List of oldest buildings and structures in Halifax, Nova Scotia

This is a list of oldest buildings and structures in Halifax, Canada that were constructed before 1920.

1750-1799

Place	Address	Coordinates	Description	Image	Date
St. Paul's Anglican Church	Grand Parade (Halifax)		Oldest building in Halifax (1750); Early Palladian church; second and oldest surviving Protestant church in Canada		1750
Little Dutch (Deutsch) Church	Brunswick Street, Halifax		Second oldest building in Halifax – Oldest known surviving church in Canada associated with the German-Canadian community, 1756–60		1756
Sambro Island Light	Sambro, Nova Scotia		Oldest lighthouse in North America		1758
The Carleton	Argyle Street, Halifax		Apart from two churches, oldest building in HRM		1760
Morris House (Halifax)	Creighton St. Halifax		oldest wooden home in HRM		1764
Scott Manor House	Fort Sackville Dr., Bedford		Built on the land of Captain George Scott adjacent to Fort Sackville		1770
Quaker Whaler House	Ochterloney Street, Dartmouth		Nantucket architecture		1785
Privateer's Warehouse, Historic Properties			Commercial grouping reflecting Halifax's 19th century development		c. 1790
York Redoubt			Major seaward defences of Halifax Harbour until World War II		1793
Prince of Wales Tower	Point Pleasant Park		Oldest Martello Tower in North America		1796
Alex McLean House	Hollis St., Halifax				1799

1800-1849

Place	Address	Coordinates	Description	Image	Date
St. George's Anglican Church / Round Church			Unique Palladian style round church, 1800–12		1800
Halifax Town Clock		44°38′51″N 63°34′49″W / 44.64750°N 63.58028°W			1803
Government House			Excellent, early, Palladian style vice-regal residence		1805
Royal Artillery Park Officers' Mess	1575 Queen Street		Oldest active military mess in Canada		1816
Akins House [1]		44°39′12″N 63°34′55″W / 44.65333°N 63.58194°W	A one-and-a-half-storey wood-shingled house originally built for Thomas Beamish Akins, surviving virtually in its original condition; one of the few remaining early 19th-century houses in Halifax and one of the oldest houses in the city		c.1815
Province House			Oldest legislative seat in Canada and site of the country's first responsible government		1819
Admiralty House [2]		44°39′34″N 63°35′34″W / 44.65944°N 63.59278°W	An austere two-storey stone mansion set within the Stadacona site of CFB Halifax which served as the home of Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Navy’s North American station from 1819 until 1904		1819
Black-Binney House [3]		44°38′38″N 63°34′17″W / 44.64389°N 63.57139°W	A house reflective of the Palladian-inspired residences common during the late 18th and early 19th centuries in Eastern Canada; notable residents include John Black, James Boyle Uniacke and Hibbert Binney		c.1819
St. Mary's Basilica, Halifax			Central role in the religious history of Nova Scotia.		1820–29
Henry House			Common 19th century urban type in local ironstone; residence of Father of Confederation, William A. Henry		1834
Acacia Cottage			Built in 1816 on Coburg road across from the Waegwoltic Club, within a grove of acacia trees (hence the name). It was later moved up the hill in 1950 (facing demolition) to South street where it now remains.[4][5]		1816

1850-1899

Place	Address	Coordinates	Description	Image	Date
Halifax Citadel		44°38′51″N 63°34′49″W / 44.64750°N 63.58028°W	Restored British masonry fort, constructed between 1828 and 1856.		1856 (completed)
Halifax Court House			Italianate court house.		1858
Cast Iron Façade / Coomb's Old English Shoe Store [6]		44°38′59″N 63°34′29″W / 44.64972°N 63.57472°W	A mid-19th-century commercial building with a cast-iron facade; one of the first cast-iron-front structures in Canada and the only building in Halifax known to have a facade composed entirely of cast iron		1860
Fernwood [7]		44°37′37″N 63°34′55″W / 44.62694°N 63.58194°W	A house on a large landscaped property; a noted example of a Gothic Revival villa in Canada		1860
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia					1869 (completed)
Fort Charlotte					1869 (completed)
Ladies' Seminary			Represents the earliest phase of Women's higher education;		1878
Halifax City Hall			Civic symbol on Grand Parade; Second Empire style		1887
Cambridge Military Library	Sackville Street				1886
Jonathan McCully House			Italianate urban residence of politician and Father of Confederation, Jonathan McCully
King's College			Site of Anglican college, 1789–1923
Khyber Centre for the Arts AKA The Khyber, and originally The Church of England Institute Building	1588 Barrington St		Victorian-Gothic building designed by Henry Busch, as overseen by Bishop Hibbert Binning. Name "Khyber" began to be used in the 1970s after the Khyber Cafe that ran on the 1st floor. This building has been utilized for social activities since its construction when it housed a gym, library, lecture hall, and billiards.		1888
Fort McNab [8]		44°36′0″N 63°31′0″W / 44.60000°N 63.51667°W	The remnants of defensive works constructed to defend Halifax when it was one of the principal naval stations of the British Empire; reflective of significant changes in defence technology in the late 19th century		1892 (completed)
Halifax Armoury			Large, urban, Romanesque Revival drill hall for the active militia, 1895–99		1899

1900-1929

Place	Address	Coordinates	Description	Image	Date
Cathedral Church of All Saints	1330 Martello St, Halifax NS B3H 2Z1 [phone]		Largest Anglican Cathedral in Canada. Perpendicular NeoGothic Structure, Ralf Adams Cram Architect		1910
Pier 21			Highly specialized building type related to early 20th-century Canadian immigration and post war immigration		1928
Hydrostone District			North End, Halifax – Public housing in Garden Suburb style.		1920s

See also

• History of Nova Scotia
• List of historic places in the Halifax Regional Municipality
• List of National Historic Sites of Canada in Nova Scotia
• List of historic places in Nova Scotia
• List of oldest buildings and structures in Toronto
• History of the Halifax Regional Municipality
• List of oldest buildings in Canada

References

1. Akins House. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
2. Admiralty House. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
3. Black-Binney House. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
4. "The Outside In of 6080 - Spacing Atlantic". Spacing Atlantic. Retrieved 2015-11-27.
5. "Halifax Urban Greenway: Natural History Introduction". halifaxurbangreenway.org. Retrieved 2015-11-27.
6. Cast Iron Façade / Coomb's Old English Shoe Store. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
7. Fernwood. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
8. Fort McNab. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 2 February 2013.