History
Government House was built in 1834 as a viceregal residence for the lieutenant governor of the then British colony of Prince Edward Island. The land, a parcel of known 100 acres (0.40 km2) known as Fanning Bank or Fanning's Bank, was in 1789 set aside by Lieutenant Governor Edmund Fanning as Crown land, with the specific stipulation that it be used as the site for the governor's residence. Eventually, approximately 10 acres (40,000 m2) was retained for Government House and its grounds.
Government House was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1971.
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