Province House National Historic Site

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Province House National Historic Site is a historic legislative building in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, renowned as the meeting place of the 1864 Charlottetown Conference that led to Canadian Confederation.

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Province House National Historic Site canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic site
legislative building
national historic site of Canada
architecturalStyle neoclassical architecture
associatedWith Canadian Confederation
Fathers of Confederation
category Buildings and structures in Charlottetown
National Historic Sites in Prince Edward Island
Parliamentary building in Canada
constructionStart 1843
coordinates 46.234°N 63.128°W
country Canada
floorCount 3
function provincial legislative building
governingBody Parks Canada
hasChamber confederation chamber
legislative chamber
hasHeritagePlaque Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada plaque
hasRestoration major conservation project in the 2010s
hasUse seat of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
hasVisitorCentre yes
heritageDesignation National Historic Site of Canada
heritageDesignationStart 1966
imageSubject Canadian ten-dollar bill (historic issues) depicting Province House
inception 1843
locatedIn Canada
Charlottetown
Prince Edward Island
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Queens County, Prince Edward Island
locatedOn Great George Street, Charlottetown
maintainedBy Parks Canada
materialUsed sandstone
namedAfter Province House
nearby Confederation Centre of the Arts
St. Dunstan’s Basilica
occupant Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
officialLanguage English
French
opened 1847
ownedBy Government of Prince Edward Island
partOf Charlottetown historic district
publicAccess guided tours
region Atlantic Canada
significance birthplace of Canadian Confederation
significantEvent Charlottetown Conference
significantEventDate 1864
tourismAttraction yes

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Birthplace of Confederation National Historic Site (area) hasPart Province House National Historic Site
Charlottetown Harbour near Province House National Historic Site