The property, known as the FORMER NORTH GRENVILLE DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL KEMPTVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL ANNEX, and known civically as 304 Prescott Street, Geographic Town of Kemptville, has cultural heritage value or interest for its physical/design values, its historical/associative values, and its contextual values.

The property has design value or physical value because it is a representative example of a school structure and cenotaph within North Grenville.

The property has historical value or associative value because it has direct associations with a person, activity, and institution that is significant to a community; and demonstrates or reflects the work of a builder who is significant to a community. The school has direct associations to people (Honourable L.J. Simpson, Holmes Construction Company of Kemptville), and contributes to the understanding of the community and history of education in the district.

The property has contextual value because it is important in defining, maintaining or supporting the character of Kemptville, it is visually and historically linked to its surroundings, and it is a landmark. The school and cenotaph are considered landmark structures and contribute significantly to the local street character. They are both also
important in defining, maintaining or supporting the area of the downtown core of the Geographic Town of Kemptville.

Heritage Attributes

• Its form scale and massing of the original school constructed in 1936;
• Its cut-face, rustic shale brick on the east façade;
• Its full-height projecting entryways on the east façade, including the windows and their decorative elements;
• Its transom carving above the north entrance bearing the inscription “Kemptville Public School”;
• Its direct association with the history of the Town of Kemptville as well as the Province of Ontario (as an educational institution) and the Municipality of North Grenville;
• Its contextual location of the Cenotaph as part of an important landmark gathering place which visually links the school to its surroundings.