Province House (Charlottetown)
The Province House in Charlottetown is the parliament building of the Canadian province of Prince Edward Iceland and since 1847 the seat of the Legislative Assembly (legislative assembly) . In September 1864, the building was the venue for the Charlottetown Conference and is therefore classified as a National Historic Site .
description
Located in downtown Charlottetown on Grafton Street , the three-story neoclassical building is made of sandstone quarried in Wallace, Nova Scotia and transported to the island. The Confederation Center of the Arts , which opened in 1964, is located in the adjacent building block to the west . To the east of the Parliament building is the Coles Building; the former courthouse now houses the parliamentary services and is connected to the Province House by a tunnel. The area around the Province House is designed in the style of a Victorian garden and has several monuments. Two cenotaphs commemorate the soldiers from Prince Edward Island who died in the Boer War and during the two world wars.
history
The foundation stone was laid in May 1843 and the opening in January 1847. Construction costs were £ 10,000. From September 1 to 8, 1864, the Charlottetown Conference took place in the Province House , at which representatives of various colonies in British North America discussed for the first time the possible merger to form a Canadian Confederation .
In 1973, the Canadian National Park Administration, Parks Canada , agreed with the lieutenant governor of the province to assume part of the costs of maintenance and renovation for a period of 99 years and to preserve the building as national heritage. An extensive renovation took place from 1979 to 1983. The Legislative Assembly has since taken up half of the building, while the Confederation Hall serves as an exhibition space. In 1983, the Province House was declared a National Historic Site and listed .
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Coordinates: 46 ° 14 ′ 5.8 ″ N , 63 ° 7 ′ 33.9 ″ W.