Lornado – the official residence of the United States Ambassador to Canada
The 32 room, two-and-a-half story limestone manor was built in 1908 by Warren Y. Soper, an American-born, Ottawa-based industrialist. The United States government purchased the property in 1935. From 1935-38, the mansion was slightly modified by the Department of State, but it still maintains many of its Edwardian influences.
The home is located above Rockcliffe Park and next to a parkway alongside the Ottawa River, and is in walking distance to Rideau Hall, the official residence of the Governor General of Canada. Lornado was the first diplomatic residence to be established in Rockcliffe Park.