Authority:     North York Community Council Report No. 2, Clause No. 15,
               as adopted by Council on March 4, 5 and 6, 1998
Enacted by Council:  October 30, 1998    CITY OF TORONTO

                                       BY-LAW No. 811-1998

                     To designate the land and buildings at 3885 Yonge Street
                   as being of architectural and historical value or interest.

        WHEREAS the Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O. 1990, authorizes the Council of a municipality to
enact by-laws to designate real property, including all  the buildings and structures thereon,  to
be of historic or architectural value or interest; and

        WHEREAS the Council of  the former City of North York has, in  November 1997, caused to be
served upon the owners of  the lands and premises known municipality  as the Jolly  Miller Tavern,
3885 Yonge Street, and upon the Ontario Heritage Foundation, notice  of intention to designate the
property and has  caused the notice  of intention  to be  published once in  a newspaper having  a
general circulation in the municipality; and

        WHEREAS the reasons for designation are set out in Schedule  B  hereto; and

        WHEREAS no notice of  objection to the proposed designation  was served upon the  Clerk of
the former City of North York;

        The Council of the City of Toronto HEREBY ENACTS as follows:

        1.     The real property more  particularly described in Schedule   A  to this  by-law and
municipally known  as 3885  Yonge Street  (the Jolly  Miller Tavern),  is designated  as being  of
architectural and historical value or interest.

        2.     The City Solicitor  is authorized to cause a copy  of this by-law to be  registered
against the property described in Schedule  A  to this by-law in the proper land registry office.

        3.     The  City Clerk is  hereby authorized to cause  a copy of this  by-law to be served
upon the owner of 3885 Yonge Street and  upon the Ontario Heritage Foundation and  to cause notice
of this by-law to be published in a newspaper having general circulation in the City of Toronto.

        ENACTED AND PASSED this 30th day of  October, A.D. 1998.

CASE OOTES,                                                                NOVINA WONG,           
        Deputy Mayor                                                                    City Clerk

(Corporate Seal)

                                           SCHEDULE  A 
THE YORK MILLS HOTEL - JOLLY MILLER TAVERN
3885 YONGE STREET 
Part of PIN: 10537-0029 (LT)

All of Lots 11 and 12, Plan 246 North York, in the City of Toronto (formerly  in the City of North
York).

                                           SCHEDULE  B 
The York Mills Hotel, known  today as the Jolly Miller Tavern,  is recommended for  designation on
architectural and historic grounds.
The  former hotel was built circa 1857 to replace an earlier  establishment which was destroyed by
fire.  The  new hotel was constructed  by John and William Hogg,  who developed the Hogg s  Hollow
subdivision on their York Mills property in 1856.

The  York Mills  Hotel was  a focal  point for the  mill village, and  a prominent  feature of the
commercial core of the community.  It was a stopping place for the mail stage and omnibus  between
Toronto and Richmond Hill.

Like other 19th century inns and  taverns, the hotel went through  a succession of proprietors and
periods of changing fortunes.  During Prohibition in  this century, the building housed a gambling
den that  was eventually closed down following several  police raids.  In  1930, the old hotel was
remodelled with  the intent of creating a  prestigious dining establishment.  It was re-named  The
Jolly Miller ,  a name that remains in use to the present day.  The  sign board depicting a  Jolly
Miller  was painted by noted Canadian artist C.W. Jefferys.

In more  recent  times,   The  Miller  continued  to  function as  a  hotel and  tavern,  offering
accommodation until about 1964.  A skating rink  was built on the flats behind  the building, with
a  change room provided in the neighbouring Hogg General Store, destroyed by fire in 1978.

Architecturally,  the Jolly Miller Tavern evokes  the Georgian Survival style of  the 19th century
buildings  in Ontario.   Constructed of  red brick,  layed in a  common bond  pattern, it measures
2½ storeys high and is based on  a rectangular plan.  It features a high-pitched gabled roof  with
boxed eaves.  Generous  amounts of wall space in relation to the size of the windows  can be noted
on most elevations.  Elements such  as the plinth,  belt courses, quoins, jack arches, and  ornate
pendant frieze (east elevation) are highlighted in buff-coloured brick.  The south  wall is intact
as are the north,  east and west walls above the  ground floor level.  The historic portion of the
building has  a  rubblestone foundation  that  provides  a basement  under the  west  half of  the
building.

The symmetrical,  5-ranked front facade has  a steep, centred  cross-gable, containing a  6-over-6
sash.  The four, corbelled chimneys at the  gable-ends are restored versions of the originals.  At
one  time, a  hip-roofed verandah  supported  by  several posts  spanned across  the entire  front
elevation.

The much-altered interior  originally had  a centre hall  plan.   Vestiges of  two fireplaces  are
thought to remain within broad projections  on the south wall.   Original interior elements of the
building that also remain intact include mouldings, trims and doors located in the attic storey.

The  Jolly Miller  assumes  great  significance as  the  only 19th  century  commercial  structure
remaining  on its original site  in the locale.   Moreover, the  long history  associated with the
Tavern  and its  connection to  the historic  community  of York  Mills and  neighbouring  valley,
reinforces its special importance as a Yonge Street landmark in North York.