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https://spacing.ca/ottawa/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2014/07/a025015.jpg760450Image: Summer House Location: Parliament Hill, Ottawa Date of photo: Pre 1900 (exact date unknown) Photographer/Source: Samuel J. Jarvis, Library and Archives Canada When american landscape architect Calvert Vaux was hired in 1873 to design the public grounds around Parliament Hill, his design included the picturesque component of little pavilions known as summer houses. According to Canada’s Historic Places, “Pathways, flowerContinue reading