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Ravenscrag is a former mansion that was built between 1860 and 1863 for Hugh Allan (later Sir Hugh Allan) in the Golden Square Mile of Montreal, Quebec.It stands at 1025 Pine Avenue West at the top of McTavish Street, on the slopes of Mount Royal.
Lady Meredith House, also known as the H. Vincent Meredith Residence, is a historic mansion located at 1110 Pine Avenue West on the corner of Peel Street, in what is today known as the Golden Square Mile of Montreal, Quebec. It was originally named Ardvarna and is now owned by McGill University.
Parkwood's architectural, landscape and interior designs are based on those of the 1920s and 1930s. The national Historic Sites and Monuments Board describes it as "a rare surviving example of the type of estate developed in Canada during the inter-war years, and is rarer still by its essentially intact condition, furnished and run to illustrate as it was lived within."
The Van Horne Mansion (French: Maison Van Horne) was a classic greystone house on Sherbrooke Street at the corner of Stanley Street in Montreal's Golden Square Mile. It was built in 1869 for John Hamilton , President of the Merchant's Bank of Montreal, Quebec .
Following the death of Laura Dunsmuir in 1937 the estate was sold to the Government of Canada in 1939. The government sold off some of the land and during five days in June 1939, "Maynard & Sons" conducted a public auction of the mansion's contents totaling 927 lots. [4] A Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada plaque reads: [5] Hatley Park.
Mission: Impossible (1996) Prague, Czech Republic: The Charles Bridge, The Old Town and Liechtenstein Palace: The first part of the film is set in Prague, where the IMF team has a mission inside the United States embassy. However, the building shown in the movie is not the location of the real-life embassy but the Liechtenstein Palace .
The Madison House (or Madison's House) is a mansion located in Kincardine, Ontario.It has been named as one of Canada's most haunted places. The house, at 343 Durham Market Square, is Second Empire [1] with elements of Italianate style, and was listed as a historic place in 1985 by the Kincardine government.
Fulford Place is a historic mansion in Brockville, Ontario. It was completed in 1901 for Senator George Taylor Fulford, a Canadian businessman and politician. The home is now a historic house museum reflecting Edwardian era decorations, and it is operated by the Ontario Heritage Trust. It was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in ...