Ottawa’s Aberdeen Pavilion is one stop closer to getting a facelift.
The Built Heritage Committee has approved an application to alter the pavilion, which is a National Historic Site, to address the long-term conservation of the building.
It would mark the first work on the structure since the last major rehabilitation in the early 1990s and it would be coordinated with the Lansdowne 2.0 project.
The proposed work includes replacing the upper, lower and entrance roofs, and repairing metal work on the upper dome, corner turrets, cupolas, exterior walls, and decorative elements.
Structural strengthening is required on the truss system and bracing, and workers would replace roof planking and purlins, rehabilitate windows, install new replica wood doors, rehabilitate the concrete floor slab, and undertake lead-paint abatement.
A new heat trace system and removable panels for portable air conditioning units would also be installed to make the building more comfortable for visitors.
The Aberdeen Pavilion is located on a part of Lansdowne that is subject to a Heritage Conservation Easement Agreement between the City and the Ontario Heritage Trust. Before work can proceed, the city will need to submit an alteration request through the trust, which the city says is supportive of the project.
The rehabilitation will go before city council on Wednesday, July 10 and if approved, work would start next January and take two construction seasons.