Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
St. George's Anglican Church
Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- church
- Year built
- 1801, 1812
- Decade built
- 1800-1809, 1810-1819
- Architect/designer
- William Hughes, John Merrick
- Cultural association
- British Colonial
- Notice of registration date
- 8 April 1999
- Civic address
- 2222 Brunswick Street
- Community
- Halifax
- County
- Halifax
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 44.65348, -63.58289
- File number
- Prov_file_238
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford LibrariesRoe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet Archive
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1763 map "Plan De La Baye De Chibouctou : nommée par les Anglois Halifax" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1763 · Plan De La Baye De Chibouctou : nommée par les Anglois Halifax (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1878 · Halifax, N.S. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1879 · County of Halifax, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries)
- 1879 · County of Hants, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (Roe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet Archive)
- 1906 · No. 39, Halifax (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
The Province of Nova Scotia's Registered Heritage Properties dataset ↗
The Province's registration record
Reason for registration
the building's unique and nationally recognized architectural design; and the historical associations with the early religious life of the City of Halifax.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of St. George's Anglican Church relating to its Georgian style with Palladian elements include:
- its location in the historic heart of the city, and its role as a landmark in the Halifax cityscape;
- dominant central round two-storey dome;
- staged roof structure;
- entrance porticoes, towers and apsidal ends in the Palladian style;
- round-ended chancel with round headed windows;
- rectangular vestry, organ loft, and entrance to either side of the chancel;
- wooden construction and shingle siding;
- cupola roofed in copper, with its original copper weathervane;
- rounded headed windows;
- dentils along the eaves;
- arched openings at gallery level;
- sash windows of 12/12.
Nearby in the register
- St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Churchchurchunder 1 mi
- West-Buley Houseresidenceunder 1 mi
- West-Osler House (Personage House)residenceunder 1 mi
- West-Webster Houseresidenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.