Heritage Ottawa brings you heritage-related news and developments from Ottawa and the National Capital Region.
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Strutt House Receives Prestigious Preservation Grant from The Getty FoundationThursday, June 25, 2015
The Strutt House, an important modernist building in the Ottawa area, will benefit from a prestigious conservation grant from The Getty Foundation in California.
The Strutt Foundation is...
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Conservation Rights for Toronto BuildingsFriday, February 6, 2015
The following excerpt from BUILT HERITAGE NEWS speaks to the importance of proactive heritage preservation. We must identify and protect our heritage assets before they are under direct threat....
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Built Heritage Sub-Committee Recommends Designation for 66 and 78 Lisgar StreetThursday, October 9, 2014The Built Heritage Sub-Committee has recommended that Council issue a Notice of Intention to Designate the houses at 66 and 78 Lisgar Street under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act.
The...
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"Breathing New Life into Old Buildings" is Focus of 2014 Heritage Symposium in Smiths FallsThursday, October 9, 2014Smith Falls Record News, by Stacey Roy
A discussion around how to recapture the heritage properties of Smiths Falls and give them a new purpose in the community is the focus of the 3rd...
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Committee Ends Somerset House Fee BreakWednesday, October 8, 2014OTTAWA SUN, by Jon Willing
Mayor Jim Watson on Tuesday sent a message to the owner of the rundown Somerset House: "The free ride is over."
He easily won support of council's finance...
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NCC Plans Access to 'Hidden Treasure' of Bronson Pulp Mill Ruins and Richmond LandingTuesday, October 7, 2014OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Robert Sibley
A wobbly wrought iron staircase, weed-encrusted rock formations, and the finest panorama of the Ottawa River you could want — such are what the NCC will...
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The 2015 Gordon Cullingham Research & Publication FundMonday, October 6, 2014APPLICATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY NOVEMBER 1, 2014Heritage Ottawa invites applications for the Gordon Cullingham Research and Publication Fund. The funding program was created in 2008 and named...
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Chaudiere's Significance Has Many LayersSunday, October 5, 2014OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Randy Boswell
The rezoning plan tentatively approved Thursday for Windmill’s redevelopment of the Chaudière islands was billed, in part, as a project that will “celebrate...
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Colloquium Spotlights Residential Gothic Revival ArchitectureMonday, September 29, 2014HERITAGE OTTAWA
Members of Heritage Ottawa were amongst the many attendees this weekend at a landmark colloquium entitled "The Origins and Significance of Residential Gothic Architecture in...
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Pugin Lecture a Great SuccessFriday, September 26, 2014HERITAGE OTTAWA
Heritage Ottawa inaugurated its 2014 - 2015 Lecture Series this evening with a riveting and well received lecture on the topic of Gothic Revival architecture.
Dr....