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[Site]: Central Experimental Farm
[Date(s)]: 1886 (established)
[Designated]: 1997
[Location]: Ottawa45°22′57″N 75°42′49″W / 45.382537°N 75.713654°W / 45.382537; -75.713654 (Central Experimental Farm)
[Description]: A rare example of a farm within a city; the site of significant scientific contributions to agriculture
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[Site]: Billings House
[Date(s)]: 1829 (completed)
[Designated]: 1968
[Location]: Ottawa45°23′23″N 75°40′20″W / 45.389832°N 75.672235°W / 45.389832; -75.672235 (Billings House)
[Description]: One of Ottawa's oldest homes, this Georgian homestead was built by Braddish Billings, the first settler of Gloucester Township, where his home formed the nucleus of Ottawa's Billings Bridge area
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[Site]: Former Archives Building
[Date(s)]: 1906 (completed)
[Designated]: 1990
[Location]: Ottawa45°25′50″N 75°41′55.89″W / 45.43056°N 75.6988583°W / 45.43056; -75.6988583 (Former Archives Building)
[Description]: The home of the Public Archives of Canada from 1906 to 1967, and the Canadian War Museum from 1967 to 2005, this building was constructed as part of Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier’s efforts to transform Ottawa from a lumber town into a capital city with requisite cultural and civic amenities and architecture
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[Site]: Château Laurier
[Date(s)]: 1912 (completion of first wing)
[Designated]: 1980
[Location]: Ottawa45°25′32.04″N 75°41′42.39″W / 45.4255667°N 75.6951083°W / 45.4255667; -75.6951083 (Château Laurier)
[Description]: One of Canada's landmark railway hotels, built in the distinctly Canadian Château-style; dubbed the "Third Chamber of Parliament" due to its proximity to Parliament Hill
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[Site]: Former Geological Survey of Canada Building
[Date(s)]: 1863 (completion of the oldest part of the building)
[Designated]: 1955
[Location]: Ottawa45°25′35.45″N 75°41′38.16″W / 45.4265139°N 75.6939333°W / 45.4265139; -75.6939333 (Former Geological Survey of Canada Building)
[Description]: Among the oldest government buildings in the capital, the building was the first Ottawa home of the Geological Survey of Canada; the building was also used to host the inaugural exhibit of the Canadian Academy of Arts in 1880 (the genesis of the collection of the National Gallery of Canada), and to display the Geological Survey's museum collections (which served as the foundation of the Canadian Museum of Nature)
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[Site]: Central Chambers
[Date(s)]: 1891 (completed)
[Designated]: 1990
[Location]: Ottawa45°25′23.65″N 75°41′42.95″W / 45.4232361°N 75.6952639°W / 45.4232361; -75.6952639 (Central Chambers)
[Description]: A noted example of Queen Anne Revival commercial architecture, with a high profile location on Confederation Square
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