Laurier House
Prime Minister's residence used last in 1948.
Château Laurier
This hotel was to have its grand opening on April 26th of 1912. Charles Melville Hays who was the chairman of The Grand Trunk Railway, commissioned to have this hotel built. He passed on the fourth day of the Titanic's journey, at 11:40 P.M. of April 14 when the Titanic struck an iceberg and sank. Later, June 12th, Sir Wilfred Laurier who was the Prime Minister who helped to secure the site to build this hotel was in attendance when they had a down-played grand opening.
The Central Chambers Building
Built in 1890–1891 according to the plans of John James Browne as an most notable example in Canada of the Queen Anne Revival Vistorian style old commercial design from the late 1800s. In the far background is Parliament Hill built in 1859 and with additions finished in 1927, currently it is being renovated for $1 Billion starting in 2002 and finishing in 2020 (Phew, that's alot $)
Just wanted to share with you some pictures showing the history and character of Ottawa. Beautiful! A one day trip (hurried, these are all drive by photo's), I missed so much.....I'll be going back with this arsenal of places to see http://ottawa.ca/residents/heritage/doorsopen/buildings/index_en.html#67
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