Laurier House

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Laurier House is a home in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, which was the official residence of two Canadian Prime Ministers, Sir Wilfrid Laurier and William Lyon Mackenzie King. The house was built in 1878, but had significant later alterations. The house was displays elements of the Italianate manner and also traces of Second Empire style.

Laurier lived there from 1897-1919, and King from 1923-1950. King willed the house people of Canada upon his death.

Many distinguished guests from overseas were received at this house, such as King George VI, Sir Winston Churchill, Charles de Gaulle, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and others.

It is now owned by Parks Canada, who operate it as a public museum facility.

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