Saturday, October 9, 2021

National Historic Sites in Canada's Capital - March of 2004.

Aberdeen Pavilion - built in 1898.

My Dad is walking by the Aberdeen Pavilion during the 1940's.

Beechwood Cemetery.

Billings House.

Central Chambers. 

Central Experimental Farm - The lumber baron J.R. Booth donated 400 acres of his own land to the Dominion Experimental Farm.

Chateau Laurier - constructed between 1908 and 1912,

Confederation Square - Central Chambers, Chateau Laurier, Connaught Restaurant/Bell Block, East Block, former Langevin Block, National Arts Centre, Ottawa Postal Station "B"/Central Post Office, Union Station - Grand Trunk railway station/Government Conference Centre.

Connaught Building - Tudor Revival - 1913-1916.

Earnscliffe - Longtime Ottawa home of Sir John A. Macdonald, Prime Minister of Canada.

Former Dominion Archives Building/Canadian War Museum.

Former Geological Survey of Canada Building.

Former Ottawa Teachers' College, built in 1875.

Former Langevin Block - 1883-1889.

Laurentian Club/John Booth Residence - 1909.

Laurier House - Home of Prime Ministers Sir Wilfrid Laurier and William Lyon Mackenzie King-built in 1878.

Maplelawn & Gardens - Thomas Cole and Rochester House, 1831-1834.

Notre-Dame Roman Catholic Basilica - 1841-1853.

Parliament Buildings-Seat of Canadian government, Gothic Revival complex. Centre Block, East Block, Library, Public Grounds, West Block.

Rideau Hall and Landscaped Grounds - Residence of the Governor General of Canada. British Natural Style, begun in 1838.

Royal Canadian Mint - Gothic Revival, 1905-1908.

Victoria Memorial Museum - Castellated Gothic Revival, 1905-1911.

Ottawa/Kingston - Rideau Canal. Operational Canal; 202 km route, forty-five locks.

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