Tolbert Building

Situated on a 230 m² commercial property on the southwest corner of Princess and Bagot Streets, in downtown Kingston. The property contains a representative example of an early-19^th century Georgian commercial building. Its simple three-storey massing, restrained architectural detailing and the overall impression of balance and rhythm is typical of 19^th century Georgian style for commercial buildings on downtown main streets in Ontario. The later brick addition to the rear, includes several fanciful, perhaps late Victorian, details that counter the restrained Georgian style of the stone corner building and provides a rare juxtaposition. The Tolbert Building was built in 1842 for property owner Eleanor Tolbert to plans by part-time architect Andrew Drummond and may be one his only known works in Kingston. Heritage attributes include the limestone building and brick addition, original window openings, and various stone, brick and wooden architectural detailing