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The house is owned by the National Capital Commission. All prime ministers since Louis St. Laurent in 1951 have lived at 24 Sussex during their terms of office.
The house at 24 Sussex Drive was built in 1866 by Joseph Currier, a lumberman and Member of Parliament, for his wife Hannah. He called the home, Gorffwysfa, Welsh for place of peace. Previous prime minsters had lived at a variety of locations about Ottawa. Mackenzie King, for instance lived at Laurier House in Sandy Hill.
It is a large, but not overly impressive structure on the edge of the Ottawa River next door to the French embassy and not far from Rideau Hall, the Governor Gerneral's residence. The house is shaded by trees and hedges and cannot easily be viewed from the road.
Several prime ministers have left their own marks on the building. Pierre Trudeau installed a pool for his frequent workouts. Brian Mulroney had a new closet installed to hold his wife's and his vast collection of GucciGucci or the House of Gucci is an Italian haute couture establishment. It was founded by Guccio Gucci ( 1881- 1953) in Florence in 1921. History of the Gucci house Guccio Gucci was the son of a leather craftsman. As a young man, he travelled to Paris and shoes.
Unlike the White HouseThis page is about the official residence of the President of the USA. For other White Houses see White House (disambiguation). See also 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (musical . The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President or 10 Downing Street10 Downing Street (commonly known as Number 10 , is the most famous London street address. It is the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, who since the beginning of the twentieth century has always been the British Prime Minister. Overvie it is used almost exclusively as a place of residence and the Prime Minister's work is carried out at in the Langevin Building.
Security at 24 Sussex was overhauled following a break-in by a deranged man armed with a knife who tried to assassinate Prime Minster Chretien . The man managed to scale the fence surrounding the property without being noticed by security. He then entered the house. The noise he made woke up the Aline, the Prime Minister's wife, who locked the door to the bedroom. Chretien famously prepared to defend himself with a sharp-edged InuitInuit (, singular Inuk or Inuq / ) is a general term for a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples of the Arctic who descended from the Thule. The Inuit Circumpolar Conference defines its constitutency to include Canadian Inuit and Inuvialuit, Gree carving. Fortunately, bodyguards responded quickly and arrested the man.
In November, 2004, Prime Minister Paul MartinPaul Martin Rank 21st Term of Office December 12, 2003 Present Predecessor Jean Chretien Date of Birth August 28, 1938 Place of Birth Windsor, Ontario Spouse Sheila Ann Cowan Profession businessman, politician Political Party Liberal The Right Honourable has complained about the house's heating system. According to his statement, the century-old house gets "too cold in the winter and too hot in the summer".