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3. DESIGNATION OF THE DESCHÂTELETS BUILDING
AND ASSOCIATED LANDSCAPE, 175 MAIN
STREET, UNDER PART IV OF THE ONTARIO
HERITAGE ACT DÉSIGNATION DE L’ÉDIFICE DESCHÂTELETS ET DE
L’AMÉNAGEMENT PAYSAGER CONNEXE, AU 175, RUE MAIN, EN VERTU DE LA PARTIE IV DE
LA LOI SUR LE PATRIMOINE DE L’ONTARIO |
Ottawa Built Heritage Advisory Committee RECOMMENDATION AS AMENDED
The
Ottawa Built Heritage Advisory Committee recommend that Planning Committee
recommend that Council approve the designation of 175 Main Street, under Part
IV of the Ontario Heritage Act
according to revised Statement of Cultural Heritage Value included as
Document 4.
RECOMMANDATION MODIFIÉE DU COMITÉ CONSULTATIF SUR LE
PATRIMOINE BÂTI D’OTTAWA
Le
Comité consultatif sur le patrimoine bâti d’Ottawa recommande au Comité de
l’urbanisme de recommander à son tour au Conseil d’approuver la désignation du
175, rue Main en vertu de la partie IV de la Loi sur le patrimoine de l’Ontario, conformément à la déclaration
de valeur ou de caractère sur le plan du patrimoine culturel révisée,
jointe en tant que document 4.
Documentation
1.
Deputy
City Manager's report, Infrastructure
Services and Community Sustainability, dated 8 June 2011 (ACS2011-ICS-PGM-0129).
2.
Extract of
draft minutes 8, Ottawa Built Heritage Advisory Committee meeting of 16 June
2011
Report
to/Rapport au :
Ottawa Built Heritage Advisory Committee
Comité consultatif sur le patrimoine bâti
d’Ottawa
and / et
Planning Committee
Comité de l'urbanisme
and Council / et au Conseil
08 June 2011 / le 08 juin 2011
Submitted by/Soumis par : Nancy Schepers, Deputy City
Manager,
Directrice municipale adjointe, Infrastructure Services and Community Sustainability, Services d’infrastructure et Viabilité des collectivités
Contact Person/Personne-ressource : Richard Kilstrom,
Acting Manager/Gestionnaire intérimaire, Development Review-Urban
Services/Examen des projets d'aménagement-Services urbains, Planning
and Growth Management/Urbanisme et Gestion de la croissance
(613) 580-2424, 22379 Richard.Kilstrom@ottawa.ca
REPORT RECOMMENDATION
RECOMMANDATION DU RAPPORT
Que le Comité consultatif sur le patrimoine bâti
d’Ottawa recommande au Comité de l’urbanisme de recommander à son tour au Conseil
d’approuver la désignation du 175, rue Main en vertu de la partie IV de la Loi
sur le patrimoine de l’Ontario, conformément à la Déclaration de la valeur
sur le plan du patrimoine culturel jointe en tant que document 4.
BACKGROUND
The Deschâtelets Building (originally known as Scolisticat St.-Joseph and renamed in the 1950s), was constructed by the Oblates of Mary Immaculate as a seminary and has been used continuously by the Oblates since its construction. It was constructed in 1885 and extensively added to and remodelled in 1925 and 1950. It is a classically inspired, four-storey stone structure, set on large grounds distinguished by an allée of trees that runs between it and Main Street. It is set back from Main Street, close to the Rideau River. In 1885, when completed, the setting of scholasticate was rural, the lands having been used by the Oblates for some time for agriculture and recreation. In the 19th century, the grounds were cultivated and there was a cemetery for priests (now closed), a number of outbuildings, la Maison Blanche, a log house and flowerbeds. These landscape features were joined by a skating rink, tennis courts, a toboggan run (glissoire) as the number of residents/ students increased. Other features on the land included flower gardens, the “allee des ormes” and religious statuary. These features have disappeared as the manner in which the Oblates used the land changed; first, the construction of St. Paul’s University in 1965 covered the fields and then the dumping of fill associated with the construction of the Queensway altered the grades of the land to the south of the building. The current allée of trees that defines the landscape and frames a view of the building was planted after the completion of the 1950 renovations.
The first building was designed by Monsieur Albert Mesnard of Quebec, about whom very little is known. In 1926, the Montreal firm of Donat-Arthur Gascon and Louis Parant added two wings, and in 1950 another Montreal firm Louis-J Lapierre, undertook the changes that resulted in the building’s current configuration as a four-storey structure with a 1950 chapel to the rear. The two firms associated with the 20th century additions were noteworthy designers of religious architecture in Quebec.
The building also reflects the history of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate in Canada. The Oblate order was founded by Eugene de Mazenod in France in 1826 and came to Canada in 1841 to be missionaries at the request of Bishop Bourget of Montreal. In 1848 some members of the order moved to Ottawa at the invitation of Bishop Guigues, the first bishop of Bytown, and moved into a wing of the College of Bytown. By the 1880s they had outgrown the wing and decided to build on land purchased by the College in the 1860s on the Rideau River. The Oblates were primarily responsible for the establishment of the Roman Catholic Church in western Canada. In Ottawa, they were involved in the founding of the University of Ottawa and later St. Paul’s University in 1965.
In 2010, the Oblates and the Sisters of the Sacred Heart, their neighbours, engaged consultants to represent their interests during the Old Ottawa East Community Design Plan process. As a result, a Demonstration Plan, illustrating one way in which their lands could be developed, has been included in the Old Ottawa East Community Design Plan. The Plan also recommends the designation of the Deschâtelets Building and its associated landscape under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act. This report has been timed to be considered at the same Planning Committee as the Community Design Plan to allow Committee and Council to consider all relevant reports at the same time.
DISCUSSION
The Official Plan, the Provincial Policy Statement and Ontario Heritage Act provide policy direction with regard to the designation of properties under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act.
Official Plan
The Official Plan has heritage provisions in “Cultural Heritage Resources”, Section 2.5.5.2 and 2.5.5.5. These policies provide for the identification and designation of individual buildings under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act:
2.5.5.2 “Individual buildings, structures and cultural heritage
landscapes will be designated as properties of cultural heritage value under
Part IV of the Heritage Act.”
Provincial Policy Statement
Section 2.6.1 of the Provincial Policy Statement (2005, PPS) contains the following policy regarding the protection of cultural heritage resources: “Significant built heritage resources and significant cultural heritage landscapes shall be conserved.” The PPS includes the following definitions:
Built heritage resources:
means one or more significant buildings,
structures, monuments, installations or remains associated with architectural,
cultural, social, political, economic or military history and identified as
being important to a community. These resources may be identified through
designation or heritage conservation easement under the Ontario Heritage Act, or listed by local, provincial or federal
jurisdictions.
Cultural heritage landscape:
means a defined geographical area of heritage
significance which has been modified by human activities and is valued by a
community. It involves a grouping(s) of individual heritage features such as
structures, spaces, archaeological sites and natural elements, which together
form a significant type of heritage form, distinctive from that of its
constituent elements or parts. Examples may include, but are not limited to,
heritage conservation districts designated under the Ontario Heritage Act; and villages, parks, gardens, battlefields,
mainstreets and neighbourhoods, cemeteries, trailways and industrial complexes
of cultural heritage value.
Ontario Heritage Act
Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act gives municipalities the authority to designate properties of cultural heritage value. The Ottawa Built Heritage Advisory Committee considers the designation and then makes a recommendation to Planning Committee and City Council. Council’s decision can be appealed by anyone. If an appeal is received, a Conservation Review Board Hearing is held and its decision referred back to Council. Council may then choose to uphold or withdraw its original designation.
Regulation
09/06
Regulation 09/06 (Document 5) sets out criteria for designation under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act. It states that, “A property may be designated under Section 29 of the Act if it meets one or more of the following criteria for determining whether it is of cultural heritage value or interest …” These criteria are organized into three groups: design or physical value, historical or associative value, and contextual value (see Document 3).
Conclusion
The Deschâtelets Building is a large, four-storey,
classically-inspired structure built in three stages to serve as a seminary for
the Oblates of Mary Immaculate. Designed
and built in three stages, by three different architects, it is a
representative example of a building type, the large scale religious
institution, and thus has design value according Regulation 09/06 (see Document 3,
Criteria 1.2.1 i, Design and Physical Value).
The Deschâtelets Building and its associated landscape reflects the history of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, a missionary order that played a critical role establishing the Roman Catholic Church not only in Ottawa but also in the north and west of the country in the 19th century. Their influence continued into the 20th century as they established schools in Canada’s most remote corners. As such, the building meets the criteria that states that a cultural heritage resource is significant if it
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has direct
associations with a theme, event, belief, person, activity, organization or
institution that is significant to a community.
Furthermore, the building is associated with
architects: Monsieur Albert Mesnard, Donat-Arthur Gascon
and Louis Parant, Louis-J Lapierre, who
are significant to the community, and thus meets the third criteria of
historical or associative value as it “demonstrates the work or ideas of an
architect … significant to a community.”
The Deschâtelets Building and its associated landscape have been a character-defining element of Ottawa East since the 19th century. The expansive grounds, cultivated fields and recreational facilities were present long before the urbanization of the area. These lands have changed in character and new layers have been added as the Oblates’ use of the land has changed, however, elements of the landscape that have significant cultural heritage value, most notably the allée of trees and the forecourt of the Deschâtelets Building to which it leads, and the small remnant of the original “allée des ormes.” These elements meet the contextual criteria established in Regulation 09/06 that state a cultural heritage resource has contextual value if it is
• important in defining, maintaining or supporting the character of an area
• is physically, functionally, visually or historically linked to its surroundings, or
• is a landmark.
The Department recommends the designation of the Deschâtelets Building and its associated landscape because it meets three of the criteria for designation in Regulation 09/06, described above. It also is consistent with the PPS and the Official Plan as designation will conserve and protect this cultural heritage resource.
RURAL IMPLICATIONS
N/A
CONSULTATION
City staff met with members of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, the owners of the property, and their team to discuss the proposed designation on more than one occasion. Meetings included members of the legal, planning and architectural professions, as well as land developers.
COMMENTS BY THE WARD COUNCILLOR
I think it goes without saying that the Deschâtelets
Building itself is worthy of designation and protection in a manner that
conserves its heritage attributes, while adapting it to new uses that will
benefit the residents, businesses and greater community in Old Ottawa East.
However, I also believe that it is vitally important that
the forecourt as well as the line of trees - affectionately referred to as the
“Grand Allée” – be included in the designation as well. This duel row of
gorgeous, towering trees that draws the passerby’s eye to the majestic heritage
building at the far end is a signature component of the Deschâtelets landscape.
The Grand Allée, along with the forecourt, are in my opinion part and parcel of
what makes the Deschâtelets Building so special and what helps take this
proposed re-development beyond the realm of the run-of-the-mill residential
project.
The Grand Allée, which is typically the first thing that
greets visitors to the Deschâtelets Building and the site is, for the Old
Ottawa East community, a treasured feature of the Oblate lands. Moreover, I believe
this aspect of the Deschâtelets landscape is one of the main drawing cards that
developers will have to attract residents, who will covet the majesty of the
Grand Allée, to the new community. In other words, it would be short-sighted
for anyone to allow these unique heritage features to be jeopardized.
LEGAL IMPLICATIONS:
There are no legal implications associated with this report
RISK MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS
N/A
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
There are no direct financial implications associated with this report.
CITY STRATEGIC PLAN
Objective E8: Operationalize the Ottawa 2020 Arts and Heritage Plan
Section 2.1.2 Identify and protect archaeological and built heritage resources.
APPLICATION PROCESS TIMELINE STATUS
N/A
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION
Document 1 Location
Map
Document 2 Aerial
views
Document 3 Regulation 09/06
Document 4 Revised Statement of Cultural Heritage Value (original held on file with the
City Clerk)
Document 5 Contemporary photographs, building
Document 6 Contemporary photographs, landscape
Document 7 Historical photographs, building
Document 8 Historical photographs, landscape
Document 9 Heritage Survey and Evaluation Form
DISPOSITION
City Clerk and Solicitor Department, Legislative
Services to notify the property owner and the Ontario Heritage Trust
(10 Adelaide Street East, 3rd Floor, Toronto, Ontario, M5C 1J3)
of Council’s decision to designate 175 Main Street under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act.
Planning
and Growth Management to advertise the Notice of Intention to Designate
according to the Act and subsequent Notice of the passage of the designation
by-law.
Legal Services to prepare the designation by-law, submit it to City Council for enactment, serve the by-law and register it on title following passage by Council.
REGULATION 09/06 DOCUMENT
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ONTARIO REGULATION 9/06
made under the
ONTARIO HERITAGE ACT
Made: December 7, 2005
Filed: January 25, 2006
Published on e-Laws: January 26, 2006
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: February 11, 2006
CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING CULTURAL HERITAGE VALUE
OR INTEREST
Criteria
1. (1) The criteria set out in subsection (2) are prescribed for the purposes of clause 29 (1) (a) of the Act.
(2) A property may be designated under section 29 of the Act if it meets one or more of the following criteria for determining whether it is of cultural heritage value or interest:
1. The property has design value or physical value because it,
i. is a rare, unique, representative or early example of a style, type, expression, material or construction method,
ii. displays a high degree of craftsmanship or artistic merit, or
iii. demonstrates a high degree of technical or scientific achievement.
2. The property has historical value or associative value because it,
i. has direct associations with a theme, event, belief, person, activity, organization or institution that is significant to a community,
ii. yields, or has the potential to yield, information that contributes to an understanding of a community or culture, or
iii. demonstrates or reflects the work or ideas of an architect, artist, builder, designer or theorist who is significant to a community.
3. The property has contextual value because it,
i. is important in defining, maintaining or supporting the character of an area,
ii. is physically, functionally, visually or historically linked to its surroundings, or
iii. is a landmark.
Description of
Property – Deschâtelets Building, 175 Main Street, Ottawa
Known as the
Deschâtelets Building since interior renovations in 1967-68, constructed as
Scolasticat St.-Joseph, the building is a large stone structure, located on
Main Street, in the Ottawa East neighbourhood of Ottawa.
Statement of Cultural
Heritage Value or Interest
The Deschâtelets
Building was initially constructed in 1885 as a scholasticate for the Oblates
of Mary Immaculate. The Oblate order was founded in France in 1826 by
Archbishop Eugene de Mazenod. The Oblates arrived in Longeuil, Quebec in 1841,
moving to Bytown in 1848. By the 1880s they had outgrown the wing of the
building in Lowertown where they had lived since their arrival and construction
of a new seminary began on a farm in Archville that had been purchased in 1869.
They moved into the building in 1885. The Oblates were a missionary
order, sending priest and lay brothers across Canada to teach and their
facility was altered and enlarged in 1925 and 1950 as the order grew.
Dramatically different from its original architectural style after these
extensive alterations, the Deschâtelets Building represents the role that the
Oblates have played in the community since their arrival in Ottawa in 1844 and
the evolution of Roman Catholic institutional architecture since the late 19th
century.
The Deschâtelets
building was initially designed by M. Mesnard and altered through the addition
of two wings in the Beaux Arts style by the Quebec firm of Donat-Arthur Gascon
and Louis Parant in 1926. In 1950, the building was further altered to the
plans of Montreal architect Louis-J Lapierre that added an additional storey
and a new Chapel. Today, the building is a large, four storey,
classically-inspired stone building set back from Main Street.
The setting of the
Deschâtelets Building, at the terminus of a wide tree lined allée that leads to
a forecourt from Main Street contributes to its cultural heritage value.
Historical photos reveal that it was planted after the completion of the 1950’s
alterations to the building. The allée is a well known landmark and character
defining feature of the property.
Description of
Heritage Attributes
Key attributes that
embody the heritage value of the Deschâtelets Building as an excellent example
of a Roman Catholic institutional building include its:
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Stone construction
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Classically-inspired design with a central
frontispiece, topped by a pediment with a crest, with a dentilled secondary
cornice
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Two flanking pavilions flanking the frontispiece also
with pediments and secondary cornices
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Regularly spaced windows, predominantly paired,
with shaped stone surrounds
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The front door, its pediment, architrave and flanking
piers
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1950 Chapel and its interior, featuring concrete
construction with buttress-like columns and a vaulted ceiling
Key
attributes that embody the heritage value of the landscape associated with the
Deschâtelets Building include its:
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Tree-lined allée
leading from Main Street to the open forecourt. (Alterations to
this attribute will not include regular maintenance of the trees, interventions
at the ground plane such as paving, parking, laneways, sidewalks, landscaping
and street furnishings, or development on the undesignated lands on either side
of it)
• Semi-circular,
tree-lined forecourt located to the west of the front door. This space is
defined by the trees running in a semi-circle from Oblate Avenue to Oblate
Avenue.
• Remnant of
the “Allee des Ormes” planted by the Oblates in the 19th century,
located south and west of the Deschâtelets Building
The gymnasium/ archives to the south of the building,
the one storey addition to the north and east of the Chapel, the structure to
the north of the Chapel, and the small structure to the north and east of the
Deschâtelets Building itself are not included in this designation. The interior
of the building is not included in the designation. The interior of the Chapel
is included in the designation.
HERITAGE SURVEY AND EVALUATION FORM DOCUMENT 9
HERITAGE SURVEY AND
EVALUATION FORM
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Address |
175
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Building
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Deschatelets
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Construction date |
Three
phases: 1885, 1926, 1950 |
Original
owner |
Oblates of Mary Immaculate |
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PHASE ONE
EVALUATION |
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Potential significance |
Considerable |
Some |
Limited |
None |
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Design |
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History |
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Context |
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Phase One Score |
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Phase Two Classification |
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Design or Physical Value |
prepared
by: Sally Coutts |
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month/year
February 2011 |
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Architecture
(style, building type, expression, material, construction method) |
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The
Deschâtelets Building (originally Scolasticat St- Joseph) was constructed in
1885 in the Second Empire style, popular at the time for Roman Catholic
institutional buildings. It was a two-
storey stone structure, with the third attic storey located within the tall
mansard roof. Dormer windows lit the attic storey. The building was a U-shaped, symmetrical
structure, featuring a central pavilion and two end pavilions. Dressed stone formed the window surrounds,
stringcourses and quoins on the pavilions.
The roof was clad in slate, and featured cresting and an open steeple.
In
1926, the building was expanded to the north and south, beyond the end
pavilions, using similar stone and continuing the stringcourses and
quoins. The new wings were not Second
Empire in style; rather they featured classical pediments and a Beaux Arts
expression. Until 1950, when the building was expanded once again, it
retained elements of both styles. In
1950 the building was again expanded, with changes to the front and rear
façades. The alterations to the front involved only the middle bays of the
building. The stone was removed from
this portion, an extra storey added to replace the mansard roof, the windows
were altered and the central entrance pavilion completely reworked, to match
the 1926 classically inspired character of the building’s later wings. The 1950 alterations to the rear of the
building involved the reworking and eastward extension of the original chapel
and transformation into a new chapel of concrete construction within the
walls. Landscape The
Oblates purchased the entire plot of land between Main Street and the Rideau
River and Springhurst Road and Clegg Street in 1863, farming it until they moved
there in 1885. When the building was completed, this area of Ottawa was
primarily agricultural; a use that the Oblates perpetuated, as lay members of
the order produced much of their own food.
From 1885 until the 1950s, the field in front of the building was open
and the main access to the building from Main Street was through the “Allée
des Ormes,” a diagonal path that ran north-east from Main Street. This allée defined the character of the
property for many years. The
construction of St. Paul’s University in stages, starting in 1937, with new
buildings in 1948 and 1957 and later, obliterated most of this feature,
although a small portion of it remains.
About this time, the final additions to the building were completed
and the driveway with its associated trees that lead directly to the front
door was created. Closer
to the building, the historic landscape featured outbuildings, a small
cemetery, and flower gardens. To its east, roughly between the building and
the river, there was a cluster of recreational facilities, including a hockey
rink, tennis court, toboggan slide and “jeu de paume” court. The area where these amenities were located
was used to dump fill during the construction of the Queensway, dramatically
altering the grade of the lot. |
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Craftsmanship/Artistic
merit |
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The
Deschatelets building is a well crafted-stone building. Of particular note is
the former chapel, constructed in 1950, which is of concrete construction. |
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Technical/Scientific
merit |
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N/A |
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Summary |
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The
Deschâtelets Building is an excellent example of a large-scale religious
institution. Its evolution from 1885 until 1950 reflects the changing role
that the Oblates played in the religious life of the community from the late
19th century until the present time. The evolution of its design
and the change in its style from the Second Empire, to Beaux Arts to the
modern expression used for the interior of the chapel is noteworthy. |
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Sources |
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Codex
Historicus, 1885- The Codex was a
journal kept by the Oblates, recording their daily lives. It noted visitors, projects undertaken, graduations
etc. “Les Fêtes du Scolasticat des Missionnaires Oblats
de Marie Immaculée, 1910 The
Canadian Encyclopaedia, “Oblates of Mary Immaculate,” Dictionary
of Canadian Biography, “Eugene-Bruno Guigues”
“The
Oblates of Mary Immaculate,” The Catholic Encyclopedia |
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Historical and Associative Value |
prepared
by Sally Coutts |
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month/year
February 2011 |
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Date
of construction (factual) |
1885,
1926, 1950 |
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Themes/Events/Persons/Institutions |
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The
Deschâtelets Building has been associated with the Oblates of Marie
Immaculate since its construction. The order was founded in 1816 in
Marseilles by Bishop Eugene de Mazenod who wanted to revive the church after
the French Revolution. Initially focussed on working with the poor, the
Oblates became missionaries and teachers. In 1841, the first Oblates arrived
in Canada. Initially living in Longeuil, the Oblates moved to Ottawa in 1844
and from there into the North-West in 1845. The
Deschâtelets Building was constructed as a scholisticate for the education of
priest and brothers. After the Oblates of Mary Immaculate arrived in Ottawa
in 1844 at the invitation of Bishop Guigues, they lived in Lowertown in a
wing of Collège de Bytown. By the 1880s the wing was very crowded and the
decision was taken to move to the farm the order had purchased in Archville
in 1863. The
Order grew rapidly and sent missions to western and northern Canada
throughout the 19th and 20th
centuries. In recent years, as the number of priests and brothers training
there diminished, the building has served as a residence for students at
St.Paul’s University.. |
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Community
History |
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The
Deschâtelets Building is located in the community of Ottawa East. Originally
called Archville, the community became Ottawa East in 1887 to resist
annexation by the City of Ottawa, eventually becoming part of Ottawa in
1907. |
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Designer/Architect |
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1885-86
Monsieur Mesnard. Current research has not revealed an architect of this name
practicing in Quebec or Ontario in the 1880s, however, this was early in the
history of architecture as a profession in Canada and no system of
registration existed. 1925
Donat-Arthur Gascon and Louis Parant. Gascon and Parant were a Montreal firm,
with offices in Trois Rivieres. The firm was established in 1914 and operated
well into the 1950s. During its long history, the firm designed a number of
churches, convents and other religious buildings, as well as private houses,
commercial structures, and schools. Both Gascon and Parant were born and
educated in Quebec. In 1922 the firm
designed an addition to an Oblate building in Montreal that probably led to
their being awarded the Ottawa contract in 1925. The firm worked in many styles, including
the Beaux Arts and Art Deco. 1949-50
Louis- J LaPierre LaPierre was born in Montreal in 1924 and practiced
architecture into the 1960s. Best known for his innovative contemporary
buildings such as the Eglise Mission Sainte-Catherine, designed to evoke a
tipi, his 1950 addition to the scholasticate was quite conservative, perhaps because
he believed he had to match the 1926 addition. The Chapel, however, shows his
interest in modern forms and his ease with concrete, often used for post-war
church construction. |
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Summary |
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The
Deschâtelets Building represents the history of the Oblates of Mary
Immaculate, Ottawa East and the work of three different architects or firms. |
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Sources |
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“Cent ans au service de l’Eglise,” Apostalat, Mai
1885 Inventaire préliminaire des batiments patrimoniaux
de la CSDM Donat
Arthur Gascon and Louis Parant, “Biographical Dictionary of Architects
in Canada” Iventaire des lieux de culte du Quebec |
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Contextual Value |
prepared
by Sally Coutts |
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month/year
February 2011 |
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Community
Character |
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The
Deschâtelets Building is located in Old Ottawa East, a centrally located
predominantly 20th century neighbourhood on Main Street, the
area’s main thoroughfare. The area is predominantly residential and defined
by the Rideau Canal on the west and the Rideau River on the east. In addition to the Oblates complex, there
are a number of institutions on Main Street, including Immaculate High School
(former St. Patrick’s College), the Sacred Heart Convent and St. Paul’s that
are related to the early presence of the Catholic Church as a major
landholder in the area. |
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Context/Links
to Surroundings |
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The
Deschâtelets Building and its associated landscape are a character-defining
element of Main Street and have played a role in the life of the community
since the 1880s when the property was first purchased by the Oblates. |
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Landmark |
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Located
at the end of an allée of trees, set back from the street, the Deschâtelets
Building is a prominent local landmark. |
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Summary |
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The
Deschâtelets Building and its associated landscape are a well known local
landmark that define the character of the Old Ottawa East community. They have been linked historically to this
area of the City since the 1860s. |
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