Walking down Yarmouth's Main Street, there are many uniquely designed buildings. One such structure that will surely catch your eye is located at 341 Main Street. This distinctive and imposing building was originally constructed to be used as the…

George Wright was born in 1849 in Wright's Cove on the Dartmouthside ofBedford Basin. Wright became a millionaire as a housing developer and by publishing a worldwide trading directory and gazette called Wright's World Business Directory. Wright…

In 1787, the Nova Scotia House of Assembly passed an Act to erect a building dedicated to the legislative work of the colony. While the need for such a building was clear, it wasn’t until 1809 that a joint legislative committee was struck to procure…

Trinity Anglican Church, initially part of the parish of St. Paul’s-Salem Chapel, as it was first known, was first situated on Jacob Street below Citadel Hill. In 1866, a large brick church christened “Trinity Church” was opened on the Jacob Street…

Nowadays we take for granted that our mail will conveniently be placed in our mailboxes daily. But 200 years ago, people were not so lucky. The mail service in Yarmouth has come a long way, and the following is a timeline of the Yarmouth mail…

In 1890, Bridgewater announced a company was to build a music hall. Land was purchased, and the building commenced. E. D. Davison commented, "men are framing the Music Hall, which gives employment to carpenters for the winter. Hope the investment…

The Morse’s Teas building at the apex of Hollis and Lower Water Streets was not the first building at that location. In 1753, three years after Halifax was founded, British army agent Thomas Saul had a large stone house built on the property. The…

Deep in Halifax's North End sits Mulgrave Park, a large public housing community between Barrington and Albert Streets that was built in the early 1960s. Its construction was one of the first projects in a long line of mid-century redevelopment…

In the mid-1960s, the City of Halifax built Uniacke Square, a 250-unit public housing neighborhood in Halifax's north end. This housing development was part of a city-wide scheme to modernize Halifax and resolve a housing shortage following the…

The building now known as Henry House was constructed between 1834 and 1835 for Halifax stonemason, land owner, and businessman, John Metzler. The two-and-a-half story ironstone house has notable architectural features: granite façade, raised…