Booth House is a prominent

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building in

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, Canada located at 252 Metcalfe Street, just south of Somerset in

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. The house was built by

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John R. Booth in 1906, and it was designed by John W.H. Watts, who did a number of other Ottawa buildings. It remained in the Booth family until 1947, when it then became home of the Laurentian Club, one of Ottawa's leading clubs. The club closed in 2000, however, and the property was bought by

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to house its academic-internship program, the Laurentian Leadership Centre. It now houses Trinity Western students who are interning in various governmental, cultural, business, journalistic, or non-governmental offices. On November 16, 1990, the building was designated a

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