The Henry House

Reason for registration

is architecturally significant for being a freestanding 2 ½ storey stone house developed in Halifax by Scottish masons (granite façade and ironstone sides) with 3 attic windows in the gable wall, with limited decorations consisting of a belt course above the basement, the quoins, and the moulded window surrounds; culturally significant for its role as a leased residence to high Government officials gathering near the Governor's residence (including William Alexander Henry - a Father of Confederation, Mayor of Halifax (1870), one of two original authors of the British North America Act); and contextually significant for being on its original site and a rare surviving type of freestanding stone home in the core of old Halifax.

Character-defining elements

Character-defining elements of Henry House relate to is Halifax House style and include:

- three attic windows in the gable wall;
- deep plan from front to back.
- belt course above the basement;
- heavy quoins;
- six-over-six double sash windows with moulded surrounds;
- front façade is three windows wide with an asymmetric front door;
- granite stone on street façade and ironstone on either side;
- truncated gable roof;
- joined-type chimneystack
- covered porch.