Central Chambers
| Central Chambers National Historic Site of Canada Lieu historique national du Canada de l'Édifice-Central |
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 Lieu patrimonial du Canada |
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| Recognized since | 1997 |
| Type | National Historic Site |
| ID | 2857 |
| place | Ottawa |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 25 '23.4 " N , 75 ° 41' 43.2" W |
| Recognized by | Canadian Federal Government |
| Approved by | Historic Sites and Monuments Act |
| Entry Canadian List of Monuments | |
The Central Chambers (French Édifice Central ) are a listed building in Ottawa . The commercial building on Confederation Square was built in the Queen Anne Revival style from 1890 to 1891 . It combines neo-baroque with classicist elements and has been classified as a national historical site since 1990 . The owner has been the real estate investment trust Allied since 2011 . The main tenant is the National Capital Commission .
Location and description
The house at 40-46 Elgin Street is on the corner of Queen Street in the Centretown district and one of the fronts faces Confederation Square . Central Chambers is connected to the Scottish Ontario Chambers, also a listed building, through the high-rise The Chambers .
The six-story building is made of red brick. The lower two floors are designed as arcades. The building has three rows of blue bay windows above it and a row of Palladinistic windows above.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ HistoricPlaces.ca - HistoricPlaces.ca. In: historicplaces.ca. Retrieved October 5, 2014 .
- ↑ Peter Kovessy: Allied close to finalizing $ 100M purchase of The Chambers - Non-residential -. (No longer available online.) December 9, 2011, archived from the original on October 6, 2014 ; accessed on October 5, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ The Chambers, Ottawa | Building 193960. In: emporis.de. Retrieved October 6, 2014 .
