Crichton Street Public School
200 Crichton Street
Written by Bytown Museum
on
03/Dec/2009
Crichton Street Public School first opened at this site as a two-room schoolhouse in 1875. Over the next 30 years, numerous rooms were added as the population of New Edinburgh increased. By 1906, the school had ten rooms.
Crichton Street Public School was the very last word in modern school architecture, both when the west section was completed in 1906 and when the east portion was added in 1919. William B. Garvock, an architect and building superintendent for the Ottawa Board of Education, designed the structure. He designed many of Ottawa's early 20th-century public-school buildings. The inclusion of a kindergarten, gymnasium and industrial arts room convinced many parents that this was a leading-edge facility.
Over time, enrollment fell, and Crichton Street Public School closed in 1999. The building is now managed by the Crichton Cultural Community Centre.
