Lornado is the official residence of the United States Ambassador to Canada in the Rockcliffe Park area of Ottawa

Ottawa

Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...

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The 32 room limestone facade 2½ storey manor has been an official residence since 1936. Built in 1908 for American -born Ottawa raised businessman Warren Y. Soper, founder of the Ottawa Electric Railway Company and Ottawa Car Company

Ottawa Car Company

Ottawa Car Company was a builder of streetcars for the Canadian market and was founded in Ottawa, Ontario, in 1891. The plant was located at Kent and Slater Streets, a short distance from Parliament Hill...

. It was sold to the Government of the United States in 1935. Mr. Soper named the residence after his favorite novel, Lorna Doone.

The home is located amongst several diplomatic residences and walking distance to Rideau Hall

Rideau Hall

Rideau Hall is, since 1867, the official residence in Ottawa of both the Canadian monarch and the Governor General of Canada. It stands in Canada's capital on a 0.36 km2 estate at 1 Sussex Drive, with the main building consisting of 170 rooms across 9,500 m2 , and 24 outbuildings around the...

. The home is surrounded by a wall of trees and located above Rockcliffe Park and next to a parkway alongside the Ottawa River

Ottawa River

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Access to the home is via Rockcliffe Road, a restricted access road guarded by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

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. Another entrance at Manor Avenue is off limits.

The home is open to guests (embassy staff, their family and other invited persons) on the 4th of July

Independence Day (United States)

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See also

• 190 Coltrin Road
  190 Coltrin Road
  190 Coltrin Road is the residence of the High Commissioner of Pakistan in Ottawa, Canada. It is located in the enclave of Rockcliffe Park amongst other prestigious ambassadorial residences...
  
   - Rockcliffe Park home of the Pakistani Ambassador to Canada
• Earnscliffe
  Earnscliffe
  Earnscliffe is a Victorian manor in Ottawa, Ontario. It is currently home of the British High Commissioner to Canada, and it was previously home to Canada's first Prime Minister, Sir John A. Macdonald. The manor overlooks the Ottawa River just east of the Macdonald-Cartier Bridge. It is located...
  
   - home to the British High Commission in Canada
• Australia House (Ottawa)
  Australia House (Ottawa)
  Australia House in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada is the official residence of the Australian High Commissioner to Canada. The house is located on a corner lot at 407 Wilbrod Street in the Sandy Hill neighbourhood of Ottawa, near to a number of other embassies and residences. The house was built in...
  
   - home to the Australian High Commission in Ottawa
• Winfield House
  Winfield House
  Winfield House is a mansion set in 12 acres of grounds in Regent's Park, London, England - the largest private garden in or close to central London after that of Buckingham Palace...
  
  

External links

• Residence of the United States Ambassador to Canada