Centre Block (historical)
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Centre Block (historical) was the main building of Canada’s federal parliamentary complex on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, housing the House of Commons and Senate chambers before its destruction by fire in 1916.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Centre Block | 3 |
| Centre Block (historically) | 1 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former building
ⓘ
parliamentary building ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Gothic Revival
ⓘ
surface form:
Victorian High Gothic
|
| cityServed | Ottawa ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| dateOfDestruction |
1916
ⓘ
February 3, 1916 ⓘ |
| destroyedBy | fire ⓘ |
| followedBy | current Centre Block ⓘ |
| function | seat of the Parliament of Canada ⓘ |
| governmentBodyServed | Parliament of Canada ⓘ |
| hasPart |
House of Commons chamber
ⓘ
Senate chamber ⓘ committee rooms ⓘ offices for parliamentarians ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | no longer extant ⓘ |
| housed |
House of Commons of Canada
ⓘ
Senate of Canada ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Canada
ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ Ottawa ⓘ Parliament Hill ⓘ |
| locatedOn | bluff above the Ottawa River ⓘ |
| materialUsed | stone ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Canadian federal government (Ottawa)
ⓘ
surface form:
Government of Canada
|
| partOf |
Parliament Hill
ⓘ
surface form:
Parliament Hill complex
|
| precededBy | original Parliament buildings of the Province of Canada ⓘ |
| replacedBy | rebuilt Centre Block with Peace Tower ⓘ |
| significance | symbol of Canadian federal government ⓘ |
| usedFor | federal legislative functions ⓘ |
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Centre Block (historically)