Duke of Kent House, Historic house on Saint-Louis Street in Old Quebec, Canada.

Duke of Kent House stands at 25 Rue Saint-Louis, at the corner of Haldimand behind the Château Frontenac. A 1713 sale described a masonry house about fifty feet long by thirty wide, two storeys with a mansard, four rooms with fireplaces, a kitchen, storerooms and an attic, shingled and with a masonry well in front. Its present form has changed little since 1819.

The residence was constructed around 1650 for a New France colonial governor and became the site of major political events during the British takeover. The capitulation of Quebec was negotiated within its walls in 1759, marking a turning point in North American history.

The house is named after Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, son of George III and father of Queen Victoria, who leased it from 1791 to 1794 and lived here with his mistress Julie de Saint-Laurent. A commemorative plaque placed on the house in 1952 by the Commission des monuments historiques du Québec summarises its history.

The building can be viewed from the street as you walk through the historic quarter, which is easily accessible on foot. It helps to know its corner location to identify it among the surrounding structures in this dense old neighborhood.

The 1713 sale deed for the house, bought by architect Jean-Baptiste Maillou for 10,000 livres, describes a masonry building about fifty feet long and thirty wide, two stories with a mansard, four rooms with fireplaces, a kitchen, storerooms, a masonry well in front and gardens with fruit trees and an ice house behind.