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.

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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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Prime Minister of Canada associatedBuilding Centre Block (historical)
this entity surface form: Centre Block
Senate of Canada formerMeetingPlace Centre Block (historical)
this entity surface form: Centre Block
Parliament Hill hasPart Centre Block (historical)
this entity surface form: Centre Block
House of Commons of Canada meetsIn Centre Block (historical)
this entity surface form: Centre Block (historically)
Parliament of Canada meetsIn Centre Block (historical)