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Buildings and structures in Halifax, Nova Scotia

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The following is a list of buildings in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia with articles on Wikipedia.

Building Address Community Type Floors Height Completed Notes References
Halifax Town Clock Brunswick Street Halifax Clock Tower 3 1803 Palladian-style structure was restored 2005
Lord Nelson Hotel 1515 South Park Street Halifax Hotel 9 29.88 m (98.0 ft) 1927-1928 2 floors added in 1967
Government House (Nova Scotia) 1451 Barrington Street Halifax Government 3 1805 Official residence of the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia and example of Adam-Georgian architecture
King's Wharf 50 King's Wharf Plaza Dartmouth Residential 33 120 m (390 ft) 2015 Proposed building
Tupper Building 5850 College Street Halifax University Residential 16 1967
The Martello 1550 Dresden Row Halifax Residential 16 2005
Centennial Building, Halifax 1660 Hollis Street Halifax Office Building 13 1967
Joseph Howe Building 1690 Hollis Street Halifax Office Building 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 Halifax Hotel 10 1996
Bank of Nova Scotia Building 1709 Hollis Street Halifax Office Building 6 1931
Halifax World Trade Centre 1800 Argyle Street Halifax Convention Centre and Hotel 18 (hotel)
14 (office building)
Proposed complex to be built on site of former Halifax Herald Building[1]
Westin Nova Scotian 1181 Hollis Street Halifax Hotel 15 1930 310-room hotel was last renovated in the 1990s; original structural an example of Streamline Moderne architecture
Halifax Station 1161 Hollis Street Halifax Railway Station 3 1928 Example of Beaux Arts-style
1801 Hollis Street 1801 Hollis Street Halifax Office Building 22 87 m (285 ft) 1985 Located near Halifax's waterfront and is home to many prominent businesses.
Alderney Landing 2 Ochterloney Street Dartmouth Multi-use Building 4 1999
CIBC Building 1809 Barrington Street Halifax Office Building 16 66 m (217 ft) 1977 Also known as the CIBC building.
Bank of Montreal Building 5151 George Street Halifax Office Building 18 73 m (240 ft) 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 Halifax Office Building 13 53.27 m (174.8 ft) 1929
1936
Example of Art Deco style in Halifax
Halifax City Hall 1841 Argyle Street Halifax Municipal Government Building 3 1890 Late Victorian and Second Empire structure
The Vuze 5599 Fenwick Street Halifax Residential 32 98 m (322 ft) 1971 Fenwick Tower (formerly known as Fenwick Place) was a residence for the nearby Dalhousie University, and is now a private apartment building.
Scotiabank Centre 1800 Argyle Street Halifax Multi-use Building 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 Halifax 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 Halifax Hotel 12 39.84 m (130.7 ft) 1972 Also referred to as Chateau Halifax when completed for CP Hotels
Halifax Shopping Centre 7001 Mumford Road Halifax Shopping Centre 2 1962 160 stores
Loyola Residence Tower 5865 Gorsebrook Avenue Halifax Residential/University Residential 22 67 m (220 ft) 1971 The Loyola Residence Tower is a residence of Saint Mary's University.
Maritime Centre 1505 Barrington Street Halifax Office Building 20 78 m (256 ft) 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 1726 Hollis Street Halifax Government Building 3 1819 Canada's oldest seat of government and example of Palladian architecture
Purdy's Wharf Towers I and II 1959 and 1969 Upper Water Street Halifax Office Buildings 20
22
74 m (243 ft)
88 m (289 ft)
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 45 Alderney Drive Dartmouth Office Building 19 69.66 m (228.5 ft) 1975 The tallest building in the downtown core of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
Royal Centre 5161 George Street Halifax Office Building 12 52 m (171 ft) 1960 Office tower in the downtown core of Halifax.
Scotia Square Complex 5201 Duke Street Halifax Shopping Centre 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 Halifax Office Building 20 84 m (276 ft) 1971 Example of Brutalist architecture
Cogswell Tower 2000 Barrington Street Halifax Office Building 14 79 m (259 ft) 1975 Example of Brutalist architecture
Duke Tower 5251 Duke Street Halifax Office Building 16 71 m (233 ft) 1970 Example of Brutalist architecture
Saint Mary's University 923 Robie Street Halifax University
Shirreff Hall 6385 South Street Halifax University Residence 4 1923 Presently the oldest university residence building in use at Dalhousie University.
St. Mary's Basilica 5221 Spring Garden Road Halifax Religious Building 58 m (190 ft) 1874 The Norman-Gothic Roman Catholic church in Downtown Halifax and recently designated a National Historic Site.
TD Centre 1791 Barrington Street Halifax Office Building 21 83 m (272 ft) 1974/2014 The TD Tower is an office building home to the Toronto Dominion bank in Halifax.
Tuft's Cove Generating Station 315 Windmill Road Dartmouth Power Plant 157 m (515 ft) (smokestack) 1965 Distinctive striped smokestacks of a fossil-fuel burning electrical generating station.
Veith House 3115 Veith Street Halifax Institutional Building 4 1919 (rebuilt) The former Halifax Protestant Children's Orphanage
Icon Bay 50 Bedford Highway Halifax Residential 21 75 m (246 ft) 2016
Metropolitan Place 99 Wyse Road Dartmouth Office Building 16 66.40 m (217.8 ft) 1987 [2]

References

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  1. ^ "Trade Centre Limited: History repeats itself | OpenFile". Archived from the original on 2012-07-08. Retrieved 2012-12-17.
  2. ^ "Metropolitan Place". emporia.com. Emporis. Archived from the original on September 20, 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)