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PAGE " - mm CMrt89_E_, mm mm m. n- Richard Hoboon opens the original door of the Kumpt House, built by Abraham em, Waterloo's founder, around 1808. it is conaldered the "most historically and architecturally signifi- cant house in Waterloo." 'ta-CCR, / / . F , __ ic) LION LAGER /£/%J/ 'cet, il il7. "iiiiii) ADLYS ALE / a 2‘1 "s.ii O ENGLISH ALE o (tiw, j; .1. I wmwncen l >2 yalall. BAVARIAN 571' can "2riii,_', mrirpitmatls. LION m .. ROLLED BIBS OR SCHNiTZEL $.95 SALMON STEAK ".95 lm SOUP, SALAD, POTATO, SAUERKRAUT In COFFEE Huether Hotel’s Lion Brewery tit Museum "THE PRIDE OF UPTOWN WATERLOO" Restored Brewery and Cavern (1856) BILLIARD AND DINING ROOM DELI BAR - SALADS - SOUPS 12-1 A.M. 59 KING ST. NORTH, WATERLOO, ONT. 519-886-33S0 1siictrriijj'iii] No chemicals or preservatives Beer brewed on premises Chronicle Staff The only house the Waterloo Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee (LACAC) and council tried to designate against an owner's wishes was the Kumpf House, which was built and lived in by Abraham Erb, the founder of Waterloo. Later the house passed to his adopted son. Barnabas Devitt, a successful businessman and mayor from 1881 to 1883. Even later, John Huffman bought the house. Huffman is known for dividing his land and enabling the settlement to grow into a village. Built argund 1808 the house is a "melange of styles." "Regency" characteristics are seen in the low prome and prominent chimneys. The “Geor- gian" influence is visible in the paned windows, set The history of the Kumpf house was researched in 1978. The owner at the time. when approached for designation was vehemently opposed. LACAC, determined to see the house designated because of its importance to local history, made a presentation to city council. "Tie reasons for recommending designation of the Kumpf House are vintage, architecture and historic inlportance!" noted the presentation. in pairs and the paned sash window in the rear porch. "Gothic" shutters surround the windows and Doric columns are found on both porches. _ - _ After John Huffman the property changed hands several times until 1869 when it was owned by Christian Kumpf. He was the owner of the Waterloo Chronicle and Waterloo's postmaster for 42 years. One of the founders of Dominion Life Assurance, he Melange of styles made Kumpf House _ popular landmark “"2 r X 'ttttr, iilliilfilBE [lgirtet per in?!» m‘vn‘mbn-uanpm “an!“ Dana-mun twin-Mao’s. m-iii-Ori-iii-sri-fig-tir-Cin-ii-ttttrw-ep--', Offering the finest in service and selection After 26 Years . . . Pre still here for you. 71 Stores and Services improve with age! was the mayor from 1879 to 1880. He was president of the board of trade and on the board of manage- ment for Waterloo Park. Ford Kumpf inherited the house 30 years later. Town treasurer and clerk, he was also president of Dominion Life Assurance. Very much involved in civic functions, he was known as "Mr. Waterloo." A former LACAC member, Hobson says he felt the building should be preserved and he had "wanted the house since 1965." In 1973 the house was sold to a couple who used it as a furniture showroom and interior design studio. LACAC's presentation included the comment that architecturally or historically there were "valid reasons for designation; together they comprise a package no citizen of Waterloo can ignore. If any house in Waterloo is deserving of designation surely the Kumpf House is such a one." Council agreed. But the owners didn't and a hearing was arranged with the provincial Conservation Review Board. Before the hearing was held the house was sold to a Cuan of lawyers - Hobson, Jenkins, Duncan, Wellhauser and Taylor - who immediately re quested designation. "I had my eye on it through the years," he said, smiling at the "most historically and architectural- ly _tsignincant house in Waterloo." The case went before the board nevertheless, which decided "that the council of Waterloo ... would act in the best interests of the citizens of the community in designating . . . the Kumpf House as a property of historic and architectural value and interest."