School Section #3, Nepean, Ontario - One-Room Schoolhouses on Waymarking.com

The Mosgrove School is listed in the City of Ottawa Heritage Register (legal description CCC #338). However, please treat this property as private and be sensitive with photography. There is no public parking nearby. Waymarkers are encouraged to walk or take the bus.

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According to Bruce S Elliott in The City Beyond: A History of Nepean, Birthplace of Canada's Capital, 1792-1990 (Nepean, Ontario: City of Nepean, 1991) ...in 1832 William Bell gave land for another school about a mile to the west [of the schoolhouse on Martin Moore's property]... A log school was built that year or the year following on the site of the later Mosgrove School, which is still standing but converted to a residence. (page 56)

The Mosgrove School (SS 3) with neat quoins and neatly-dressed children served one of the wealthiest and most progressive sections in the Ottawa Front. (page 58)

Original or Re-creation?: Original Year the school first opened.: 01/01/1887 Year the school closed.: 01/01/1922 Is the schoolhouse still open as a school?: no Address: 2976 Richmond Road Ottawa, ON Canada K2B 6S7 Does the school offer 19th century classroom reenactments or day camps?: no Web Address (if available): Not listed

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