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felt the maintenance budget for the house was insufficient and consequently relocated, after which the former viceregal residence took on other roles. From 1896 to 1900, it served as New Brunswick's Institute for the Deaf and Dumb, was a military barracks through
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Government House is where visiting dignitaries are greeted and often stay while in Fredericton. It is also where numerous vice-regal events take place, such as the bestowing of provincial awards or inductions into the
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Only on 1 July 1999, after two years of extensive renovation and restoration of the structure and its interiors, was the mansion returned to viceregal service in a ceremony including representatives of the
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and, as mandated before its renovation in 1996, is open to the public. In that vein, the grounds of royal estate are frequently the site of public celebrations, such as those for
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in the provincial capital at 51 Woodstock Road; while the equivalent building in many countries has a prominent, central place in the territorial capital, the site of
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settlement of Sainte-Anne, and served as meeting place for the viceroy and his Executive Council, balls, and state dinners.
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that burned down in 1825, Government House was erected between 1826 and 1828 on the site of the former
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164 years earlier, both times to demonstrate the importance of the
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New Brunswick and Department of Supply and Services.
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Old Government House National Historic Site of Canada
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Index

French

Adamesque
Georgian
Fredericton
New Brunswick
Canada
Coordinates
45°57′56″N 66°39′21″W / 45.965589°N 66.655834°W / 45.965589; -66.655834
Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
The King in Right of New Brunswick
Charles III
Timber framing
load-bearing
masonry
National Historic Site of Canada
New Brunswick Heritage Conservation Act
Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
Fredericton
Canadian monarch
Saint John River
New Brunswick
colonial Lieutenant Governors of New Brunswick
Acadian
Samuel Leonard Tilley
World War I
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
National Historic Site of Canada
Historic Sites Protection Act
Maliseet

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