses.   

Yes, it would be even numbers on one side and odd on the other. 

As for urban renewal here - happening everywhere!! 

RK

[chempat]

Yes, I agree about the other side of the street. 

However, if the street was built on both sides at about the same time, the 'older' ones look in fair condition, so I wondered why they would replace them in that row.

I have seen lots of new ones in England, but usually replaced because of war damage or were slums.  Later on individual ones get updated, particularly if in a 'good' area. That road looks wide and well planned from the start.

In reality, lots of factors at play.

Are old planning applications easily available to search, or not?

Thanks.

[RunKitty]

Maybe some useful info here??

https://www.owensound.ca/en/city-hall/planning-and-heritage.aspx

RK

[RunKitty]

Possibly this site as well?

https://www.onland.ca/ui/

RK

[eileenwilson]

There is a 13th Avenue West and a 13th Avenue A West.  The ones on A West look older:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/567+13th+St+'A'+W,+Owen+Sound,+ON+N4K+3W9/@44.5727701,-80.9557909,3a,75y,170.92h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sp2ZPuStYR03yRV34tY9QAQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3Dp2ZPuStYR03yRV34tY9QAQ%26cb_client%3Dsearch.gws-prod.gps%26w%3D86%26h%3D86%26yaw%3D170.92484%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656!4m6!3m5!1s0x8829fc9b6c160b23:0xdd106f30bfcd01a4!8m2!3d44.5725456!4d-80.9557397!16s%2Fg%2F11csq0jw2b

[eileenwilson]

The streets were renamed in 1909 using a standardized numbering system. Lots of good info and old maps here:

https://greyroots.com/story/owen-sound-street-numbers-and-standardized-address-numbering-introduced-1909

[chempat]

Hi,

Thanks for the links and information about the naming systems.