Wellington Building
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The Wellington Building is a Roman Corinthian Revival Style office building in Ottawa, Canada. It was built between 1924 and 1927 as Ottawa headquarters of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. It is located just south of the Parliament buildings at the intersection of Wellington Street and Bank Street with the southern face on Sparks Street. It remained the home of Metlife until 1970 when it was bought by the federal government. In 1984 a shortage of office space for the MPs' resulted in some of them being moved to the building. This was the first time MPs had been housed outside of Parliament Hill.
The building currently houses the administration of the House of Commons (Human Resources, Finance). There are no longer MPs offices since the opening of the Justice Building across Wellington Street. The Wellington Building is scheduled to be completely renovated due to its age and an asbestos problem.
