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Laurier House (French: Maison Laurier) is a National Historic Site in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (in the Sandy Hill district). It was formerly the residence of two Canadian prime ministers : Sir Wilfrid Laurier (for whom the house is named) and William Lyon Mackenzie King . [ 1 ]
Virtual tours of Fallingwater have been created as well. [324] One such tour was released in CD format in 1997, [437] and Love created a 3-D virtual tour of the house in the mid-2010s. [324] [438] The house has been commemorated in other media, such as a postage-stamp issue from 1982. [439] Fallingwater has been depicted in several creative works.
Laurier's brick residence in Ottawa is known as Laurier House National Historic Site, at the corner of what is now Laurier Avenue and Chapel Street. In their will, the Lauriers left the house to Prime Minister Mackenzie King , who in turn donated it to Canada upon his death.
The Fairmont Château Laurier is a 660,000-square-foot (61,000 m 2) hotel with 429 guest rooms in the downtown core of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, located near the intersection of Rideau Street and Sussex Drive and designed in a French Gothic Revival Châteauesque style to complement the adjacent Parliament buildings.
Laurier Avenue (French: Avenue Laurier; Ottawa Road #48) is a central east west street running through Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Originally known as "Maria Street" (west of Waller) and "Theodore Street" (east of Waller), it was renamed in honour of Canadian Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier .
The origin of the term 'virtual tour' dates to 1994. The first example of a virtual tour was a museum visitor interpretive tour, consisting of 'walk-through' of a 3D reconstruction of Dudley Castle in England as it was in 1550. [3] This consisted of a computer-controlled laser disc based system designed by British-based engineer Colin Johnson.
Laurier, WA border station, 1936. The crossing quickly became a popular smuggling route, especially for Chinese wishing to illegally enter the US. [11] The federal U.S. General Services Administration lists three buildings in Laurier, a border station and two border station residences, built in 1936. [12] The crossing operates 8am to midnight. [13]
The Laurier Memorial Committee was founded in 1948 under the auspices of the Canadian Democratic Institute and the Canadian Unity Alliance in order to erect a memorial to Sir Wilfrid Laurier. His inauguration took place on October 12, 1953. The activities of the Monument Committee ended at the end of 1954.