Rest of Ottawa’s Magee House to be demolished

OTTAWA — An application to demolish what remains of the Magee House, a designated heritage property in Ottawa, has been approved by the City’s Planning Committee after the landmark partially collapsed in July.

Following the collapse, the city removed unsafe elements of the house, states a release, adding a follow-up engineering report recommended demolishing the rest of the building by late November because conservation cannot be carried out safely.

The approved recommendations require protecting and storing some of the original stone, to be incorporated in any future development of the site. A commemorative panel about Magee House is also planned.