Osgoode Township
S.S. No. 1 Osgoode - Davidson School
This school was located on River Road north of the Separate school. It is now a private home.
R.C.S.S. No. 1 Osgoode - St. Brigid's School
The first separate school in Osgoode Township was erected on River Road near St. Brigid Church. In 1902, a larger one-room school was built and served St. Brigid parishioners until 1965. In 1957 the Parent Teachers Association was formed. The P.T.A. would organize dances to fund its activities, which contributed to the physical, social and spiritual needs of the students. Guest speakers gave taoks on such subjects as "The Value and Necessity of Christian Education", "Education at the Crossroads", and the encyclical letter by Pope Pius XI, written in the early 1930s, on the roles of church and state in providing education. Afterwards, students were bused to St. Leonard School in Manotick and the school was later torn down.
150th Anniversary 1854-2004 of the founding of the parishes of St. John the Evangelist and St. Brigid.
150th Anniversary 1854-2004 of the founding of the parishes of St. John the Evangelist and St. Brigid.
S.S. No. 2 Osgoode - St. Patrick's School
In 1911, a school was built on Lot 7, 3rd Concession.
R.C.S.S. No. 4 Osgoode - St. John's School
6631 Herbert’s Corners Road, Greely
The original log structure was built in 1844. It was later replaced in 1890 on nearby land purchased from Michael Herbert and his wife, Ellen Nash, for the sum of $35. Due to an increase in the population (55 children) in 1958, a second room was added to the school. Herbert’s Corners School closed in 1965 once St. Leonard School was built in Manotick. However, the old schoolhouse was used briefly in the late 1960s by the public school board, and in the 1970s by the separate school board for home economics and wood working classes. It has also been used as a community Christian school, a flower nursery and a storage facility.
S.S. No. 5 Osgoode - West Osgoode School
In 1854, a Catholic and a Protestant school served the community of West Osgoode. The Catholic school was situated on the northwest corner of Lot 26, Con. 3 on the James Blanchfield farm, currently owned by Norman McKeen. The Portestant school was situated on the northwest corner of Lot 27, Con. 3. In approximately 1860, the two schools amalgamated on Blanchfield Road, and they were known at S.S. No. 5. The one-room school was replaced in 1878 with a brick building, and a second room was added several years later. The school closed in 1969.
150th Anniversary 1854-2004 of the founding of the parishes of St. John the Evangelist and St. Brigid.
S.S. No. 6 Osgoode - Allen School
This school was located south on Stagecoach Road. Built in 1851, S.S. No. 6 is the oldest standing schoolhouse in the Township. It was built on part of James Allen’s farm, and son Joe married one of the school teachers, Jennie Stewart.
S.S. No. 7 Osgoode - Blair's School
S.S. No. 7 Osgoode, 1948 Courtesy of Earl Jeacle Front: Roger Deschambault, Gloria Olson. Larry Simser, Evelyn O'Connor, Earl Jeacle, Madeline Deschambault Richard Olson. Back: Norah Johnson, Reggie Diotte, Jimmy Morris, Miss Clara Stanley, Bill Jeacle, Elmer Morris, Muriel Olson
The Stone Schoolhouse opened in 1852 on Highway 31, two kilometers north of Snake Island Road, serving the community for over one hundred years. A two-room school, which replaced the old stone school, was built directly south of it in the 1960s. In 1975, the Metcalfe & District Lions Club took possession of the vacant building. It later was remodeled to become the Metcalfe Medical Centre.
S.S. No. 8 Osgoode - Springhill School
7832 Bank St., Vernon
The first school was built in 1838 and was replaced by the building on the right in 1885. The teacher’s salary was $300 a year; Mr. J. Dowser the caretaker, had a salary of $10 a year; hardwood was delivered to the school for 99¢ a cord and the secretary received $2 a year for his work. Former student, Tom Dalgleish was Osgoode Township’s first school bus driver. He transported a carload of students from the Vernon Springhill area to the Continuation School in Metcalfe as far back as 1928. The school closed in 1967 and has now been converted into the Springhill Memorial Chapel.
S.S. No. 9 Osgoode & No. 20 Mountain - Swale School
4493 5th Line Rd. at Belmeade Rd.
The Swale School or Belmeade School, so named due to the nature of the surrounding land, was built in 1898. There was a tug-of-war about the location of the schoolhouse when it became a union school with Mountain Township in 1903. When men on the Mountain Township side won the election, the school was moved near their side, only to be uprooted the following year if Osgoode Township regained control. Records indicate that the school moved several times. The last time, the contractor left it unattended on the roadside in 1903, and it was burned down. There is now a private home on the Osgoode site.
S.S. No. 10 Osgoode - Stone School
1869 8th Line Rd., North Metcalfe
Two log schoolhouses were built near the present site of S.S. No. 10 Osgoode. When they became inadequate, Mr. James Quail and Mr. Paul Cooper each donated half an acre of land in 1860 for a new stone schoolhouse built by Mr. Porteous. James Quail, together with Hugh Corrigan, became one of the first trustees. After 24 teachers, the school closed in 1965. Part of the ornate tin ceiling has been preserved and the building is now a private home owned by the Cummins/Conlin family.
S.S. No. 12 Osgoode - Scotch School
8665 Marvelville Road at 9th line
A log building existed on this site from 1839-1870. It was built on land donated by Peter McEwen and admitted 40 pupils. The primarily Scotish community then bought land from Peter McEwen. In 1870, they eracted a frame building nearby. Then a brick one was put up in 1907. The 1st premier of Alberta, Alexander Rutherford, went to this school. It closed in 1968. The current owner is Mary Bushe. The original log school still stands as a storage shed on a nearby farm.
S.S. No. 13 Osgoode - York’s Corners School
York's Corners Road & Victoria Street, SE corner Lot 21, Concession 11
Courtesy of Osgoode Township Historical Society & Museum
This school is named after Thomas York, one of the original settlers whose property later became part of S.S. No. 13 Osgoode. Pioneer Robert Grant taught the basics of “Three R’s” in a log structure in the late 1820s. The little stone schoolhouse on the Hepinstall property at York’s Corners Road and Victoria Street replaced the log building in 1839. The next school was a log structure erected in 1845, a short distance south of the stone school built in 1865. Peter Loney was the teacher, earning a salary of $200. A frame building replaced this school in 1898. In 1967, Mrs. Richard Morrow was the last teacher at York’s Corners when it closed its doors and was town down.
S.S. No. 14 Osgoode - Snake Island School
In 1876 Patrick Herbert donated land for a school, and a log building was erected with two windows on each side. The teachers were of Irish Catholic descent, but no religion was taught because this was a public school and some of the pupils were Portestants. Children from francophone families attended around 1918, until three Portestant ratepayers of the original first settlement objected to the fact that the French Catholics wanted the rosary said and the catechism taught in the school. The francophone children were then forced to attend school in a private house situated on Lot 18, Con. 4 beside Grey Creek. Eventually they compromised, and the Catholic students stayed in at noon to say the rosary, and then remained after 3pm for religion.
In the early 1920s, the French ratepayers bought the school and land from the public school board. The school then became a French Catholic bilingual school called R.C.S.S. No. 14 Osgoode and for many years there were as many as 50 students in attendance. In 1966, the school closed after ninety years, and students attended St. Catherine's in Metcalfe.
150th Anniversary 1854-2004 of the founding of the parishes of St. John the Evangelist and St. Brigid.
In the early 1920s, the French ratepayers bought the school and land from the public school board. The school then became a French Catholic bilingual school called R.C.S.S. No. 14 Osgoode and for many years there were as many as 50 students in attendance. In 1966, the school closed after ninety years, and students attended St. Catherine's in Metcalfe.
150th Anniversary 1854-2004 of the founding of the parishes of St. John the Evangelist and St. Brigid.
S.S. No. 15 Osgoode - Kenmore School
U.S.S. No. 5 Russell & No. 16 Osgoode - Marvelville School
3815 Gregoire Rd., Russell
Schooling first began near Marvelville when immigrants from Scotland settled in the area in 1835. A log school was erected in 1847. The Public school Trustees of Union School Section No. 5 Russell and No. 16 Osgoode purchased ½ acre for $75 from Allan Fader’s property in 1910. A brick building was erected to replace the former school across the creek. It closed as a school in 1965 and is now the Marvelville Community Centre.
S.S. No. 20 Osgoode - Vernon School
8682 Bank St., Vernon
Before 1881, pupils in the Vernon community had to walk to either the Swale School or to Springhill School. When the population increased, a brick school was constructed with David Fraser as the first teacher on an annual salary of $350. One interesting note is that the school bell cracked on Armistice Day, November 11, 1918. Mrs. Hilda Wilkes-Dombroski was the last teacher when the school closed in 1961, and the building is now the Vernon Branch of the Ottawa Public Library. Pupils were sent to a 2-room school (1961-1972), which presently houses the Osgoode Township Historical Society and Museum. Students in the area now attend Metcalfe Public School.
S.S. No. 21 Osgoode - Hall's School
This school was located on 10th line - York’s Corners Road between Kenmore & Edwards. It has been torn down.
S.S. No. 23 Osgoode - Dalmeny School
3878 4th Line Road, Osgoode at Dalmeny Road
This former one-room school, built in 1898, has been a private home for about 50 years on the Blair family property. Apparently, the first teacher, Gracie Stuart Mulloy was very severe.
S.S. No. 24 Osgoode & No. 28 Gloucester - Quaile School
Last class to attend the Boundary School, 1965 - Courtesy of Diane Wade. Back: Shirley Mackie, Patty Latimer, Sheila Armstrong, Susan Rodney, Sheila Blair, Yaja Trofimczuk, Delmer Armstrong, Blair Croskery, Diane Wade (teacher), Johnny Trofimczuk, Ziggy Trofimczuk Front: Diane Clark, Nancy Latimer, Dianne Brown, Marilyn Mackie, Bruce Waddell, Don Clark, Glenn Mackie, Brian Waddell
The Boundary or Quaile School School (S.S. No. 24 Osgoode & No. 28 Gloucester) was built on Thomas Quaile’s property (corner of County Road 8 and 8th Line Road of Osgoode) in 1904. The timbers that supported the floor went the entire 40-foot length of the building. Miss Jean McGee was the first teacher and Mr. R.H. Cowly was the inspector. Arthur Armstrong was the secretary-treasurer from 1915-1951. There were 47 teachers in all. Mrs. Ida Reaney taught for 17 years (1945-1962) and Mrs. Diane Wade was the teacher when the school closed in 1965. Students were bused to a new two-room school situated in Edwards. That school closed and pupils now go to Metcalfe Public School. The property was bought by Dave Mackie and the building demolished.
S.S. No. 25 Osgoode & No. 20 Gloucester - Pana School - 1087 York’s Corners Road, Edwards
