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Rideau Hall

Thomas MacKay built the stone villa, which forms the main part of the present official residence, in 1838, as a home for his family. MacKay was a stonemason and contractor who built the entrance locks of the Rideau Canal and the mills at Rideau Falls. Rideau Hall is named for these landmarks and has been home to every governor general since Confederation. Period photographs show it as a rectangular, three-storey stone villa with a semi-circular facade on the garden.
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