Montreal, Quebec - CANADA - Chateau de Ramezay - 1950 For Sale

Montreal, Quebec - CANADA - Chateau de Ramezay - 1950: The Château Ramezay is a museum and historic building on Notre-Dame Street in Old Montreal, opposite Montreal City Hall in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Built in 1705 as the residence of then-governor of Montreal, Claude de Ramezay, the Château was the first building proclaimed as a historical monument in Quebec and is the province\'s oldest private history museum. It was designated a National Historic Sites of Canada in 1949. Over the years, the Château changed owners and functions several times, with Ramezay\'s descendants selling the manor to the fur-trading Compagnie des Indes. From 1775, it became the Canadian headquarters for the Continental Army when it seized Montreal. Benjamin Franklin stayed there overnight in 1776, while trying to raise troops to fight for the Americans in the American Revolutionary War. This Linen Era postcard, mailed in 1950, is in good condition. Colourpicture Publications. Canada. No. K2894. Granger Freres Ltee. Montreal. No. 13.