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Save 258 Main Street
It is on Chatham-Kent's heritage register as a listed property. Unless council issues a notice of intention to designate, it comes off the register on January 1, 2027 and can't be listed again for five years.
Year built: 1876
1. Add your support
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2. Write to your councillor
Council decides whether to issue a notice of intention to designate. A short, personal letter from a resident counts.
Ontario's municipal election is on October 26, 2026. Send the same letter to the candidates in your ward and ask where they stand.
3. Go to council
- March 17, 2025, Combined Council Meeting: Removal from the heritage register
Coming up in Chatham-Kent before January 1:
- Combined Council Meeting, November 23, 2026
- Council Meeting, December 7, 2026
- Combined Council Meeting, December 14, 2026
Anyone can ask to speak (a deputation) or send a written comment; check the meeting page for how and by when. How to speak at council.
4. Help with the research
Heritage staff need evidence. A research record gathers the building's history and why it matters, in the shape they use.
Priority for volunteers: 25/100 (built about 1876).
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Status from Municipality of Chatham-Kent — Municipal Heritage Register, as of August 7, 2014. Not legal advice. Confirm status with the municipality.