Haas-Pemberton House, 45 Young Street West
The first owner of the Haas-Pemberton house was Herman Haas (or Hass), who was employed at M. Weichel & Son, eventually being promoted to managing director. He lived in the house from 1904 until his death in 1955. His second wife, Estella Ludwig Haas, would reside in the house until 1970, when it was sold to the Dominion Life Assurance Company. Local residents were concerned that Dominion Life would demolish the house and build an apartment building. However, Dominion Life sold the building to the Pembertons in 1974. Made of red clay brick, this house is among the larger Queen Anne houses in Waterloo. The building's irregular roofline is punctuated with dormers and gables. The corners of the front gable are supported by a pair of large brackets enhanced by blind filigree and triangular pieces of lattice-work. A back porch is similarly fitted with ornamental woodwork. The verandah, with railings and slightly tapered round posts, wraps around the left side of the house, filling in the set-back of the central part of the building between the two projecting wings to the north and east; it supports a second-storey balcony providing the verandah shade and protection. Some windows have original stained glass as well as semicircular heads traced by raised brickwork.
