1838 – Rideau Hall, Ottawa, Ontario
The residence was built in 1838 to house Scottish stone mason Thomas McKay and his family, who occupied the residence until 1855.
The residence was built in 1838 to house Scottish stone mason Thomas McKay and his family, who occupied the residence until 1855.
In May 1859 proposals were invited for Ottawa’s intended parliamentary and departmental buildings and governor general’s residence.
In 1859, The Legislative Assembly in Ottawa voted the sum of £75,000 for the erection of a “Parliament House”
Ottawa’s oldest surviving church building and was designed by Thomas Fuller, who also designed Canada’s original Parliament Buildings.
Located in a quiet residential neighbourhood close to Parliament Hill, Laurier House is a National Historic Site. It was built in 1878 in the Second Empire Style,
The first plan dates from 1839 but the work on the building’s structure was conducted between 1841 and 1865,
Architect: Band, Burritt & Meredith