Which is the only part of the original Parliament Buildings still standing?
- The House of Commons chamber
- The Library
- The Peace Tower
- The Senate chamber
Answer: The Library
The Library is the only part of the original Parliament Buildings left today. The buildings were finished in the 1860s, but an accidental fire destroyed the Centre Block in 1916, and it was rebuilt in 1922. The Peace Tower came later, in 1927.
Learn more: The Parliament Buildings
- The Parliament Buildings were completed in the 1860s in the Gothic Revival style.
- The Centre Block was destroyed by an accidental fire in 1916 and rebuilt in 1922.
- The Library is the only part of the original building still standing.
- The Peace Tower was completed in 1927 in memory of the First World War.
- The Memorial Chamber in the Peace Tower holds the Books of Remembrance.
- The Books of Remembrance list the soldiers, sailors and airmen who died serving Canada in wars or on duty.
- Quebec’s National Assembly is in the French Second Empire style.
- Other provincial legislatures are Baroque, Romanesque and neoclassical, reflecting the Greco-Roman heritage of Western civilization, where democracy began.