The City's Register of Properties of Cultural Heritage Value or Interest (Heritage Register) is a record of properties of cultural heritage value or interest. It includes not only Designated Heritage properties, but also other properties that Council believes are of Cultural Heritage value or Interest - these properties are called Heritage Listed properties.
Once a property is listed on the Register, the Ontario Heritage Act requires the owner to give the municipality at least 60 days notice in writing of intention to demolish or remove a building. The notice must include plans and information as the Council may require.
The Ontario Heritage Act (Section 27(1)) asks that municipalities keep an up-to-date record of properties of cultural heritage value or interest. An online listing is available below. The official Heritage Register is located at City Hall in the Planning and Heritage Division and offers more detail.
More information regarding the Heritage Register may be found at the Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Tourism & Culture website and the Ontario Heritage Tool Kit.
Heritage Register List
An inventory of Owen Sound's heritage properties was started in 1977 by the City's Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee (LACAC). This inventory had 96 properties. In June of 2004, City staff began updating the inventory and our online register began. In 2006, the Heritage Register was updated to include 30 more properties. Today there are over 130 properties on the Register.
A "*" indicates that the property is designated under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act.
East Side
1198 1st Ave E - Former Canadian Pacific Railway Station*
75 2nd Ave E - Harrison Park*
215 2nd Ave E
529 2nd Ave E
570 2nd Ave E
682 2nd Ave E - Buchan Manor
695 2nd Ave E - Poulette Place
704 2nd Ave E - Dental Clinic
712 2nd Ave E - Dr. Cameron Residence
715 2nd Ave E
747 2nd Ave E - Savoy Theatre
790 2nd Ave E - Legate Building
801 2nd Ave E - Coulson Hotel
856 & 858 2nd Ave E - Parker's Drug Store
874 2nd Ave E - Fulford Hardware
883 2nd Ave E - Coates and Best*
908 2nd Ave E - Kilbourn Block*
941 2nd Ave E - Whole Foods store*
942 2nd Ave E - McKay Building*
948 2nd Ave E - Molsons Bank
964 2nd Ave E - People's Department Store*
966 2nd Ave E - Arthur Woods Manley*
992 2nd Ave E - Reitman's*
1002 2nd Ave E - Superior Block
1005 2nd Ave E - Seldon House*
1023 2nd Ave E - Former Bus Terminal*
702 3rd Ave E - McCracken Home
785 3rd Ave E - Queen's Hotel
855 3rd Ave E - Central United Church
881 3rd Ave E
1112 3rd Ave E
1123 3rd Ave E - Clifton Hotel
1148 3rd Ave E - Wilcock's Garage
1159 3rd Ave E - Spragge Home
1200 3rd Ave E
1235 3rd Ave E - Grey County Courthouse*
1258 3rd Ave E
1259 3rd Ave E - Grey County Jail
1379 3rd Ave E - John Chisholm House*
1498 3rd Ave E
1852 3rd Ave E - McQuay Tannery
841 4th Ave E - Crawford Home
887 4th Ave E
890 4th Ave E - Knox United Church
895 4th Ave E
990 4th Ave E - First Baptist Church
997 4th Ave E - Division Street United Church
1049 4th Ave E - St. George's Anglican Church
1115 4th Ave E
1142, 1144, 1148 4th Ave E - 4th Ave E Row Housing
1240 4th Ave E - Registry Office
1671 4th Ave E - Eaton Brewery
795 5th Ave E - Ryerson School
832 5th Ave E
861 5th Ave E - F.N. D'Orr LePan Cottage*
894 5th Ave E - Rixon House
919 5th Ave E - Butchart Estate*
938, 940, 944, 946 5th Ave E - 5th Avenue East Row Housing
952, 954, 960, 962 5th Ave E - 5th Avenue East Row Housing
986-1000 5th Ave E - 5th Avenue East Row Housing
1663 5th Ave E - John McLean Home
1623 6th Ave E - A. M. Stephans Home
1584 7th Ave E - Miller Home
111 7th St E - Temporary Buchan Home
382 7th St E - Corbet Home
110-114 8th St E - Market Building*
253 8th St E - Slumski Taxi
260 8th St E - Merchant's Bank
275 8th St E - Oretsky Fur Store*
288 8th St E - Carr & Monahan
302 8th St E - Hewitt and Milne
364, 372, 374, 380, 382, 388, 400 8th St E - 8th St E Row Housing
80 9th St E
132 9th St E - F. N. DÒrr LePan Store
291 9th St E - Old Post Office*
452 9th St E
594 9th St E - East Cliff*
120 10th St E - Former Menzies' Insurance Co.
229 10th St E - Sloan Building*
392 10th St E - Church of Nazarene
313 11th St E - Beth Ezekiel Synagogue*
440 11th St E
198 12th St E
238 & 248 12th St E
554 15th St E - St. Mary's Church*
555 15th St E - St. Mary's School
692 15th St E
2010 16th St E - Branningham Grove
West Side
815 1st Ave W - Queen's Park*
824 1st Ave W - Public Library*
900 1st Ave W - Christian Science Society*
940 1st Ave W - Kennedy Home
972 1st Ave W
996 1st Ave W - Charles Rankin Home
1064 1st Ave W - Corbet Foundry
1165 1st Ave W - CNR Station
405 2nd Ave W - Legate Home
606 2nd Ave W - Wilcox/Bowman Home*
635 2nd Ave W - Robert McDowall House
665 2nd Ave W - Christie Home
680 2nd Ave W - W.G. McLauchlan Home
712 2nd Ave W - Scott/Manley Home
745 2nd Ave W - Pettigrew/Urquhart Home
756 2nd Ave W
767 2nd Ave W - Webster/Case Home
785, 789, 791, 795 2nd Ave W - Kennedy Terrace
903 2nd Ave W - Wilkinson House*
935 2nd Ave W - Wright Home
949 2nd Ave W
1010 2nd Ave W - John Meir Home
2nd Ave and 14th Street W - Harrison Mill
323 3rd Ave W - Sheldon Place
805 3rd Ave W - John Miller Home
927 3rd Ave W - Harrison Home
932 3rd Ave W - U.S. Consulate*
948 3rd Ave W - Billy Bishop Home*
331 4th Ave W - Sheldon Place Gatehouse
461 4th Ave W - Art Moore Home
681 4th Ave W - Creasor Home
727 4th Ave W - Eaglesnest
759 4th Ave W - George Snider Home/Fairview
1050 4th Ave W - F.W. Harrison House*
1178 4th Ave W - Tannahill Funeral Home
1735 4th Ave W - Victoria School
1880 4th Ave W
1914 4th Ave W
867 4th Ave 'A' W - Fleming House
2545 5th Ave W - Eddie Sargent House
1140 6th Ave W - Michael Forhan Home
190 1st St SW - Greenwood Cemetery Buildings
180 4th St W
197 8th St W - Kennedy Terrace
215-217 8th St W - Atkins Residence*
284 9th St W - Lemon Home
187 10th St W - Pollock Home
219 10th St W - Notter Home
285 10th St W - Park Apartments
310 10th St W - Central Westside United Church*
245 11th St W - British Methodist Episcopal Church*
500 16th St W