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09/01/2025
With cooler weather around the corner, it’s a good time to get your house in shape:🍂 Clear out the gutters🍂 Make sure th...
08/31/2025

With cooler weather around the corner, it’s a good time to get your house in shape:
🍂 Clear out the gutters
🍂 Make sure the furnace is working properly
🍂 Seal up any drafty windows and doors
🍂 Cut back branches hanging over the roof

Taking care of these now means fewer problems once fall really sets in.

Ottawa's Heritage Homes   190 Bronson AveThe two and a half storey brick house at 190 Bronson Avenue, built in 1889, is ...
08/28/2025

Ottawa's Heritage Homes
190 Bronson Ave

The two and a half storey brick house at 190 Bronson Avenue, built in 1889, is recommended for designation due to its architectural and historical value. Originally constructed for Robert J. Davidson, foreman at R. Thackray Planning Mills and later of Davidson Lumber Co., the house was built as a wedding gift for his wife. Davidson employed his best craftsmen to complete the interior with ornate oak walls, doors, and ceilings. Architecturally, the building is a strong example of the Queen Anne Revival style, featuring a projecting front façade, steeply pitched roof, decorative details, and leaded windows. It also represents one of the few surviving examples of middle class residential construction in this part of the city.


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08/13/2025

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Ottawa's Heritage Homes  35 MacKey StreetAllen House 35 MacKay Street, also known as Allen House, is a historic home in ...
08/06/2025

Ottawa's Heritage Homes
35 MacKey Street
Allen House

35 MacKay Street, also known as Allen House, is a historic home in New Edinburgh, Ottawa, built around 1864 to 65 for James Allen, a tax collector. Originally a single family residence, it was divided into two separate dwellings in the 1870s. The two-and-a-half-storey stone house features two entrances and matching stone facades, and is a strong example of early residential architecture in what was once the mill village of New Edinburgh, later Ottawa’s first suburb.
Architecturally, the home reflects a vernacular Classical style, with a symmetrical front façade, central doorway, rectangular transom, sidelights, stone quoins, and scalloped bargeboards. In the 1920s, decorative porches, columns, and some interior details were added. For many years, the property was rented to tenants and white-collar workers from the nearby mills.

Ottawa’s Heritage Homes 593 Laurier Avenue West Alexander Fleck HouseThe Alexander Fleck House is a two and a half store...
07/30/2025

Ottawa’s Heritage Homes
593 Laurier Avenue West
Alexander Fleck House

The Alexander Fleck House is a two and a half storey red brick residence built in 1902, with a later two-storey addition on its western side. It’s located at 593 Laurier Avenue West, at the corner of Laurier and Bronson Avenues, just outside the western edge of Centretown in Ottawa.

Heritage Value
The cultural heritage value of the Alexander Fleck House lies in its architectural merit, its historical connection to the Fleck family, and its presence as a neighbourhood landmark.

Architecturally, it stands as an excellent example of the Queen Anne Revival style, which was popular from the 1880s to 1910. Key features include a steeply pitched cross gable roof with tall chimneys, projecting bays, a gabled stone porch with wood columns, varied materials, and decorative geometric and floral motifs. The craftsmanship is particularly notable in the complex rooflines, detailed brick and stone work, and stained glass elements.

Historically, the house is tied to Alexander Fleck Jr., who owned and operated Alexander Fleck Limited, Vulcan Iron Works on Wellington Street in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The company, founded by his father, contributed to major infrastructure projects like the Cornwall Canal and Ottawa’s streetcar system. They held the castings contract for the Canada Atlantic Railway and supplied machinery to the sawmill and paper mill industries. Alexander Jr. lived in the house from its construction in 1902 until his death in 1923. His wife, Maud Fleck, remained there until 1940.

Contextually, the house is valued as a familiar local landmark, prominently situated on a limestone ridge at the intersection of two major streets.

07/30/2025

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Ottawa’s Heritage HomesJames Long House28 Long Gate CourtThe James Long House is important for both historical and archi...
07/23/2025

Ottawa’s Heritage Homes
James Long House
28 Long Gate Court
The James Long House is important for both historical and architectural reasons.
James Long was born in 1876 and was a descendant of one of the oldest families in Nepean. He was a community figure, being active in local politics including: Trustee, Merivale School Board; Councillor, Nepean Township Council; President, Ottawa Valley Milk Producers Association; President, Carleton County Conservation Association; as well as being an active member in other Ottawa Valley farm associations. In addition, he was an experienced stonemason and carpenter involved in a variety of projects in the Nepean area. At the age of 24, James Long built his house virtually singlehandedly between 1900-1903, using stone he quarried and carried five kilometers by horse-drawn wagon. Only the interior
plastering was contracted out.
In addition to the house’s historical value, the James Long House is also architecturally significant, due to its Gothic Revival style. The house is two-storey and “L” shaped, with walls that are made of grey limestone with gold-toned threads. The wall corners are set off with large quoins, also cut in stone.
Graceful verandahs run along the eastern and southern facades of the house. The eastern facade features a “bull’s eye” window, which lights the attic. The window lintels and sills are plain, as are the lintels above the door. The windows are single-hung, and have white exterior trim. The main entrance to the house and
the upstairs balcony door are both topped with a transom window. The roof has several gables that are graced with white-painted wood finials and pendants. The gables are trimmed with white-painted vergeboard of a simple scalloped design.
The James Long House was designated a historical building under the Ontario Heritage Act by Nepean City Council in 1992.

Ottawa’s Heritage HomesFlewellyn/Jones House 5897 Fernbank Road is a one and a half storey stone farmhouse located in wh...
07/18/2025

Ottawa’s Heritage Homes
Flewellyn/Jones House
5897 Fernbank Road is a one and a half storey stone farmhouse located in what was once Goulbourn Township, now part of Ottawa’s west end. Built in the late 19th century to replace an earlier log home, it’s a strong example of Gothic Revival architecture, featuring a steep gable roof, segmental arched windows, decorative bargeboard trim, and a wood trimmed veranda.

The home carries cultural heritage value for its architectural, historical, and contextual significance. As a farmhouse, it reflects the agricultural roots of the former Goulbourn Township and stands as a reminder of the area’s early rural character. Architecturally, it’s one of several houses in the region built in a similar layout and style. In fact, it closely resembles the nearby Boyd House at 173 Huntmar Drive, which was built a year later possibly by the same stonemason.

Historically, the house is associated with the Flewellyn family, Irish immigrants who arrived in Canada in 1863. They were among the early settlers who farmed the area, and the family owned the property from the time it was built until the 1950s. Their story ties into the larger narrative of Irish and Scottish settlement across Goulbourn Township in the mid 19th century.


Ottawa’s Heritage HomesThe Flewellyn/Jones House, 5897 Fernbank Road in the former Goulbourn Township, is a one and a ha...
07/16/2025

Ottawa’s Heritage Homes
The Flewellyn/Jones House,
5897 Fernbank Road in the former Goulbourn Township, is a one and a half storey stone farmhouse that reflects the area’s agricultural roots and early settlement history. Built in the late 19th century to replace an earlier log home, it stands as a strong example of Gothic Revival architecture, with hallmark features like a steep gable roof, segmental arched windows, decorative bargeboard trim, and a wood trimmed veranda.
This house holds cultural heritage value for several reasons. Contextually, it’s an important reminder of Goulbourn Township’s farming past. Architecturally, it’s one of several homes in the area built in a similar style and layout, closely resembling the nearby Boyd House at 173 Huntmar Drive, which was constructed a year later possibly by the same stonemason.
Historically, the home is tied to the Flewellyn family, early Irish immigrants who arrived in Canada in 1863 and played a role in settling and farming the area. The family owned the house from the time it was built until the 1950s, connecting the property to the broader story of Irish and Scottish settlement in Goulbourn Township during the mid 19th century.
(sourced from Ottawa.ca, picture from stittsvillecentral.ca)

07/16/2025

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