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Description

The John Malott House is a 1½ -storey house constructed in or about the year 1887 in the Folk Victorian style.  The historical value of this property lies in its association with a succession of prominent residents.  John Malott was the son of renowned great lakes captain and shipbuilder William J. Malott.  Malott operated a bakery, confectionary, ice cream and oyster parlour.  He sold the home in 1898 to William A. Smith, the former Reeve of Kingsville, and was the only lawyer in Kingsville in the late 1800s.  The building is one of the few remaining examples of the vernacular architecture from a significant period in the town’s development.

Key heritage attributes include:
Triangular pediments inset with applied scrollwork above the windows and front door
Wood exterior doors featuring arched windows
Maple plank flooring
Curved staircase with turned balusters, scrollwork molding and cantilevered platform on the second floor