{"id":2243,"date":"2012-09-15T07:22:35","date_gmt":"2012-09-15T13:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.familyfuncalgary.com\/?p=2243"},"modified":"2024-06-20T16:52:08","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T22:52:08","slug":"lougheed-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/calgary\/lougheed-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Visit Calgary&#8217;s Finest Sandstone Mansion and Step Back in Time at Lougheed House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lougheed House, also known as Beaulieu, is a grand sandstone prairie mansion built in 1891 and served as home to Senator James Alexander Lougheed, Lady Isabella Hardisty Lougheed, their six children and staff.\u00a0 Their house was a political and social hub of this young and fast-growing prairie center and received many renowned visitors.\u00a0 In later years it served as a training centre during the war and as the Red Cross blood donor clinic.<\/p>\n<p>Today, Lougheed House\u00a0is a museum with lovely gardens and a cafe, open to the public as a fine example of prairie sandstone architecture. The museum also hosts periodic special exhibits.<\/p>\n<h2>Lougheed House:<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Address<\/strong>:\u00a0 707 &#8211; 13 Avenue SW, Calgary. AB<br \/>\n<strong>Telephone<\/strong>: 403-244-6333<br \/>\n<strong>Website<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lougheedhouse.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.lougheedhouse.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lougheed House, also known as Beaulieu, is a grand sandstone prairie mansion built in 1891 and served as home to Senator James Alexander Lougheed, Lady Isabella Hardisty Lougheed, their six children and staff.\u00a0 Their house was a political and social hub of this young and fast-growing prairie center and received<br \/><strong style=\"margin-top: 20px; display: block;\"><a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/calgary\/lougheed-house\/\">Continue Reading &raquo;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":2246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-museums","cat-47-id","has_thumb"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lougheed House | Family Fun Calgary<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lougheed House is a Calgary museum with lovely gardens and a cafe open to the public. 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