Wartime convalescent home in Sandy Hill to be granted heritage designation
Ottawa’s built heritage committee has voted to designate a property that once served as a hospital for wounded soldiers returning from the First World War. Located in Sandy Hill, 410-412 Besserer Street — built by the famous engineer and inventor Sir Sandford Fleming in 1904 — served as part of The Fleming Convalescent Home from 1917 to 1921. It later...
Heritage experts say homeowners need greater incentives to keep up their properties
The fate of Magee House is an example of the kinds of issues that crop up in the preservation of heritage buildings.