Posted June 01-22

HTNS Lecture &Annual General Meeting

Date: Thursday June 23, 22, 7-9 PM
Lecture: The Restoration of Fairhaven, Jane Henson
Place: Cambridge Military Library, Artillery Park / Virtual via Zoom

Join us on June 23, 2022 for the Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia’s Lecture & Annual General Meeting. Attend in person at the Cambridge Military Library, Artillery Park or online via Zoom.

A lecture by Jane Henson on the restoration of Fairhaven, her mid-18th century Cape Cod style home in Riverport, will begin promptly at 7PM followed by the AGM at 8PM.

Fairhaven Completed

For those attending in person: Masks are required, save when actively eating or drinking.
RSVP appreciated but not required: contact@htns.ca or 902-423-4807
Those requiring accessible parking or other accommodations should call Emma at 902-423-4807 or email contact@htns.ca at least 24 hours prior to the event.

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Posted May 12-22

News Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - May 11-22 - Halifax, NS

“Is It the start of a Demolition Derby in the Old West End of Halifax?”

Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia (HTNS) is increasingly disturbed by the razing of late Victoria and Edwardian houses in what could be a future Heritage Conservation Area or a series of heritage streetscapes in Halifax. “Is It the start of a Demolition Derby in the old West End?” asks HTNS President Sandra Barss. The most recent building at risk is an intact – if recently neglected – late Victorian house at 1245 Edward Street.

Dalhousie University bought the building in July 2021 and has “no plans” for it. However, the water has been disconnected, plantings transplanted by Dalhousie staff, and a demolition permit obtained from HRM in the last few days. ...more

Posted May 12-22

HTNS Illustrated Public Lecture Series

Bridging the Bay: South Maitland Railway Bridge Accidents (1899)

Date: Virtual Public talk (on Zoom) Thursday 19 May at 7:30 pm
Place: email membership@htns.ca by May 18th (at the latest) to get the Zoom link on the morning of the 19th.
Speaker: Holly Hanes, MA (History) in 2020 Dalhousie U

Holly Hanes has long had a fascination with railways, their history and the structures associated with them. One of those structures was the South Maitland railway bridge, constructed across Nova Scotia’s largest river. The Shubenacadie River has twice-daily, high velocity, reversing flows, and tides of up to 45 feet. The remains of the railway bridge at South Maitland, eroded by the currents, stand as a testament to the challenges of such a project.

It is not surprising that the bridge construction entailed loss of life ...more

Posted Apr 30-22

HTNS Illustrated Public Lecture Series

Before It's Gone Halifax

Date: Thursday 21 April at 7:30 pm
Speaker: Virtual Public talk (virtual) by Hayley Frail, an undergraduate student studying European Studies/Civilization at the University of Kings College

Social media has become an important tool in daily life. It is part of the way we access and share news, influence or be influenced by others. It can also be a shared space for creating a public record. Hayley Frail, an undergraduate student studying European Studies/Civilization at the University of Kings College, looks at the current pressure on older buildings and neighbourhoods in Halifax, exploring how social media could be used to mitigate the effects of this development pressure. This lecture originally aired as part of the HTNS Illustrated Public Lecture Series on April 21st, 2022.

Posted Apr 1, 2022

March 2022 edition of The Griffin quarterly is now available for free download

Download the full colour PDF of The Griffin here.

The Griffin is the Quarterly Publication of the Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia. All members receive email delivery as soon as a new issue is published, in addition to the paper copy by mail if desired.

Non-members can access The Griffin on the HTNS web site six months after the date of release. For faster access, sign up by becoming a member of HTNS (see Membership).

Posted Feb 15-22

HTNS Illustrated Public Lecture Series

Researching and recording your family’s ancestral homes

Date: Thursday 17 February at 7:30 pm
Speaker: Virtual Public talk (virtual) by Nancy Donnelly

Nancy Donnelly is the CEO of AncestralHomes Network, a platform which allows users to search for and add information about ancestral homes anywhere in the world.  The site was created to fill the ‘void’ in the genealogical platforms that presently exist.  It is easier to find a grave, a marriage certificate, a birth notice, etc. than to find information about the house that our ancestors lived in. This is particularly true for homes that have disappeared or are not of great historical significance. AncestralHomes.net allows users to add and save the information they have about their family’s history so the next generation doesn’t have to search through complicated documents again!

Posted Feb 1, 2022

December 2021 edition of The Griffin quarterly is now available for free download

Download the full colour PDF of The Griffin here.

The Griffin is the Quarterly Publication of the Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia. All members receive email delivery as soon as a new issue is published, in addition to the paper copy by mail if desired.

Non-members can access The Griffin on the HTNS web site six months after the date of release. For faster access, sign up by becoming a member of HTNS (see Membership).

Posted Jan 15-22

HTNS Illustrated Public Lecture Series

History and Historic Places at Pier 21

Date: Thursday 20 January 2022 at 7:30 pm
Speaker: Virtual Public talk (virtual) by Steven Schwinghamer

Pier 21 is associated in the public’s mind with immigration but it was only finished in the late 1920s. What was the arrival experience like before that time? What places were destroyed to make way for the Ocean Terminals? What structures made up the historic, working immigration site, and what remains or survives there? Join us as Steven Schwinghamer describes the history of the Pier 21 site.

Steven Schwinghamer is a historian working at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21. Among his interests is the history of the buildings serving immigrants arriving in Halifax.

Posted Nov 14-21

HTNS Illustrated Public Lecture Series

To the place of beginning: how the North End houses of Henry J Harris came to be

Date: Thursday, November 18 at 7:30pm
Place: email communications@htns.ca for a Zoom invitation
Speaker: Virtual talk by Mimi Fautley

Mimi Fautley began researching her own home and then seven neighbouring, contiguous houses built by Henry J Harris on Maynard Street in the North End of Halifax. For this talk, she has expanded the geographical reach beyond the original eight houses. Her presentation will look at material and intangible histories of the houses, and some of their owners and occupants, as a way of showing how "ordinary" houses can play a surprisingly consequential role in our individual and collective heritage.

Posted Nov 01-21

Your calendar purchase supports HTNS!

SORRY. SOLD OUT!

"ENDURING HERITAGE - Award Winning Buildings" 2022 Calendar
Price: $20.00

Heritage Trust of NS is proud to showcase fourteen award-winning buildings through photographs in this full-colour 2022 Calendar. To order please contact shophtns@gmail.com. Available by pick-up or by mail.

For more than two decades, the HTNS Awards Program has brought the public’s attention to the exemplary conservation work being done on heritage buildings and sites around Nova Scotia.

Modest homes and grand residences, commercial, and institutional buildings have all appeared in the winners’ circle. The Trust recognizes that viable uses for heritage buildings are critical to safeguarding them and in recent years special attention has been paid to repurposed buildings.    

Sales of this calendar support grants for repair of historic buildings. read more>

SORRY. SOLD OUT!
Price: $20.00 (no tax)
Dimensions: 18cm x 24cm (7" x 9.25")
Pages: 28 with full colour photos 

Posted Oct 1, 2021

June 2021 edition of The Griffin quarterly is now available for free download

Download the full colour PDF of The Griffin here.

The Griffin is the Quarterly Publication of the Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia. All members receive email delivery as soon as a new issue is published, in addition to the paper copy by mail if desired.

Non-members can access The Griffin on the HTNS web site six months after the date of release. For faster access, sign up by becoming a member of HTNS (see Membership).

Posted Jun 30-21

DOORS OPEN for CHURCHES

Virtual Guided Tours of Places of Worship

Notre Dame de l'Assomption in Arichat

Doors Open for Churches is an annual tour of church buildings in Nova Scotia presented by HTNS members. This year the tours will be virtual only and presented through the HTNS Facebook page. We will visit a different county each weekend from July to October.

PLACES OF WORSHIP are becoming endangered, especially in rural Nova Scotia. While most are still well-used, some of these buildings are no longer in active use for worship yet they represent a significant community resource that was highly valued by early settlers. A few will find new purposes in future.

Please join us in celebrating these markers of our communities' history and culture.Take this opportunity to visit and learn about the stories attached to their history.

Schedule of Doors Open 2021 Virtual Tours

Link to Virtual Tours on HTNS Facebook Page

Posted Jun 1, 2021

March 2021 edition of The Griffin quarterly is now available for free download

Download the full colour PDF of The Griffin here.

The Griffin is the Quarterly Publication of the Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia. All members receive email delivery as soon as a new issue is published, in addition to the paper copy by mail if desired.

Non-members can access The Griffin on the HTNS web site six months after the date of release. For faster access, sign up by becoming a member of HTNS (see Membership).

Posted Jun 03-21

News Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - JUNE 3-21 - HALIFAX, NS

COURT OF APPEAL DISMISSES BRUNSWICK CASE - HRM Council Handed Nearly Unlimited Discretion Over Protection Policies

HALIFAX—A critical appeal of the scope of Halifax Regional Municipality’s discretion to approve new development has been dismissed today by the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal (NSCA). The Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia appealed the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board (UARB) decision to allow a nine-storey tower on Brunswick Street, one of Canada’s premier heritage streetscapes and Nova Scotia’s first heritage conservation area.

Brunswick St - 9 storeys allowed

“To say we are disappointed in the ruling handed down by the Court is an understatement. This nine-storey red brick tower is going to stick out of the most intact wooden Georgian streetscape in Canada like, well, a sore thumb,” said Andrew Murphy, President of the Heritage Trust.

“We support respectful development that complements existing ...more

Posted Apr 18-21

HTNS Illustrated Public Lecture Series

The Myers Family Homestead: a love story for the generations

Place: online presentation
Release Date: Thursday, April 22 at 7:30PM
Speaker: Dr Brenda Hattie-Longmire

You are invited to a virtual visit with the owner of a municipally-designated home on the Eastern Shore. Dr Brenda Hattie-Longmire will be our speaker, sharing the story of her family’s 1884 home. She is the great granddaughter of James W Myers and his wife, Eliza, for whom it was built. The Myers name is well-known in the area and will be recognized by those familiar with the Fisherman’s Life Museum in Jeddore Oyster Ponds. The museum was the home of Ervin Myers, James W’s brother, and interprets the life of an inshore fisherman and his family.

Posted Apr 1, 2021

December 2020 edition of The Griffin quarterly is now available for free download

Download the full colour PDF of The Griffin here.

The Griffin is the Quarterly Publication of the Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia. All members receive email delivery as soon as a new issue is published, in addition to the paper copy by mail if desired.

Non-members can access The Griffin on the HTNS web site six months after the date of release. For faster access, sign up by becoming a member of HTNS (see Membership).

Posted Mar 01-21

HTNS Illustrated Public Lecture Series

Insuring Older & Heritage Buildings

Place: online presentation
Release Date: Thursday, Mar 23, 2021 at 7:30PM
Speakers: Amanda Dean (IBC/BAC) and Aneill MacCaul (IBANS)

Guest speakers Amanda Dean of the Insurance Bureau of Canada and Aneill MacCaull of the Insurance Brokers Association of Nova Scotia discuss the particulars of insuring older and heritage-designated buildings.

Insuring Old Homes in Nova Scotia Informational Brochure: https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/pdf/heritage_home-ns.pdf

Insuring Heritage Properties (Insurance Bureau of Canada): https://www.ibc.ca/on/home/heritage-properties

Posted Dec 10, 2020

June 2020 edition of The Griffin quarterly is now available for free download

Download the full colour PDF of The Griffin here.

The Griffin is the Quarterly Publication of the Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia. All members receive email delivery as soon as a new issue is published, in addition to the paper copy by mail if desired.

Non-members can access The Griffin on the HTNS web site six months after the date of release. For faster access, sign up by becoming a member of HTNS (see Membership).

Posted Dec 7, 2020

Call for nominations for Built Heritage Awards

2012 Joyce McCulloch Residential Award
The Rayski House, Grand Pré, NS
  owned by Wilhelmus and Paulien Peters

Posted Dec 7, 2020

Grants for conservation of heritage buildings and sites

Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia has a grant program for heritage properties which are in need of repairs. Special consideration is given to properties considered to be at-risk. Awards generally range from $500 to $3,000 depending on the project and other sources of funding. The Fund is dispersed on a calendar year basis and early applications have an advantage.

Avondale - church steeple restoration

To apply, please go to our grants page at htns.ca/grants.shtml where you will find an application form and supporting documents.

Heritage Trust believes in helping retain Nova Scotia's built heritage and hopes to support your maintenance or improvement project in this way.

Posted Nov 15-20

HTNS Illustrated Public Lecture Series

The Stones of Spring Garden Road – a walking tour

Place: online presentation
Release Date: Thursday, November 19, 2020 at 7:30PM
Speaker: Dr. Howard Donohoe

Geologist Dr. Howard Donohoe will guide us along Spring Garden Road, talking about local building stone, the quarry location, building styles, and important geological history from the building stones. All of the ironstones originated at the Dalhousie quarries while the granites are not only extraordinary in their diversity but also in their location of origin. Only a few locations have granite from the Purcell’s Cove quarries.

Posted Oct 24-20

HTNS Illustrated Public Lecture Series

Downtown Dartmouth Heritage Conservation District

October’s talk is our first to be delivered on-line to virtual attendees.

Place: online presentation
Release Date: Thursday, October 29, 2020 at 7:30PM
Speaker: David Jones

David Jones, HTNS Board member, speaks about the area of Downtown Dartmouth that has been identified for future designation as a heritage conservation district. As David makes clear, there is as much to recognize and protect below ground as there is above ground.

Posted Oct 1, 2020

March 2020 edition of The Griffin quarterly is now available for free download

Download the full colour PDF of The Griffin here.

The Griffin is the Quarterly Publication of the Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia. All members receive email delivery as soon as a new issue is published, in addition to the paper copy by mail if desired.

Non-members can access The Griffin on the HTNS web site six months after the date of release. For faster access, sign up by becoming a member of HTNS (see Membership).

Posted Jun 09-20

News Release

Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia Announces Diverse Group of Heritage Awards

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - JUNE 7-20 - HALIFAX, NS

HALIFAX, NS, June 7, 2020…..The Board of Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia (HTNS) has announced five Built Heritage Award recipients, after recently endorsing the HTNS Awards Committee’s recommendation.

For the first time, HTNS will recognize a project for excellence in the respectful insertion of a new building among heritage buildings: Brian MacKay-Lyons of MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects repurposed an existing 19th century building and attached a new-build which reflects the vocabulary of Lunenburg’s marine industrial buildings. The resulting B2 Lofts provides six residential units atop two main floor commercial spaces , which pay homage to the town’s UNESCO heritage ...more

Posted Jun 03-20

News Release

High Rises Win Again at NSUARB
Decision Puts Brunswick Street Heritage Character Under Attack

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - JUNE 03-20 - HALIFAX, NS

In a decision released on Monday, the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board “has landed a devastating blow on the Brunswick Street Heritage Area, approving a high-rise building that will dominate two neighbouring registered heritage properties, including St. Patrick’s Church,” said Andrew J. Murphy, President of Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia. “It will tarnish the unique historic character of the area, which contains some of the crown jewels of Halifax’s architectural heritage.”

The NSUARB’s ruling endorses Halifax and West Community Council’s approval of a nine-storey tower addition—presented repeatedly and erroneously as eight storeys—to the former St. Patrick’s Rectory, at 2267 Brunswick Street. The decision flies in the face of MPS Policy 9.3.2.1 ( c ) which clearly demands that proposed developments in the Brunswick Street Heritage Area be “similar” in height and “complementary” to adjacent residential buildings, particularly registered heritage properties.

“In the big picture, it means that no heritage anywhere is safe, if such blatant disregard for the rules which are clearly intended to protect heritage areas from unsympathetic development can occur,” said Murphy.

David Donnelly, counsel to the Heritage Trust, said, “The hearing was eminently fair, but the decision does not deal with the central issue ...more

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Posted Feb 11-20

HTNS Illustrated Public Lecture Series ¨

The History of Halifax Water

Date: Thursday, February 20, 2020 at 7:30 pm
Place: Museum of Natural History (Auditorium), Summer St.

Speakers: Carl Yates, P Eng

As communities throughout our province were established, one of the first critical tasks to ensure the community would flourish was to secure reliable sources of water and a means of waste disposal. Carl Yates, recently retired general manager of Halifax Water, will speak on the history of water and waste services, as they have evolved from supports for an 18th-century garrison city through to the modern infrastructure of today.

“Those largely unseen engineering marvels, and the geographical realities underlying them, have influenced individual building design and the direction of urban development from Halifax’s earliest days, and they continue to do so, “ says Michèle Raymond, ...more

Posted Jan 8-20

HTNS Illustrated Public Lecture Series

Nova Scotia’s “Watercolour World” before 1900

Date: Thursday, January 16 at 7:30 pm
Place: Museum of Natural History (Auditorium)

Speakers:
Mora Dianne O’Neill, PhD and
Martin Hubley, PhD

Poster image credit: Andrew Downs’ Walton Cottage NS Museum History Collection 80.24.1

This talk will outline the UK-based Watercolour World digital public history project (watercolourworld.org) and why we hope Nova Scotian institutions and collectors will contribute to it. Contrasting the UK experience with a brief history of the art form in Nova Scotia, it will demonstrate how differences in chronology and in collecting by institutions in Canada made for very different perspectives on collections here. Finally, it will provide a brief overview of some of the more important artists and works in both the collections of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and the Nova Scotia Museum, focused on landscape views, that we hope will be part of the larger Watercolour World project and ...more

Posted Jan 3, 2020

June 2019 edition of The Griffin quarterly is now available for free download

Download the full colour PDF of The Griffin here.

The Griffin is the Quarterly Publication of the Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia. All members receive email delivery as soon as a new issue is published, in addition to the paper copy by mail if desired.

Non-members can access The Griffin on the HTNS web site six months after the date of release. For faster access, sign up by becoming a member of HTNS (see Membership).

Posted Nov 9-19

HTNS Illustrated Public Lecture Series

Fort Massey Cemetery: a garrison graveyard and the influence of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Date: Thursday, November 21 at 7:30 pm
Place: Museum of Natural History (Auditorium)

Speaker: Don Chard, PhD

Photo Credit - HMHPS

While Fort Massey Cemetery, at the corner of South and Queen streets in Halifax, does not contain a large number of outstandingly lavish monuments, it is nevertheless important, for two reasons. First of all, it evolved from an early Halifax garrison cemetery to a veterans cemetery that reflects the influence of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, established at the end of World War I. The Commission was guided by...more

Posted Oct 10-19

HTNS Illustrated Public Lecture Series

SOME NOVA SCOTIA URBAN PARKS: Their role in the perception of nature and designed landscapes, and plans for their future

Date: Thursday 17 October at 7:30 pm
Place: Museum of Natural History (Auditorium)

Speakers: Don Chard, Tom Gribbin, and Devin Segal

Public places reveal underlying themes or philosophies about what they are, who should use them and how. We have invited hear three speakers with complementary training and experience to examine a variety of Nova Scotia’s park lands, including Fort Needham Park, Point Pleasant Park, the Dartmouth Common and Victoria Park in Truro. You may leave with new insights into the “public open space” around them. The program is free and everyone is welcome to attend.

Don Chard PhD is an historian and former planner with Parks Canada Tom Gribbin MLA APALA retired from Parks Canada as manager ...more

Posted Aug 01-19

DOORS OPEN for CHURCHES

Guided Tours of Places of Worship

Notre Dame de l'Assomption in Arichat

Doors Open for Churches is an annual tour of church buildings in Nova Scotia held in a different county each weekend from August to October (except Fri-Sat in Pictou). The public can visit the open churches in any order and will be greeted at the door.

PLACES OF WORSHIP are becoming endangered, especially in rural Nova Scotia. While most are still well-used some of these buildings are no longer in active use for worship yet they represent a significant community resource that was highly valued by early settlers. A few will find new purposes in future.

Please join us in celebrating these markers of our communities' history and culture.Take this opportunity to visit and learn about the stories attached to their history. View the list of locations and dates with information and map links [here].

The next DOORS OPEN FOR CHURCHES is:
CAPE BRETON October 11-19 in conjunction with CELTIC COLOURS FESTIVAL. For details about Doors Open for Churches, Cape Breton, please see the "Community Events" listings at https://celtic-colours.com/schedule/ and select "Educational".

Posted Sep 10-19

HTNS Illustrated Public Lecture Series

Nova Scotia in 1819: Pictures by J.E. Woolford, words by Lord Dalhousie

Date: Thursday 19 September at 7:30 pm
Place: Museum of Natural History (Auditorium)

Speaker: Scott Robson

What did Nova Scotia look like in 1819? And what was happening around that time?

To put in a context:
Two hundred years ago, Beethoven (who died in 1827) had not yet written the Missa Solemnis and the Ninth Symphony! Napoleon had escaped from prison on Elba in February 1815, and the Battle of Waterloo took place 18 June 1815. Lord Dalhousie opened Province House on 11 February. Queen Victoria was born three and a half months later, 24 May 1819.

Join Scott Robson for a tour of our province 200 years ago to see what ...more

Posted Sep 1, 2019

The March 2019 edition of The Griffin quarterly is now available for free download.

Download the full colour PDF of The Griffin here.

The Griffin is the Quarterly Publication of the Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia. All members receive email delivery as soon as a new issue is published, in addition to the paper copy by mail if desired.

Non-members can access The Griffin on the HTNS web site six months after the date of release. For faster access, sign up by becoming a member of HTNS (see Membership).

Posted May 29-19

HTNS 2019 Awards Ceremony

Posted May 29-19

HTNS Illustrated Public Lecture Series

At Home with the Horses of Halifax: The Bell Road stables from 1908 to the present day

Date: Thursday, June 20 at 7:30 pm (Note: Annual General Meeting begins at 7 pm)
Place: Museum of Natural History (Auditorium)

Speaker: Dr Claire Halstead

Designed by the same man who designed the University Avenue fire station, the Bell Road stables originally housed all sorts of municipal horses. George Low constructed the building in 1908, as a stable for various horses including the Fire horses, Livery horses, Police horses and Fire equipment. It is a landmark building in present day downtown Halifax and has been recently designated as a heritage building. It has been the home of the Halifax Junior Bengal Lancers since 1936.

Dr Claire Halstead is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at St Mary's. With a particular emphasis on Atlantic Canada, her current research focuses on the Sisters of Service, a community of ...more

Posted Apr 15-19

News Release

Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia donates painting to Halifax Regional Municipality to celebrate Schmidtville Heritage Conservation District

April 15, 2019, HALIFAX, NS

Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia will present an original watercolour painting by Inae Kim of a Schmidtville streetscape to Halifax's Mayor, Mike Savage, during a celebration of the heritage conservation district this evening, April 15th. The event is being hosted by Friends of Schmidtville with the assistance of Heritage Trust, MP Andy Fillmore, and the Halifax Military Heritage Preservation Society at Royal Artillery Park between 6 and 8 pm.

HRM Councillors voted unanimously for the Schmidtville Heritage Conservation District plan when it came before them last summer.  Heritage Trust members felt that Council's support for heritage planning deserved special recognition. 

The Trust commissioned a painting of Schmidtville to be hung where the public can see it. Ms. Kim's painting shows a Birmingham Street scene, centred on the modest Schmidt cottages, which are owned by Lyndon Watkins, journalist and passionate heritage building preservationist. The painting will be a reminder of the hard work of the Friends of Schmidtville and others in achieving this level of protection for an early Halifax neighbourhood. Their efforts provide for the future enjoyment and benefit of the public.

Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia, founded in 1959, is a non-profit registered charity whose goal is to conserve buildings and sites of historic significance, and to promote this important cultural component of Nova Scotia's identity.

For more information, visit:
www.htns.ca | Twitter @HTNovaScotia | www.facebook.com/HeritageTrustNovaScotia

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Media Contact:
Kimberly Dickson, Communications Chair
communications@htns.ca or 902-423-4807

The Presentation - April 15, 2019

HTNS President Andrew J. Murphy and Painter Inae Kim present painting of Schmidville Conservation District to Mayor Mike Savage

Posted Apr 4-19

HTNS Illustrated Public Lecture Series

A walk back through the history of Spring Garden Road from 1749 to the present

Date: Thursday, April 18th, 2019 at 7:30 pm
Place: Museum of Natural History (Auditorium)

Speaker: Kelly Nelson

Spring Garden Road has an interesting and rich history but it can only be found in bits and pieces in published works. This walk down Spring Garden Road starts with the founding of Halifax in 1749 and charts the development of the area right up to proposed new developments. Using old photos, maps and the bios of some of the distinguished residents of the street Kelly will attempt to summarize the history and character of the street over time.

Kelly Nelson has lived in the Halifax area off and on since 1969. Since his retirement as Chief Financial Officer of National Sea Products/High Liner Foods in 2014 he has spent many hours at the Nova Scotia Archives, Municipal Archives, and Central Library and on-line reading about Halifax and researching any information relating specifically to the Spring Garden Road area. This presentation is the result of the accumulation of the information and pictures he found and should be of interest to newcomers to the Halifax area and long-term residents alike....more

Posted Mar 11-19

HTNS Illustrated Public Lecture Series

Date: Thursday, March 21st, 2019 at 7:30 pm

Alternate location for this event:
Helen Creighton Room, Alderney Gate Library,
60 Alderney Dr, Dartmouth

The talk is free and everyone is welcome to attend.

Underground Dartmouth: Finding Fort Clarence

Speaker: David Jones

A passionate archaeological advocate, David Jones will deliver an exciting presentation on the buried history of Fort Clarence (underneath the former Imperial Oil Dartmouth Refinery) ...more

Posted Feb 9-19

HTNS Illustrated Public Lecture Series

Date: Thursday, February 21st, 2019 at 7:30 pm
Place: Museum of Natural History (auditorium), 1747 Summer St., Halifax

The talk is free and everyone is welcome to attend.

Fighting fires since 1754: the birth of the Halifax Fire Department

Speakers: Don Snider (Ret'd) and Firefighter Engineer Jeff Brown

Halifax boasts the oldest fire service in Canada. Firefighters Don Snider (retired) and Jeff Brown will trace the history of ...more

Posted Jan 7-19

HTNS Illustrated Public Lecture Series

Date: Thursday, January 17th, 2019 at 7:30 pm
Place: Museum of Natural History (auditorium), 1747 Summer St., Halifax

The talk is free and everyone is welcome to attend.

The Bluenose Tradition of House Naming

Speaker: Joe Ballard

Mount Uniacke, Acacia Grove, Winckworth, Saint's Rest, Spruce Tree Cottage. Ever wonder how Nova Scotia houses got their names? The better-known names are largely connected with prominent historical figures who resided in commodious homes with sprawling grounds...more

Posted Jan 7, 2019

The June 2018 edition of the Griffin quarterly is now available for free download.

Download the full colour PDF of the Griffin here.

The Griffin is the Quarterly Publication of the Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia. All members receive email delivery of the Griffin as soon as it is published on line. To get fast delivery sign up for The Griffin Magazine by becoming a member of HTNS.

Non-members can access The Griffin six months later, on-line.