Château Ramezay
Established	1705
Location	Notre-Dame Street in Old Montreal, Quebec, Canada opposite Montreal City Hall
Type	museum and historic building
Website	[2]

Château Ramezay, 1900-1925

Château Ramezay's gardens.

The Château Ramezay is a museum and historic building on Notre-Dame Street in Old Montreal, opposite Montreal City Hall.

Build in 1705 as the residence of then-governor of Montreal, Claude de Ramezay, the Château was the first building proclaimed as an historical monument in Quebec and is the province’s oldest private history museum.

Over the years, the Château changed owners and functions several times, with Ramezay's descendants selling the manor to the fur-trading Compagnie des Indes.

[edit] Continental army headquarters

From 1775, it became the Canadian headquarters for the Continental Army when it seized Montreal. Benjamin Franklin stayed there overnight in 1776, while trying to raise troops to fight for the Americans in the American Revolutionary War. ^[1]

[edit] Governor's residence again

After the Conquest until 1849 the house was again used as a governor's residence, this time by the British governors. For official purposes it was known as Government House and was the governor's official Montreal residence which complimented his other residence in Quebec City (the Chateau St. Louis), and a country retreat in Sorel.^[2][3]

[edit] University building

In 1878, the building opened its doors to host Université de Montréal's first Faculty of Medicine.

[edit] Museum

Mainly comprised of gifts from private Montrealers, the museum's collection is estimated at 30,000 objects, including manuscripts, printed works, numismatic items, ethnological items, works of art, paintings, prints and furniture.

From 1997 to 2002, the Château Ramezay underwent indoor and outdoor restorations, including the creation of the Governor’s Garden, inaugurated in 2000. In 2003, the Château Ramezay Museum earned the National Award of Excellence from the Landscape Architects of Canada. It has greeted more than a million visitors.

[edit] External links

• History of the Museum, Official Web site
• Château Ramezay, Vieux Montreal

[edit] References

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Coordinates: 45°30′31″N 73°33′12″W / 45.50861°N 73.55333°W / 45.50861; -73.55333

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