Anyone interested in Lowertown history should read the April 28, 2014 article on Urbsite about the former General Hospital–now called Bruyère Hospital–at the corner of Sussex and Bruyère.
It includes this fascinating fact: ‘The addition on the second storey of a matching pair of sundials, in 1851, was designed by Father Jean-François Allard, a geometry teacher. These sundials marked the first public timepiece in Ottawa and are considered to be unique in North America.’