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[Site]: Basilica of St. John the Baptist
[Date(s)]: 1855 (completed)
[Designated]: 1983
[Location]: St. John's47°34′2″N 52°42′36″W / 47.56722°N 52.71000°W / 47.56722; -52.71000 (Basilica of St. John the Baptist)
[Description]: Stone cathedral, constructed in the Lombard Romanesque Revival style, which has played an important role in the province's religious, political and social history
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[Site]: Christ Church / Quidi Vidi Church
[Date(s)]: 1842 (completed)
[Designated]: 1966
[Location]: St. John's47°34′50″N 52°41′56″W / 47.58056°N 52.69889°W / 47.58056; -52.69889 (Christ Church / Quidi Vidi Church)
[Description]: A modest, wood church, located on a steep hill overlooking the harbour of the former village of Quidi Vidi; representative of the rapidly disappearing architecture of 19th-century outports
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[Site]: Government House
[Date(s)]: 1831 (completed)
[Designated]: 1982
[Location]: St. John's47°33′49″N 52°40′50″W / 47.56361°N 52.68056°W / 47.56361; -52.68056 (Government House)
[Description]: A Palladian-style mansion originally built for Thomas Cochrane, the first civil governor of the Newfoundland Colony; its construction marked the transition of the colony from a naval to civilian government, and the house has served as the official residence of Newfoundland's governors and lieutenant governors ever since
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[Site]: St. John's WWII Coastal Defences (Atlantic Bulwark)
[Date(s)]: 1939 (established)
[Designated]: 1993
[Location]: St. John's47°33′49″N 52°40′47″W / 47.56361°N 52.67972°W / 47.56361; -52.67972 (St. John's WWII Coastal Defences)
[Description]: St. John's served as the main North American base for trans-Atlantic escorts during the Second World War; Canadian and American gun batteries and Canadian air force squadrons protected St. John's harbour
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[Site]: Fort William
[Date(s)]: 1697 (established)
[Designated]: 1952
[Location]: St. John's47°34′15″N 52°42′2″W / 47.57083°N 52.70056°W / 47.57083; -52.70056 (Fort William)
[Description]: The site of a fort which served as the original headquarters of the British garrison in Newfoundland, and which was attacked three times by the French; the fort represented the first official military presence in St. John's, although it was supplanted by Fort Townshend in the 1770s, and demolished in 1881
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[Site]: Cape Spear Lighthouse
[Date(s)]: 1835 (completed)
[Designated]: 1962
[Location]: Cape Spear47°31′20″N 52°37′36″W / 47.52222°N 52.62667°W / 47.52222; -52.62667 (Cape Spear Lighthouse)
[Description]: The oldest surviving lighthouse in Newfoundland, constructed on the easternmost point in North America; built in 1835 by the Colony of Newfoundland to signal the approach to St. John's harbour
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