Museum
Billings Estate National Historic Site
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The Billings Estate National Historic Site is Ottawa's oldest surviving house, built in 1812. Billings was the first settler in Gloucester Township.
Nearby, just walk there in a queit residential neighbourhood, about 2 kms away. In the summer, there is often Pay What you Can Shakespeare and other plays on the front lawn. Bring your picnic and enjoy the Bard under Ottawa Summer Stars.
Heritage museum preserving the stately early 19th-century residence of an early prosperous settler.
Billings Estate National Historic Site's trained interpreters will guide you through Ottawa's oldest wood framed house which was home to five generations of the family. The museum tells the epic story of how Braddish and Lamira Billings turned forest into farmland and realized the creation of a community.
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Location
2100 Cabot St
Ottawa, ON
Alta Vista