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Ottawa, Ontario Kilmorie house
Ottawa, Ontario Kilmorie house

The Kilmorie house is a heritage home located at 21 Withrow Avenue in Ottawa, Ontario, the former home of one of the region's earliest settlers. The house was built circa 1840-1850 for farmer William Scott, who emigrated to Upper Canada in 1819 from Ireland.Kilmorie serves as a reminder of the area’s agricultural history. It is one of Ottawa's oldest surviving houses, built 13-23 years after the Bytown Museum building, the oldest surviving stone house in OttawaIn 1915, it was bought by the Poet William Wilfred Campbell, who moved in with his wife and extended family. He was the owner who named it Kilmorie. Campbell worked days off and weekends to transform the rough grounds of the compound that surrounded the house into gardens and landscaping. Today, the house sits on 2.1 acres of land. Campbell enjoyed three years at Kilmorie, before he died on New Year's morning, 1918. The Poets Pathway have put a plaque on Colonnade Road near Campbell's beloved Kilmorie, that details one of his poems, Down the Merivale Road.The house was bought in 1950 by Dr. J David Roger, an internist and radiologist and his wife. The couple lived in the home until their respective deaths. Dr. J David Roger died in June 2015 at the age of 98. He lived in the house for 65 years.

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