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[Site]: Parliament Buildings
[Date(s)]: 1865 (West Block completed), 1866 (East Block), 1876 (Library of Parliament), 1920 (Centre Block)
[Designated]: 1976
[Location]: Ottawa45°25′29″N 75°41′57″W / 45.4248°N 75.6992°W / 45.4248; -75.6992 (Parliament Buildings)
[Description]: The seat of the Parliament of Canada in a striking location on a hill above the Ottawa River; an important symbol serving as the physical embodiment of the Canadian government and federation
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[Site]: Victoria Memorial Museum
[Date(s)]: 1911 (completed)
[Designated]: 1990
[Location]: Ottawa 45°24′46″N 75°41′20″W / 45.41266°N 75.68875°W / 45.41266; -75.68875 (Victoria Memorial Museum)
[Description]: Built to house Canada's first national museum, the building originally served as the home of the National Gallery of Canada and of the geological and natural history collections of the Geological Survey of Canada, and then served as the temporary premises of the Parliament of Canada from 1916 to 1922 when the original Centre Block was destroyed by fire; now the home of the Canadian Museum of Nature
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[Site]: Laurier House
[Date(s)]: 1878 (completed)
[Designated]: 1956
[Location]: Ottawa45°25′40″N 75°40′41″W / 45.4277°N 75.6781°W / 45.4277; -75.6781 (Laurier House)
[Description]: As Canada did not have official residences for elected officials until 1950, this house was the home of Sir Wilfrid Laurier and then William Lyon Mackenzie King during the periods when each was leader of the Liberal Party of Canada; Laurier and King each served both as Prime Ministers and Leaders of the Opposition while living in this home
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[Site]: Former Ottawa Teachers' College
[Date(s)]: 1875 (completed)
[Designated]: 1974
[Location]: Ottawa45°25′11.97″N 75°41′27.35″W / 45.4199917°N 75.6909306°W / 45.4199917; -75.6909306 (Former Ottawa Teachers' College)
[Description]: A nationally significant example of the Gothic Revival style in an eclectic design; the building served as a normal school until 1974, and now serves as a wing of Ottawa City Hall
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[Site]: Former Archives Building
[Date(s)]: 1906 (completed)
[Designated]: 1990
[Location]: Ottawa45°25′50″N 75°41′55.89″W / 45.43056°N 75.6988583°W / 45.43056; -75.6988583 (Former Archives Building)
[Description]: The home of the Public Archives of Canada from 1906 to 1967, and the Canadian War Museum from 1967 to 2005, this building was constructed as part of Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier’s efforts to transform Ottawa from a lumber town into a capital city with requisite cultural and civic amenities and architecture
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[Site]: Earnscliffe
[Date(s)]: 1857 (completed)
[Designated]: 1960
[Location]: Ottawa45°26′15″N 75°41′56″W / 45.437378°N 75.698912°W / 45.437378; -75.698912 (Earnscliffe)
[Description]: A house overlooking the Ottawa River, once the home to Canada's first Prime Minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, now the official residence of the British High Commissioner to Canada
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