First Government Houses
The first vice-regal residences of Upper Canada were Navy Hall in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Castle Frank from 1795-1796 (deserted and burned down in 1829) and Russell Abbey from 1796-1799 when the capital moved to York.
The first official residence was a one-storey frame house built at Fort York at the turn of the 19th century, first occupied by the colony's second Lieutenant Governor, Peter Hunter. The structure was destroyed when a nearby powder magazine exploded in 1813 during the War of 1812.
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