Category: Heritage
The charming story behind Potter’s Key, the name of Minto’s new community
Minto’s new Stittsville development will be called “Potter’s Key”, named after Ethel May Potter who owned the two-acre lot at 209 Carp Road almost 60 years ago. The name was…
Library display marks 25 years since Stittsville’s last VIA train
Time flies, but it in this case I guess you could say it goes down the track. It’s been a quarter century since the last train passed through Stittsville, and…
Five examples of new uses for old barns in Ontario and beyond
Earlier this month we asked our readers for ideas for big red Bradley-Craig barn on Hazeldean Road. Our readers responded in droves by email and social media. Although the barn…
Bradley-Craig farm sits on land that’s worth $1-million per acre
(ABOVE: “Bradley-Craig Barn (detail)” – Photo by Joe Newton.) Anyone who wants to redevelop the Bradley-Craig barn on Hazeldean Road is going to have some deep pockets. The serviced land…
Can you identify the ladies in this old photo?
EDITOR’S NOTE, JANUARY 30: The women in this photo were identified, but we’ve taken down the photo at the request of the family. Here’s the background. Earlier this month, Carol…
Proposed street name change will honour Stittsville pioneer Robert Grant
From the City of Ottawa: Notice is being provided to the public that a proposal has been submitted to change the name of an existing highway (public street). Current name:…
BRADLEY-CRAIG BARN: Just what does heritage designation mean anyways?
(ABOVE: “Red Barn” – Photo by Joe Newton.) EDITOR’S NOTE: Earlier this week, we published an editorial calling for ideas to re-purpose the Bradley-Craig barn on Hazeldean Road. It’s the big…
EDITORIAL: We need a business idea for the old red barn on Hazeldean Road
SEE ALSO: Just what does heritage designation mean anyways? How can we make sure we don’t lose the big red barn on Hazeldean Road? I’ve had a lot of people…
Boyd House: Family memories of Christmas on the farm, and more (Part 5)
(Above: Lyman Boyd with his niece Karen Boyd on left and friend, David MacBeth, early 1950s.) EDITOR’S NOTE: This series on Boyd House, an old stone farmhouse on Huntmar Drive, originally appeared a…
Boyd House: A look inside (Part 4)
(Above: Boyd House and farm, Winter 1987.) EDITOR’S NOTE: This series on Boyd House, an old stone farmhouse on Huntmar Drive, originally appeared a year ago on OttawaStart.com. We’re updating and republishing…
LETTER: Please no modern high-rise on Main Street!
(Above – the heritage building near Abbott and Stittsville Main, before it was demolished.) Re: It came in like a wrecking ball: 1518 Stittsville Main Street demolished You are asking…
Boyd House: The old farmhouse and barns (Part 3)
(Above: Boyd House on a December night in the early 2000’s. Archival photo.) EDITOR’S NOTE: This series on Boyd House, an old stone farmhouse on Huntmar Drive, originally appeared a year ago on…
Boyd House: Who were James and Jane Boyd? (Part 2)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This series on Boyd House, an old stone farmhouse on Huntmar Drive, originally appeared a year ago on OttawaStart.com. We’re updating and republishing the original research over the next few…
LETTER: Time for some research into the Bradley/Craig farmstead
Re: Boyd House: The old stone home at 173 Huntmar (Part 1) Thank you for your artistic treatment (photography) of this wonderful old home and property. I would love to…
PHOTOS: Yarn bombing at the Goulbourn Museum
The Goulbourn Museum was yarn bombed on Sunday afternoon. Yarn bombing is the art of adding a knit cover to everything from park benches to entire buses. Known as fibre…