Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- museum
- Year built
- 1868
- Decade built
- 1860-1869
- Architect/designer
- David Stirling
- Builder
- John Brookfield
- Cultural association
- British Colonial
- Notice of registration date
- 17 October 1988
- Civic address
- 1741 Hollis Street
- Community
- Halifax
- County
- Halifax
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 44.64830, -63.57261
- File number
- Prov_file_85
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford LibrariesRoe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet ArchiveDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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
its construction represented the high tide of Nova Scotia's existence as a self-governing colony within the British Empire, and because its architecture splendidly typifies the Italianate revival of the late 19th century, particularly with its 3 highly visually harmonious storeys and decorative features.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of the Nova Scotia Art Gallery include:
- Nova Scotia sandstone used throughout the exterior of the building including the statue of Britannica;
- decorative parapets.
Character-defining elements of the Italianate style of the Nova Scotia Art Gallery include:
- horizontal band of round-arched windows, separated by projecting stone cornices at the first, second and roof levels;
- windows grouped in threes, bordered by a single widow on the east and west side of the main façade;
- windows decorated with round arched hoods, keystones and recessed sills;
- quoins on the principle corners of the building;
- central window elements on the third floor;
- pedimented gable ends on both the east and west facades and a broken pedimented gable with return eaves on the three-storey main entrance projection;
- cornice at the roof level with dentils and heavy massing;
- two large stone-clad chimney flues.
Nearby in the register
- Bank of Nova Scotia (Hollis)commercialunder 1 mi
- Province Housepublicunder 1 mi
- Prince & Hollis Buildings (Halifax)commercialunder 1 mi
- St. Paul's Anglican Churchchurchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.