1838 – Rideau Hall, Ottawa, Ontario
The residence was built in 1838 to house Scottish stone mason Thomas McKay and his family,
The residence was built in 1838 to house Scottish stone mason Thomas McKay and his family,
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,
Located in a quiet residential neighbourhood close to Parliament Hill, Laurier House is a National Historic Site.
The first plan dates from 1839 but the work on the building’s structure was conducted between 1841 and 1865,
Architect: Band, Burritt & Meredith