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1、PrinceEdwardIslandGovernors,LieutenantGovernorsandAdministrators1769toMay2009PicturesandBiographicalInformationPublishedBy:ElectionsP.E.I.OfficeJ.AngusMacLeanBuildingst94GreatGeorgeStreet,1Fl.P.O.Box774,CharlottetownPrinceEdwardIsland,C1A7L3Tel.:(902)368-5895Fax:(902)368
2、-6500GovernmentHouseGovernmentHouse,alsoknownasFanningbank,istheofficialresidenceoftheLieutenantGovernorofPrinceEdwardIsland,thepersonalrepresentativeintheprovinceofHerMajestyQueenElizabethII,theQueenofCanada.In1834GovernmentHousewasbuiltwithfundsadvancedthroughanissueof
3、TreasuryNotestoberepaidwithmoniesraisedforthepurposebyanAssessmentonLand.Itcost,inthecurrencyoftheday,£3,142.17.3,andwasintendedtoserveasaVice-RegalresidencefortheLieutenantGovernorsofthethenBritishcolonyofPrinceEdwardIsland.ThearchitecturaldesignofthehouseisGeorgian,wit
4、hechoesofthePalladiantradition,andwastheworkofIsaacSmith.ThewoodenbuildingwasconstructedbythearchitectinassociationwithHenrySmithandNathanWright,afirmoflocalbuilders.Themainstructureis95feetlongby65feetwidewithtwowingsattherearoftheresidencemeasuring28feetlongby25feetwid
5、e,underwhichwasplacedafullIslandsandstonefoundation,mostofwhichstillsupportstheresidence.Thesillsare15inchessquareandthefloorjoistsare4inchesby11inchesandarelaid18inchesfromcentertocenter.GovernmentHouseislocatedonaparceloflandsetasidebyGovernorEdmundFanningin1789asCrown
6、land,withthespecificstipulationthatitbeusedasthesiteforaresidencefortheLieutenantGovernor.Theoriginalparcel,knownasFanningBankorFanning’sBank,containedapproximately100acres,andincludedfarmlandfortheuseoftheincumbent.However,in1876,partoftheGovernmentHousepropertywasgiven
7、totheCityofCharlottetownandisnowknownasVictoriaPark.Theremainingparcelofapproximately10acreswasretainedforGovernmentHouseanditsgrounds,andthepropertyhasbeenknownmorerecentlyasFanningbank.Uponcompletionofthebuilding,theLieutenantGovernoroftheday,SirAretasWilliamYoung,beca
8、meitsfirstoccupant.FormoreinformationonGovernmentHouse(Fanningbank)pleaserefertotheLieutenantGovernor’s