History

The Government House in Victoria, BC was originally known as Cary Castle and was built in 1859. Roughly six years later it switched ownership and became the residence of the Governor of Vancouver Island. In 1871 it officially became known as the Government House and the residence of the Lieutenant Governor. During 1899 the building burnt down and the famous architects Francis Rattenbury and Samuel Maclure were tasked with designing and building a new residence on the site. 

The Government House then reopened in 1903. It stood for nearly 54 years before it burnt down a second time apart from the port cochère. The house was then reconstructed a third time in 1957 and reopened in 1959.

Aspects of the Government House are now undergoing restorations such as the steam cleaning of the port cochère and repointing of the surrounding stone walls by Lennox Masonry. 

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