thumb|left|Panoramic map of Ottawa from 1872 including inset images of Union School, the Ludington House, C.W Hamblins Block, and Ottawa University building On the last day of March 1864, J.C. Richmond built the first non-Indian settlement in the new town, at the corner of Walnut and First streets.
thumb|left|Panoramic map of Ottawa from 1872 including inset images of Union School the Ludington House, C.W Hamblins Block, and Ottawa University building On the last day of March 1864 J.C. Richmond built the first non-Indian settlement in the new town, at the corner of Walnut and First streets.