CHARACTER DEFINING ELEMENTS

Feature that contributes to the historical value of the Ross-Struthers House include:

• Its association with Edward H. Ross, involved with surrounding development in the municipality of Sandwich, and with Windsor business owner E.R.C. Struthers.

Exterior features that contribute to the architectural value of the Ross-Struthers House include:

• Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival style, constructed c1906.
• Stucco finish.
• Two storeys, flat roof.
• One-storey porch across the full width, with four piers with wide arches between sculpted parapet with compound arches, original roof drains at the corners, and: flat roof.
• Stucco coping along parapet edges on both floors.
• Stucco surrounds for windows and porch openings.
• Second-floor wide arched windows.
• Second-floor roofline has an arch on the front right corner similar to the porch; on the left front it is castellated.

Characteristic that contributes to the contextual value of Ross-Struthers House include:

Its location along Riverside Drive West at an angle to its newer neighbours, and set back further from the street.