Gage House (Battlefield Park) Stoney Creek, ON

Building Condition Survey Report, and Structural Upgrades

The site of the Battle of Stoney Creek is designated a National Historic Site to recognise the national importance of the military engagement that took place there. In 1813 the invading American troops occupied the house. It has been a museum house since 1925. The Gage House (known locally as Battlefield House) was constructed about 1796, first as a rough-hewn log house, and later as a storey-and-a-half timber-frame house. The house museum is an historic museum presenting the house as it would have been to the 1935 period. The house is built in the Georgian colonial style.

This survey and Historic Structures Report included a review of the extensive background information of this important historic military site. A description of the as-found building systems, including the foundations, structure, building envelope, interior finishes, mechanical and electrical systems; and provided commentary on required repairs and appropriate methods to accomplish those repairs

The report addresses the suitability for new uses in terms of compliance with the Ontario Building Code and comments on the impact on heritage features of such compliances. The report also reviews the surrounding landscape features that may affect the building. The report provides a detailed list of short and long-term priorities for future planning. The current structural upgrade phase stems from findings in the survey.

Spencer R Higgins Architect prepared a detailed set of CAD base drawings using point cloud information generated from a state of the art 3-D laser scanning system by MMM Group Ltd. The condition survey of the building was composed in accordance with the Uniformat standard.

Link to Battlefield House Museum

Battlefield Park Hamilton View from Monument (FHBR)

Gage House (Battlefield Park) North Facade, section derived from 3d Laser scans (SHA: 2009)

3D Laser Scanning of the Kitchen (SHA & MMM: 2009)