Château Ramezay

Château Ramezay, built in 1705 on Notre-Dame Street in Old Montreal as the residence of governor Claude de Ramezay, has served many roles across the city’s history. After passing from the Ramezay family to the Compagnie des Indes, it became the Continental Army’s Canadian headquarters following the seizure of Montreal in 1775, and Benjamin Franklin stayed there in 1776. It later served the British governors as Government House until 1849, housed the first Faculty of Medicine of the Université de Montréal in 1878, and became a historical museum in 1894. Designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1949, it remains one of Old Montreal’s most layered historic buildings.

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