The Heritage Inventory Project, a city-wide heritage study, began in January 2016 and was completed in December 2019. City staff studied Ottawa’s urban, suburban and rural areas and evaluated buildings for design and context. The project resulted in the inclusion of 3,402 properties on the Heritage Register as non-designated listings, which includes two properties in Blackburn Hamlet: Glen Ogilvie Public School and 2389 Pépin Court.
Glen Ogilvie Public School
Address: 46 Centrepark Drive
Built in: c. 1969
Style: Modernism
Cladding: Concrete
Architectural Description: Low, horizontal massing and symmetrical footprint with corner cutouts. Sloped, overhanging, metal-clad second floor exterior walls punctuated with evenly spaced groups of narrow windows. Sloped concrete walls extend to ground level to conceal entries.
Glen Ogilvie Public School. Photo by Nina Ryan
2389 Pépin Court
Address: 2389 Pépin Court
Built in: c. 1906
Style: Vernacular
Cladding: Brick
Architectural Description: L-shaped Ontario farmhouse with cross-gabled metal roof, bargeboard, finials, and brick chimney. Centre gable with half-width enclosed porch covers a central door. Side has full-width covered verandah with pediment. Flat brick arches with voussoirs.
Comments: Located within the NCC greenbelt. Site of the former Blackburn Tree Nursery. Source: National Capital Commission. Property is now leased to Just Food Farms.
Property Ownership:
– Crown to Allan McDonell December 1, 1802 (absentee owner)
– To Right Reverend Alexander McDonell May 24, 1822 (probably absentee)
– To Prosper Oliviere (unknown date)
– To Hardoine Lionaise December 22, 1853
– To Stanislas Robert December 23, 1873
– To James Sorley December 31, 1879
– To James Sorley Jr. June 15, 1883
– To Samuel Kennedy November 24, 1888
– To John Hudson February 25, 1890
– To William N. Scharf May 31, 1901
– To National Capital Commission July 25, 1961
2389 Pépin Court. Photo by Lynn Lefevre