City Registry Office - Ottawa, Ontario - Ontario Heritage Properties on Waymarking.com

"Erected in 1874, the property is architecturally similar to other Registry Offices built across Ontario. The classical temple massing, along with salmon-gold brick, round-headed windows and door arches with rusticated quoins, and “very direct and pleasing proportions,” establish a strong sense of official space in this modest structure, giving the building an endearing and pleasant quality. In the interior, three barrel vaults divide the space for public, administrative and storage functions.

After the City of Ottawa built a new registry office on Elgin Street in 1909, the property went through a series of uses and tenants, many significant to Ottawa's history and development. Beginning in 1917, it was home to the Women's Canadian Historical Society of Ottawa followed by the Bytown and Ottawa Historical Museum from 1926 to 1954. The property was then used by the Tourist and Convention Bureau until 1966, and a series of tenants thereafter. It has been vacant since 1982."

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Link to Property in The Ontario Properties Database: [Web Link] Building or Property Type: Civic or Government Building County or Regional Municipality: Ottawa-Carleton

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