# List of oldest buildings and structures in Halifax, Nova Scotia

This is a list of oldest buildings and structures in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada that were constructed before 1935.

## 1750-1799

| Place | Address | Description | Date |
| St. Paul's Anglican Church | Grand Parade, 1749 Argyle Street | Oldest building in Halifax (1750); Early Palladian church; second and oldest surviving Protestant church in Canada | 1750 |
| Little Dutch (Deutsch) Church | 2393 Brunswick Street | Second oldest building in Halifax – Oldest known surviving church in Canada associated with the German-Canadian community, 1756–60 | 1756 |
| Sambro Island Light | Sambro Island, off Highway 349, Sambro | Oldest lighthouse in North America | 1758 |
| The Carleton | 1685 Argyle Street | Oldest commercial building in municipality; built as residence of colonial administrator Richard Bulkeley | 1760 |
| Morris House (Halifax) | 2500 Creighton Street | Oldest wooden home in Halifax, moved from its original location at 1273 Hollis Street to avoid demolition. | 1764 |
| Scott Manor House | 15 Fort Sackville Drive, Bedford | Built on the land of Captain George Scott adjacent to Fort Sackville | 1770 |
| Quaker Whaler House | 57 Ochterloney Street, Dartmouth | Nantucket architecture | 1785 |
| Privateer's Warehouse, Historic Properties | 1869 Upper Water Street | Commercial grouping reflecting Halifax's 19th century development | 1790 |
| The Bower (Halifax, Nova Scotia) | 5918 Rogers Drive | Brenton Halliburton's home | 1790 |
| York Redoubt | 300 Fergusons Cove Rd, Fergusons Cove | Major seaward defences of Halifax Harbour until World War II | 1793 |
| Prince of Wales Tower | Point Pleasant Park, 5530 Point Pleasant Drive | Oldest Martello Tower in North America | 1796 |
| Alexander McLean House | 1328-1332 Hollis Street | Georgian-style house, built by a prominent Halifax businessman | 1799 |

## 1800-1849

| Place | Address | Coordinates | Description | Date |
| St. George's Anglican Church / Round Church | 2222 Brunswick Street | 44°39′12″N 63°34′57″W﻿ / ﻿44.65333°N 63.58250°W﻿ / 44.65333; -63.58250﻿ (St. George's (Round) Church, Halifax, Nova Scotia) | Unique Palladian style round church, 1800–12 | 1800 |
| Halifax Town Clock | 1766 Brunswick Street | 44°38′51″N 63°34′49″W﻿ / ﻿44.64750°N 63.58028°W﻿ / 44.64750; -63.58028﻿ (Fort George (Halifax Citadel)) | Three storey, octagonal clock tower, atop clapboard podium of classic Palladian style; commissioned by Prince Edward, Duke of Kent | 1803 |
| Prince's Lodge Rotunda | Bedford Highway | 44°41′26″N 63°39′34″W﻿ / ﻿44.69056°N 63.65944°W﻿ / 44.69056; -63.65944﻿ (Prince's Lodge, Nova Scotia) | Round summer house, commissioned by Prince Edward, Duke of Kent | 1794 |
| Government House | 1451 Barrington Street | | 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 | 2151 Brunswick Street | 44°39′12″N 63°34′55″W﻿ / ﻿44.65333°N 63.58194°W﻿ / 44.65333; -63.58194﻿ (Akins House) | 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 | 1815 |
| Acacia Cottage | 6080 South Street | | 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. | 1816 |
| Province House | 1726 Hollis Street | | Oldest legislative seat in Canada and site of the country's first responsible government | 1819 |
| Admiralty House | 2725 Gottingen Street | 44°39′34″N 63°35′34″W﻿ / ﻿44.65944°N 63.59278°W﻿ / 44.65944; -63.59278﻿ (Admiralty House) | 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 | 1472 Hollis Street | 44°38′38″N 63°34′17″W﻿ / ﻿44.64389°N 63.57139°W﻿ / 44.64389; -63.57139﻿ (Black-Binney House) | 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 | 1819 |
| St. Mary's Basilica, Halifax | 1531 Spring Garden Road | | Central role in the religious history of Nova Scotia. | 1820–29 |
| Henry House | 1222 Barrington Street | | Common 19th century urban type in local ironstone; residence of Father of Confederation, William A. Henry | 1834 |
| St. George's Anglican Church Rectory (Trinity House) | 5435 Cornwallis Street | 44°39′10″N 63°34′59″W﻿ / ﻿44.65278°N 63.58306°W﻿ / 44.65278; -63.58306﻿ (St. George's Rectory (Trinity House)) | The rectory was built 1838—1840 for the Rev'd Robert F. Uniacke. The truncated pitched roof and central dormer were typical features of late Georgian houses in Halifax. | 1838 |

## 1850-1899

| Place | Address | Coordinates | Description | Date |
| Halifax Citadel | 5425 Sackville Street | 44°38′51″N 63°34′49″W﻿ / ﻿44.64750°N 63.58028°W﻿ / 44.64750; -63.58028﻿ (Fort George (Halifax Citadel)) | Restored British masonry fort, constructed between 1828 and 1856. | 1856 (completed) |
| Jonathan McCully House | 2507 Brunswick Street | | Italianate urban residence of politician and Father of Confederation, Jonathan McCully | 1857 |
| Halifax Provincial Court | 5250 Spring Garden Road | | Italianate court house. | 1858 |
| Cast Iron Façade / Coomb's Old English Shoe Store | 1883-1885 Granville Street | 44°38′59″N 63°34′29″W﻿ / ﻿44.64972°N 63.57472°W﻿ / 44.64972; -63.57472﻿ (Cast Iron Façade / Coomb's Old English Shoe Store) | 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 |
| Sandford Fleming House | 2549 - 2553 Brunswick Street | 44°39′28″N 63°35′19″W﻿ / ﻿44.657811°N 63.588725°W﻿ / 44.657811; -63.588725 | One-and-a-half Gothic Revival style house, named after the prominent Scottish-Canadian engineer Sir Sanford Fleming who resided in the house from 1866 to 1873. | 1860 |
| Welsford-Parker Monument | 1541 Barrington Street | | Sandstone triumphal arch; only Crimean War monument in North America; frames entry to Old Burying Ground, Halifax's oldest cemetery (1750) | 1860 |
| Fernwood | 6039 Fernwood Lane | 44°37′37″N 63°34′55″W﻿ / ﻿44.62694°N 63.58194°W﻿ / 44.62694; -63.58194﻿ (Fernwood) | A house on a large landscaped property; a noted example of a Gothic Revival villa in Canada | 1860 |
| Art Gallery of Nova Scotia | 1723 Hollis Street | | Built to house Nova Scotia's pre-Confederation Post Office, Customs House and Railway Department. | 1869 (completed) |
| Fort Charlotte | Halifax Harbour | | Fort Charlotte, together with associated caponiers and outbuildings, form part of original Halifax Defence Complex; access to Georges Island is restricted | 1869 (completed) |
| Halifax Public Gardens bandstand | Spring Garden Road at South Park Street | | Henry Busch-designed bandstand centres extensive Victorian-era public gardens, established 1867 | 1874-1879 |
| Robertson's Hardware & Warehouse | 1675 Lower Water Street | | Victorian-style brick commercial complex built in three sections; housed hardware and ship’s chandlery; part of Maritime Museum of the Atlantic | 1860-1880 |
| Queen Street fire house | 1252 Queen Street | | Oldest fire station building remaining in Halifax; now a private residence | 1877 |
| Halifax Academy | 1649 Brunswick Street | | Two-and-a-half storey structure built as all-male high school; excellent example of Second Empire style. It was designed by Henry Busch, a proponent of the style, and prominent Halifax architect. Andrew Cobb designed an extension in 1917. | 1878 |
| Sir Sandford Fleming Cottage | Sir Sandford Fleming Park, 3 Dingle Road | | Rustic, one-and-a-half storey, late nineteenth-century wood framed dwelling. Summer residence and the place of death of Sandford Fleming | 1886 |
| Cambridge Military Library | Royal Artillery Park, 1575 Queen Street | | Built to house garrison library collection; oldest library collection in Atlantic Canada | 1886 |
| Halifax City Hall | 1841 Argyle Street | | Civic symbol on Grand Parade; second Empire style; built of red and cream sandstone with granite construction on ground floor and seven-storey tower | 1887 |
| Khyber Building (originally Church of England Institute Building) | 1588 Barrington Street | | 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 |
| St. George's Parish Hall | 2221 Maitland Street, Halifax | | Built in 1889, and extended in 1910 | 1889 (original structure); 1910 (annex) |
| Fort McNab | Halifax Harbour | 44°36′0″N 63°31′0″W﻿ / ﻿44.60000°N 63.51667°W﻿ / 44.60000; -63.51667﻿ (Fort McNab) | 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) |
| G.M. Smith Building | 1715-1719 Barrington Street | | Four-storey, stone Art Nouveau building to house GM Smith dry goods store. Building restored after deadly fire killed 10 in Kay's Department Store in November, 1950. | 1893 |
| Halifax Armoury | 2667 North Park Street | | Large, urban, Romanesque Revival drill hall for the active militia, 1895–99 | 1899 |

## 1900-1935

| Place | Address | Coordinates | Description | Date |
| Acadian Recorder Building | 1724 Granville Street | | Three-storey building of brick, stone and cast iron; eclectic architectural style; final home of one of the province's oldest weekly newspapers (1813-1930) | 1900 |
| French Village Railway Station | 5401 St Margarets Bay Rd, Upper Tantallon | | Built by Halifax and South Western Railway; now houses a cafe | 1901 |
| Power House | 1606 Bell Road | | Rare brick-built home in Queen Anne Revival and Neoclassical styles; housed superintendent of Halifax Public Gardens | 1903 |
| Churchfield Barracks | 2046 - 2068 Brunswick Street | | 12-unit row house in Gothic style built by British Army | 1903 |
| Shaw Building | 1855-1859 Hollis Street | | Early 20th-Century Classical-style building; facade only remains | 1903 |
| Fire Station 4 | 1680 Bedford Row | | Chicago style fire house with ornamentation, pilasters and Romanesque arches that served originally as equipment doors. Now houses McKelvie's restaurant. | 1906 |
| Halifax Bengal Lancers stables | 1690 Bell Road | | Concrete two-storey main building with stables, paddock, and riding rings | 1908 |
| Cathedral Church of All Saints | 1330 Martello Street | | Largest Anglican Cathedral in Canada. Perpendicular NeoGothic Structure, Ralf Adams Cram Architect | 1910 |
| Chebucto School | 6199 Chebucto Road | | 20th century Neoclassical style brick schoolhouse; pressed into service as clinic and morgue following Halifax Explosion of 1917 | 1910 |
| W.M. Brown Building | 1549-51 Barrington Street | | Victorian-style, three-storey commercial structure | 1910-11 |
| Pacific Building | 1537 Barrington Street | | Built in Neoclassical style to house YMCA; later offices of Canadian Pacific Railway | 1911 |
| Memorial Tower (The Dingle) | Sir Sandford Fleming Park, Armdale | | Building led by Sir Sandford Fleming to commemorate 150 years of representative government in Nova Scotia | 1912 |
| Tramway Building | 5212 Sackville Street | | Five-storey Neo-Gothic style building housed offices of the Halifax Electric Tramway Company | 1916 |
| Hydrostone District | Bordered by Novalea Drive, Duffus, Young, and Isleville Streets | | Public housing in Garden Suburb style; part of reconstruction of city's North End following Halifax Explosion of 1917 | 1917-20 |
| Musquodoboit Harbour Railway Station | 7895 Highway 7, Musquodoboit Harbour | | Built by Canadian National Railway; excellent example of 20th-century railway station design; now a museum | 1918 |
| Halifax Relief Commission Building | 5555 Young Street | | 2.5-storey Tudor style building housed agency providing relief to victims of 1917 Halifax Explosion | 1920 |
| Halifax Forum | 2901 Windsor Street | | Sports arena featured first artificial ice surface east of Montreal | 1927 |
| Pier 21 | 1055 Marginal Road | | Highly specialized building type related to early 20th-century Canadian immigration and post war immigration | 1928 |
| Halifax Station and hotel complex | 1161 Hollis Street | 44°38′23″N 63°34′09″W﻿ / ﻿44.6398°N 63.569113°W﻿ / 44.6398; -63.569113 | Beaux-Art sandstone head house built by Canadian National Railway with adjoining hotel; Bush-style train shed was demolished before 1990. | 1928 |
| The Bank of Nova Scotia Building | 1709 Hollis Street | | Built as bank's main branch; one of the finest examples of Art Deco architecture in Canada | 1931 |
| Dominion Public Building | 1713 Bedford Row | | At 13-stories, Art Deco structure was highest in the city prior to 1960; built as Depression-era relief project | 1935 |