Heritage Ottawa brings you heritage-related news and developments from Ottawa and the National Capital Region.
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Absence of mortar caused Magee House’s partial collapse, engineer saysFriday, August 3, 2018GLOBAL NEWS | OTTAWA, By Beatrice Britneff
An absence of mortar caused the stone wall collapse at the historic Magee House in Hintonburg last week, according to an engineer hired by the...
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Development controversy continues as vote goes against plan for former Westboro conventFriday, August 3, 2018OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Jon Willing
The old Westboro convent is still at the centre of a development controversy, with the owner on Thursday failing to win approval from the city’s heritage...
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Heritage Committee rejects developer’s latest bid to repurpose Westboro convent siteThursday, August 2, 2018GLOBAL NEWS | OTTAWA, By Beatrice Britneff
The committee that reviews applications to redevelop Ottawa’s heritage properties has rejected Ashcroft Homes’ latest bid to repurpose the site of...
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Committee Rejects Plan for Redevelopment of Westboro ConventThursday, August 2, 2018CBC NEWS, By Laura Osman
The City of Ottawa's built heritage subcommittee rejected the latest plan for the contentious Sisters of Visitation Convent on Richmond Road on Thursday, hoping to...
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Crumbling Hintonburg heritage building is a 'house of cards,' expert saysThursday, August 2, 2018OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Jon Willing
There was virtually no mortar holding the stones together on a wall that crumbled off a Hintonburg heritage building last week, according to the engineer...
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Stand up for Historic PlacesWednesday, August 1, 2018HERITAGE OTTAWA
Do you agree that Canada's historic places deserve support?
Liberal Member of Parliament John Aldag (Cloverdale-Langley City, B.C.) is sponsoring a petition that...
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Historic Magee House Partially Demolished on Friday EveningSaturday, July 28, 2018OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Kieran Delamont
The city is moving quickly to deal with the Magee House, which was missing the better part of its west-facing wall, by knocking part of the building down...
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City demolishing part of Hintonburg's Magee HouseFriday, July 27, 2018CBC NEWS OTTAWA
Crews are demolishing part of the decades-old Hintonburg building that partially collapsed earlier this week.
The southwest corner and a portion of the roof are being...
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An entrepreneurial widow: The story behind Magee HouseThursday, July 26, 2018OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Joanne Laucius
More than 130 years after the death of Frances Magee, the stone house on Wellington Street still retains the name of an energetic Irish widow who became a...
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City received no warning about potential collapse of Hintonburg buildingWednesday, July 25, 2018OTTAWA CITIZEN, By Jon Willing and Joanne Laucius
The historic stone building that crumbled in Hintonburg this week was one of 23 properties on a heritage watch list for deterioration, but...