Government House (Manitoba)

Government House
Government House
	Government House
General information
Architectural style	Victorian Second Empire
Address	10 Kennedy Street; Winnipeg, Manitoba; R3C 1S4
Coordinates	49°53′02″N 97°08′42″W / 49.883896°N 97.145131°W
Construction started	1883
Cost	$24,000
Client	The Queen in Right of Canada; (Victoria)
Owner	The King in Right of Manitoba; (Charles III)[citation needed]
Technical details
Structural system	Timber framing and load-bearing masonry
Size	1,858 m² (20,000 ft²)

Government House of Manitoba (French: Résidence du Lieutenant-Gouverneur) is the official residence of the lieutenant governor of Manitoba, as well as that in Winnipeg of the Canadian monarch.^[1] It stands in the provincial capital, on the grounds of the Manitoba Legislative Building, at 10 Kennedy Street;^[2] unlike other provincial Government Houses in Canada, this gives Manitoba's royal residence a prominent urban setting, though it is surrounded by gardens.

^ MacLeod, Kevin S. (2008), A Crown of Maples (PDF) (1 ed.), Ottawa: Queen's Printer for Canada, p. XIV, ISBN 978-0-662-46012-1, retrieved 21 June 2009
^ Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba. "History > Government House > Brief History". Queen's Printer for Manitoba. Retrieved 22 November 2009.

[1] MacLeod, Kevin S. (2008), A Crown of Maples (PDF) (1 ed.), Ottawa: Queen's Printer for Canada, p. XIV, ISBN 978-0-662-46012-1, retrieved 21 June 2009

[LGHist-2] Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba. "History > Government House > Brief History". Queen's Printer for Manitoba. Retrieved 22 November 2009.

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