Buildings and structures in Halifax, Nova Scotia
The following is a list of buildings in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia with articles on Wikipedia.
Building/Address | Type | Floors | Height (m) | Completed | Notes |
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Halifax Town Clock | clock tower | 3 | 1803 | Palladian-style structure was restored 2005 | |
Lord Nelson Hotel, 1515 South Park Street | hotel | 9 | 29.88 | 1927-1928 | 2 floors added in 1967 |
Government House (Nova Scotia), 1451 Barrington Street | Residence | 3 | 1805 | Official residence of the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia and example of Adam-Georgian architecture | |
King's Wharf, Dartmouth Marine Slips, Dartmouth | residential building | 33 | 117 | 2015 | Proposed building |
Tupper Building, 5850 College Street | university | 16 | 1967 | ||
The Martello, 1550 Dresden Row | residential building | 16 | 2005 | ||
Centennial Building, Halifax, 1660 Hollis Street | office tower | 13 | 1967 | ||
Joseph Howe Building, 1690 Hollis Street | office tower | 13 | 1974 | Home to Department of Health, Speaker's Office, Human Rights Commission, Voluntary Planning, Security Commission and Intergovernmental Affairs. Building being sold by Government of Nova Scotia. | |
Radisson Suite Hotel Halifax, 1649 Hollis Street | hotel | 10 | 1996 | ||
Bank of Nova Scotia Building, 1709 Hollis Street | office building | 6 | 1931 | ||
Halifax World Trade Centre | convention centre and hotel | 18 (hotel) 14 (office building) |
Proposed complext to be built on site of former Halifax Herald Building[1] | ||
Westin Nova Scotian, 1181 Hollis Street | hotel | 15 | 1930 | 310-room hotel was last renovated in the 1990s; original structural an example of Streamline Moderne architecture | |
Halifax, Nova Scotia railway station | railway station | 3 | 1928 | Example of Beaux Arts-style | |
1801 Hollis Street | office building | 22 | 87 | 1985 | Located near Halifax's waterfront and is home to many prominent businesses. |
Alderney Landing | convention centre, art gallery, market and theatre | 4 | 1999 | ||
Bank of Commerce Building | office building | 16 | 66 | 1977 | Also known as the CIBC building. |
Bank of Montreal Building, 5151 George Street | office building | 18 | 73 | 1971 | The BMO building is located near the waterfront, and is home to the Bank of Montreal in Halifax. |
Dominion Public Building, 1713 Bedford Row | office building | 13 | 53.27 | 1929 1936 |
Example of Art Deco style in Halifax |
Halifax City Hall | civic building | 3 | 1890 | Late Victorian and Second Empire structure | |
Dalhousie University/Fenwick Tower | apartment/former university residences | 32 | 98 | 1971 | Fenwick Tower (formerly known as Fenwick Place) was a residence for the nearby Dalhousie University, and is now a private apartment building. |
Halifax Metro Centre, 1800 Argyle Street | ice rink | 1978 | Hockey arena home to the Halifax Mooseheads, with a capacity of 10,000-15,000, depending on the event. Example of Brutalist architecture | ||
World Trade and Convention Centre, 1800 Argyle Street | convention centre | 5 | 1985 | Connected to Halifax Metro Centre and to be replaced with new WTCC, an 18-storey hotel and a 14-storey office building | |
Delta Halifax, 1990 Barrington Street | hotel | 12 | 39.84 | 1972 | Also referred to as Chateau Halifax when completed for CP Hotels |
Halifax Shopping Centre, 7001 Mumford Road | shopping centre | 2 | 1962 | 160 stores | |
Loyola Residence Tower | apartment/university residences | 22 | 67 | 1971 | The Loyola Residence Tower is a residence of Saint Mary's University. |
Maritime Centre | office building | 20 | 78 | 1977 | The Maritime Center is an office building that was formerly the headquarters of Maritime Telephone and Telegraph, which the building was named after. Site of former Capitol Theatre. |
Province House | government building | 3 | 1819 | Canada's oldest seat of government and example of Palladian architecture | |
Purdy's Wharf Tower 1 and 2 | office building complex | 20 22 |
74 88 |
1990 | An office complex of two towers, a smaller office building, and a parkade located on the waterfront. They use the waters of Halifax Harbour to cool the buildings. |
Queen Square | office tower | 19 | 69.66 | 1975 | The tallest building in the downtown core of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. |
Royal Centre | office tower | 12 | 52 | 1960 | Office tower in the downtown core of Halifax. |
Scotia Square Complex | shopping mall | 2 | 1960s-1970s | A system of buildings connected by pedways and tunnels. It houses a mall, two hotels, and three offices towers. | |
Barrington Tower, 1894 Barrington Street | office tower | 20 | 84 | 1971 | Example of Brutalist architecture |
Cogswell Tower | office tower | 14 | 79 | 1975 | Example of Brutalist architecture |
Duke Tower | office tower | 16 | 71 | 1970 | Example of Brutalist architecture |
Saint Mary's University | university complex | ||||
Shirreff Hall, 6385 South Street | university residences | 4 | 1923 | Presently the oldest university residence building in use at Dalhousie University. | |
St. Mary's Basilica | church | 58 | 1874 | The Norman-Gothic Roman Catholic church in Downtown Halifax and recently designated a National Historic Site. | |
TD Centre | office tower | 21 | 83 | 1974/2014 | The TD Tower is an office building home to the Toronto Dominion bank in Halifax. |
Tuft's Cove Generating Station | power station and smokestack | 157 (smokestack) | 1965 | Distinctive striped smokestacks of a fossil-fuel burning electrical generating station. | |
Veith House, 3115 Veith Street | institutional building | 4 | 1919 (rebuilt) | The former Halifax Protestant Children's Orphanage |
References
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