351 Regent Street

GENERAL

Type / Purpose

Private Residence

Location

351 Regent Street, Fredericton, New Brunswick

Description

351 Regent Street is a two-and-a-half storey wood-frame Craftsman-style residence at the corner of Regent and Aberdeen streets in Fredericton. This gabled-roofed building is notable for its builder Fred Tims.

Heritage Value

The house at 351 Regent Street in Fredericton is a Craftsman-style wood-frame residence from 1923. The house is one of many residential homes constructed by influential local builder Fred Tims, who was recognized for his commitment to affordable housing. Tims' career started with a number of double tenements he erected on York Street in the 1900s. In the early 1910s, he had a second row built along the side of Regent Street, opposite from where this building was later constructed.

In 1922, an increase in government funding in response to post-WWI housing shortages prompted new housing development in the local area. Among the houses erected during this time was this dwelling, which still stands on the corner of Regent and Aberdeen streets. It serves as a reminder both of the Fredericton building boom of the early 1920s and of Fred Tims' architectural legacy.

Heritage Recognition

Municipal Register of Local Historic Places (2009/06/22)

ARCHITECTURE

Date of Construction

1923

Character Defining Elements

- Two-and-a-half storey wood-frame massing
- Large corner lot
- Clapboard siding
- Front-gabled roof with a skirt, forming a large pediment on the front façade
- Rectangular windows with entablatures
- Open full-length front veranda with square pillars
- Off-center front door

Builder/Building Company

Fred Tims

OWNERSHIP HISTORY

Notable Historic Occupants

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SOURCES AND DOCUMENTS

Photos

Photograph by the City of Fredericton, taken from the Canada's Historic Places website

Sources Contributors

Gabrielle Byrne

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