September 2005 Volume 30, No.3 ISSN 0384 7335 The Griffin A PUBLICATION OF HERITAGE TRUST OF HERITAGE TRUST OF NOVA SCOTIA is a charitable organization. All donations are tax creditable.

The history of the Governor’s North Farm and Mulgrave Park, Halifax by Garry D. Shutlak

The Governor’s North Farm was laid out some years Street, on the north by Duffus, on the east by Campbell after the founding of the Town of Halifax. Originally, Road. On the south it was bound by Richmond Street, the farm contained upwards of eighty acres of land, containing some forty acres of land on which, in 1783, which may have included Joseph Jennings Farm where Sir John Snape Hamond had built a summer home and Fort Needham was built, Lambert Folkers farm and outbuildings at the northern end of the property extended the farm southward to Young Street. The beyond what is now Fort redrawn farm was bounded on the west by Gottingen Continued overleaf

A section of the 1878 atlas showing the Governor’s farm and Mulgrave Park as it looked in 1878. Plate “U”, Hopkin’s Atlas 1878. Courtesy Provincial Archives of Nova Scotia. History: continued from page 1 out, one called Acadia and the other, Mulgrave. Unfortunately, I Needham. Of these lands, the have not found any record of why grove of beeches bounded by one park was called Acadia, but Campbell Road (Barrington), we presume in honour of the Duffus, Albert and Richmond early French name for Nova Streets have a long history, how- Scotia. ever, the name Mulgrave Park The other park was named only dates from 1870. In the early after George Augustus Phipps, history of the province, the area Earl of Mulgrave, who was was a summer camp for the appointed Lieutenant-Governor Mi’kmaq thanks to its abundant beginning in 1858 and ending in supply of spring water. 1863 when, upon the death of his The Griffin Among the early settlers of father, he became the Marquess of Halifax, the area was best known Normanby. We assume the park A quarterly newsletter for the duel between Scottish was named in his honour some published by William Bowie and Irish Richard time after this date. However, the HERITAGE TRU S T OF John Uniacke, Jr., in 1819 in which area is often labelled on early NOVA SCOTIA the popular wealthy young mer- maps as Mulgrove Park, which chant William Bowie lost his life. Unless otherwise indicated, may be an allusion to the grove of the opinions expressed in The challenge resulted from some beeches which covered the park these pages are those of the insulting remarks made by Mr. grounds and contained water contributors and do not Uniacke. The duel took place on courses and a reservoir. Russell necessarily reflect the July 21, and the thirty-six-year-old Street, one of the streets in Glebe views of Bowie was fatally wounded and Lands, was named after Phipps’s HERITAGE TRU ST OF died a few hours later at a nearby wife, Laura, daughter of Captain NOVA SCOTIA. farm house. Mr. Uniacke was Robert Russell, R.N. Editorial Committee: charged with murder but found From the opening of the Nova Anthony Lamplugh, innocent. Scotia Railway Station at Janet Morris, Nancy O’Brien, In 1857, Lieutenant-Governor Richmond in 1855, the area Sandra Sackett. Sir Gaspard LeMarchant signed became a place of recreation for away the right and title to the Contributers to this issue: passengers, the citizens of the Fred Hutchinson property to the Nova Scotia Board North End and the general Truman Layton of Works in consideration of £200 population of Halifax who first Joyce McCulloch a year in perpetuity to himself used horse-drawn street cars and, Janet Morris and his successors in addition to later, electric ones to travel north Nancy O'Brien the salary granted by the civil list. to Young Street. Picnicking in Elizabeth Pacey The land was then resold to the summer, skating on the pond in Sandra Sackett Board of Railway Commissioners, winter, and tobogganing on the Garry Shutlak which cut down some of the adjoining steep streets was Barbara Thompson copse of beeches, laid out land for enjoyed by all ages. Submissions are welcomed. building lots, built the Richmond After war broke out in 1939, it Deadline for the next issue: railway yards, and began the soon became apparent that November 1, 2005 industrialization of the North Halifax needed additional accom- Please send your End. modation for the influx of military submissions to The map of the City of Halifax men, merchant mariners, defence HE RITAGE TRUST O F published in 1872 shows that the workers, dockyard employees, etc. NOVA SCO TIA, P.O. Box 36111, Spring Garden RPO, two streets running north and Some accommodations were Halifax, N.S. B3J 3S9 south between Gottingen and needed for families, others for sin- Campbell Road were named gle men or “benedicts whose fam- Tel: 902 423-4807 Victoria (then Russell, now Acadia ilies were living elsewhere.” An E-mail material to Street) and Albert. The streets agreement was reached among [email protected] running east and west between the federal, provincial and munic- www3.ns.sympatico.ca/heritage/trust Richmond and Duffus were ipal governments by which Fort ef named Ross, Kenny, Mulgrave Needham and Roome. Two parks were laid Continued on page 3 Page 2 The Griffin - HERITAGE TRUST OF NOVA SCOTIA History: continued from page 2 became a municipal park, and Mulgrave Park was turned over to the federal authorities. The Glebe Lands, north of Duffus Street, became the location for 290 prefabricated houses. This new community extended east from Gottingen Street to Barrington and north from Duffus to the Fairview Stone Quarries. All houses built in the new com- munity were large four-room or six-room designs. The houses were mixed and matched to reduce monotonous uniformity in the general appearance of the streets. The occupants were encouraged to make their neigh- bourhoods attractive and awarded Manning Pool. Bollinger Collection: 1942-668B. Courtesy Provincial Archives of prizes for planting trees, shrubs Nova Scotia. and gardens to beautify the area. Because the houses did not have built by Brookfield Construction house married students whose basements, they were heated with Company of Halifax. education had been delayed by Quebec heaters. In the fall of 1945, Mulgrave their war service. When these Mulgrave Park proper became Park’s Manning Pool and three buildings were demolished has the site of the Manning Pool, orig- staff houses were turned over to not yet been documented by the inally built as a two-storey “E” the City of Halifax to be converted author, but by 1957 the shaped building in the Art into emergency housing for the Stephenson Report suggested this Moderne style facing Barrington city and were used for public area be set aside for public hous- Street. During the war, the build- housing for several years. The ing to replace slums which could ing would be enlarged with an other three houses and the com- be found in different parts of the addition to the south, joined to the missary were transferred to city. The cost of the five-million main building by a breezeway, and used to Continued on page 4 and an addition to the north turn- ing the “E” in an “F”. Another two wings with a breezeway would later be added to the north side of the building. This building was used to house officers and men of the merchant marine awaiting their ships for the cross- ing of the Atlantic in convoy. To the north six staff houses were built. Each 200-foot long building could accommodate 90 men, in single or double occupancy, with hot water heating, baths and elec- tric lights. A 106-foot long com- missary, or dining hall, was built to provide meals at moderate prices. All the buildings were designed by the architects or architectural department of the North End, Mulgrave Park and the Glebe Lands. Bollinger Collection: 1941-219. Wartime Housing Limited and Courtesy Provincial Archives of Nova Scotia September 2005 Page 3 History: continued from page 3 dollar project was shared among the federal, provincial and municipal governments, with four million being the federal share. In 1958, the architects at Central Mortgage & Housing Corporation and local architectur- al firms of L.R. Fairn and J. Philip Dumaresq designed the 22-build- ing, 348-unit complex. It consists of 2 eight-storey apartment build- ings and 202 three-storey maisonettes, all of fireproof con- struction. Some of the streets in the park were named in honour of ships associated with Halifax such as RCN Niobe and SS Jervis Bay. Most of the streets honour vessels of the . The Mulgrave Park rental Staff houses. Bollinger Collection: 1941-21. Courtesy Provincial Archives of Nova housing project was officially Scotia. opened by the Minister of Public can still find beech trees along ments many centuries ago, and Works on June 1, 1961. Since then, Albert and Barrington Streets, the which survived the clear cutting components of the complex have saplings of trees which first shad- of the railway and the devastation had major renovations, but you ed the Mi’kmaq summer encamp- of the . w

HERITAGE TRUST OF NOVA SCOTIA Illustrated Public Lectures – Autumn 2005

Thursday, September 15, Thursday, November 17, Befores and the Afters.” A discus- 7:30 p.m. 6:00 for 6:30 p.m. Annual sion on line, design, texture, paint "Restoring an old Lunenburg Dinner. Lord Nelson Hotel. and paint decoration" House" Tickets in advance from the Speaker: Hal Forbes, designer/ Speaker: Mark Stewart, account- Heritage Trust office, 423-4807 or craftsman. Winner of the 2005 ant and owner email: [email protected] Heritage Entrepreneur Award from Heritage Trust ofNova Scotia. "Polar Bears and Ptarmigans: Downs’ Zoological Gardens, o 1847-1872" Requests for speakers and subjects Speaker: Heather Watts, local welcome. Please call Nancy O’Brien historian. Co-author with Michèle at 902-422-1709. The public lectures, Raymond of Halifax’s Northwest part of an ongoing program spon- Arm and with Iris Shea of sored by the Heritage Trust of Nova Deadman’s. Former president of Scotia, are held in the auditorium of the Mainland South Historical Thursday, October 20, the Museum of Natural History, Society. 7:30 p.m. 1747 Summer Street, Halifax. "A House Transplanted: FOR Parking in the two museum parking SALE - MUST BE MOVED" Thursday, December 15, lots ("Pay and Display") and across Speaker: Christopher von 7:30 p.m. Bell Road at the Vocational School. Maltzahn, architect and owner "Restoration or Rehabilitation: The Everyone Welcome. w Page 4 The Griffin - HERITAGE TRUST OF NOVA SCOTIA Where did she live? (one of a Griffin series) Elizabeth Bishop House by Truman Lyton The Elizabeth Bishop House is investors. It has been renovated Elizabeth Bishop located in Great Village next to but maintains its essential charac- (1911-1979) Layton’s Store, across the high- ter. One of the most important American way from Wilson’s Service The school that Elizabeth poets of the 20th century. Poems: Station. It was formerly owned by attended, described in her story North and South - A Cold Spring Norman Bowers, a stepson of "Primer Class", is located over the won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in Elizabeth’s Aunt Grace. Elizabeth river towards Truro and is now an 1955. Born in to knew Grace when she was a nurse elementary school. It was 100 William and Gertrude (née Bulmer) in and Elizabeth was liv- years old in 2005. An historic toi- Bishop, she moved as a small child ing with Grace’s sister, Maud. The let from the school has been locat- with her widowed mother to Nova Bowers’ farm is by the pond when ed behind the Elizabeth Bishop Scotia, to live with her maternal you enter Great Village from House. The restoration of this out- grandparents, William and Elizabeth Truro. Elizabeth visited here often house was partially financed by Bulmer, in Great Village, Colchester as a child and until her death. the Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia. County. Her first years at school Elizabeth lived in the house (See The Griffin, December 2000.) were here before she was taken to rela- with her loving, if somewhat Further information on the tives in New England, first unhappi- impoverished, maternal grandpar- writer and her house can be had ly with her paternal grandparents, ents, the Bulmers. She moved here from the Elizabeth Bishop Society then with her aunt, near Boston. She with her mother after her wealthy of Nova Scotia, P.O. Box 138, returned almost annually all her life father died before she was a year Great Village, B0M 1L0: "Elizabeth to visit Great Village except for the old. Her mother subsequently suf- Bishop’s Great Village. A Self-Guided period from 1952 to the late ‘60s fered a mental breakdown and Tour". (A similar society exists in when she lived in Brazil. Once settled was confined to the Nova Scotia the U.S.) Quotations from the in Boston in retirement, her visits to Hospital until her death, eighteen Collected Prose, 1984. Nova Scotia resumed. She writes of years later. Elizabeth was Ed. note: Corner Stone Tours, Nova Scotians’ "earthly trust" - removed from this house as a Europe & Nova Scotia is advertising wooden houses, church steeples, wild child by her father’s wealthy par- "At Home with Elizabeth Bishop" for iris, elms, ancestors. Her Complete ents in Worcester, Mass. She October 8-9: birthplace, poetry read- Poems, 1969, won the National Book describes the move in "Country ings, discussions, meals, accommoda- Award in 1970. Her Collected Mouse": "I had been brought back tion (Parrsboro area). Prose, mostly articles from The New against my wishes to the house Continued on Page 14 Yorker, was published posthumously my father had been born in, to be as was more poetry. Her sixth saved from poverty and provin- honorary degree was from Dalhousie cialism, bare feet, suet puddings, Photos of the Elizabeth Bishop House, University in 1979. w unsanitary school slates ..." Truman Layton. Clockwise, the front The blacksmith shop she entry, the view from the street, the back of the house. enjoyed as a child was next door, replaced by two houses in the 30s and 40s. The road where she took the family cow to pasture is oppo- site the store that passes the church. She would have attended this Presbyterian church as a child. The Bulmers’ house is thought to have been moved from Mount Pleasant – "Scrabble Hill" – up the road past the church, and is prob- ably over 250 years old. It has recently been purchased as a writ- ers’ retreat by a group of September 2005 Page 5 Biography:Sir JohnWentworth 1727-1820 by Fred C. Hutchinson

Part I Rockingham, leader of the Whig John. He planned on inheriting Surveyor, Governor, Loyalist, Party, Prime Minister of England his Uncle Benning’s fortune and Diplomat, Scholar, in 1765 and seven years his senior. spent accordingly. Visionary and This friendship firmly established Governor Johnny ended his Father of Nova John’s Loyalist roots. John also bachelor days on November 11, Scotia are all titles had the opportunity to argue for 1769, when he married his cousin that have been the Colonies against the Stamp Frances (Fanny) Wentworth. given to John Act of 1765 and was successful in Fanny’s former husband, and also Wentworth. John assisting with its appeal in 1766. John’s cousin, Theodore Atkinson Wentworth was Benning Wentworth fell out of Wentworth, had died just 14 days born August 8, 1737, in favour with the Crown, and his before. The event provided the Portsmouth, New Hampshire. nephew, John Wentworth, was citizens of New Hampshire with The Wentworth family was both appointed both Governor of New something to talk about for weeks prominent and wealthy, with Hampshire in 1766 and Surveyor to come - not all of it complimen- John's grandfather holding the General of "His Majesty's Woods". tary. office of Governor of New After spending some time at the John took his positions as Hampshire and his Uncle Benning Prime Minister’s residence, which Governor and Surveyor General assuming the office in 1741 as well occupied three acres on a 1500- seriously and worked hard at as that of Surveyor General of acre estate with an 82-stall horse both. He established a country "His Majesty's Woods" in 1743. barn, John was smitten with the estate in Wolfeborough township, John entered Harvard "good life" and began to spend. surrounding Lake Winnipesaukee, University at the age of 14 where His expenditures and income 50 miles northwest of Ports- his social status ranked him num- would present him with financial mouth, at a cost of more than ber five in the class of 1751. A problems for the rest of his life. £20,000. His home away from fellow classmate, John Adams, Oxford University presented him home was called Wentworth two years his senior, would with an honorary Doctor of Laws House and included 40 acres of become the second President of (LLD), as did the University of gardens, a 600-acre fenced deer the United States in 1797. Adams’s Aberdeen in Scotland. He had farm, barns and stables. He also status was ranked 14th out of a already received an honorary MA had saw and grist mills built to class of 24 students. John graduat- from Princeton College. His third service the township and con- ed from Harvard in 1758 at the honorary Doctor of Laws degree structed a road from Portsmouth. age of 21 with an MA. He worked was conferred in 1773 and was It was his dream to open the inte- at the family's export-import busi- probably the most deserving rior of New Hampshire for settle- ness of which timber contracts Johnny came marching home ment and become less dependant formed a major part. This activity in 1767 with a landing at on Massachusetts and their rebel- proved to be very profitable, espe- Charleston, South Carolina. He lious attitudes towards the cially with a family member, the rested for four days after his Crown. Governor, controlling the timber Atlantic voyage and then charged John was more than just an reserves for two generations. off into the woods of the Carolinas administrator. He was an active In 1763, at the age of 26, John in search of "mast timber". He was player in the execution of the was sent to England to manage not just the Surveyor General for duties of his various positions. the family interests abroad. Uncle New Hampshire but for all of New Describing his field experiences in Benning had no descendants and England. Governor Wentworth, a letter to an English friend, he John was in line for a huge inheri- 29 years of age, arrived in writes "…as my duties in the tance along with the family busi- Portsmouth, New Hampshire on woods calls me so often into such ness. His expectation of becoming June 20, 1767, with a welcome sad countries...everyday travel is one of the wealthiest men in New befitting a "head of state". His almost a miracle. However, I have England was very real. While in annual salary was £700 as Gov- not yet even broken a bone; and England, John had a chance meet- ernor, £400 as Surveyor General as to drowning, I begin to think it ing at a horse race with a distant together with a £67 housing a mere fable, as I am frequently relative, Charles Watson allowance. A fair income for 1767, upon great lakes in a hollow log, Wentworth, 2nd Marquis of but it would never be enough for Continued on page 8 Page 6 The Griffin - HERITAGE TRUST OF NOVA SCOTIA Grove Cottage by Barbara Thompson

Grove Cottage is situated at 150 himself was still a young student locks, hand-planed floors, and Church Street in the centre of at the time of the property pur- folding shutters are highlights of Amherst. It was chosen by the chase. Robert McGowan Dickey features still existing in the house. Amherst Township Historical held positions of Justice of the It is said that the hawthorn and Society as the site of the Peace, Judge of Court of Common linden trees are original to the Cumberland County Museum and Pleas, and Conservative represen- property, and the spring running Archives not only because it is tative for Amherst Township in through the property once sup- one of the earliest surviving build- the Nova Scotia Legislative plied the house with its water. ings of Amherst, but also because Assembly. Robert McGowan The property’s most influential of the political, business, legal and Dickey and his wife were living in owner, Robert Barry Dickey, was social influence of its first owners, the house at the time (1844) that called to the Bar in 1834. He was the Dickey family. The Dickey Dickey and his new wife, Mary appointed to Nova Scotia family descended from immi- Blair Stewart, returned to Grove Legislative Assembly in 1858, and grants of Northern Ireland to West Cottage from their honeymoon in was a delegate for Nova Scotia for Amherst. Britain and may have lived there the and the Grove Cottage is believed to until their deaths. It is said that Charlottetown and Quebec con- have been built about 1838, short- Squire (Robert McGowan) Dickey ferences in 1864 for Confederation ly after the property of about 14 would bring a supply of wines of Provinces as well as leader of acres was purchased by Robert and liquors from England to stock the House for three years. Dickey Barry Dickey from John Ward. It the wine cellar of the house. had claimed to be the first to dis- is very possible that the house The structure has hand-hewn cover and promote the use of air was built by R.B.’s father, Robert beams and sills that are mortised as a medium for radio waves. He McGowan Dickey, since Robert and pinned. The original front also brought the Suffrage question McGowan, a wealthy landowner, door, and bell pull, first floor fire- to the Nova Scotia Legislature for is witness to the deed and R.B. places, brass door knobs and Continued on page 15

The Hunter family on the front veranda of Grove Cottage: Olive Doyle Hunter (right), wife, and Eva Grace Hunter (left), daughter, of owner Henry Hunter, a lumber merchant and member of a well-established Cumberland County family, circa 1908-1920. This photograph was given to the Cumberland County Museum by descendants of the Hunter family. September 2005 Page 7 Wentworth: continued from page 6 which is still displayed at every parents, the Rockinghams. On commencement. The college hon- June 13, 1775, the Wentworths fled sometimes plunged into rivers oured him with a Doctor of Laws their home after an angry mob endeavouring to pass on a single degree in 1773 for his contribu- positioned a canon at their front tree; but always somebody or tions to the field of education. door. John would never set foot other pulls me out again, for I Paul Revere rode from Boston on his beloved New Hampshire can’t swim and it is, therefore, the to Portsmouth in December of soil again. more kind of them." 1774 to inform the citizens that the The family escaped to Boston, Hanover, New Hampshire, British Government had ordered with Frances and Charles Mary was selected as the site for a new the Governors to prevent the leaving for England in January of university. Wentworth was one of importation of arms into the 1776 and John arriving in Halifax the founders of the new institu- colonies. Revere was a leader in with a group of Loyalists. Most of tion and responsible for the Royal the Boston Tea Party the year the Loyalists in this group went to Charter from King George III before and had yet to make his England, but John returned to granting the land. The name of famous ride from Charlestown to New York to fight against the Wentworth College was rejected Lexington on the 18th-19th of rebellion. The British defeat at by John in favour of the then sec- April, 1775. Wentworth consid- Sarasota, NY, forced him to return retary of state for the colonies, the ered Revere a rebel and a traitor to England as a Governor-in-exile. Earl of Dartmouth. Wentworth to the Crown. In the middle of He was joined in exile by former presented Dartmouth College this crisis, Frances gave birth to a Governors Thomas Hutchinson of with a magnificent glass punch son, Charles Mary, on January 20, Massachusetts and William bowl for its first commencement 1775, named after his English god- Franklin (the illegitimate son of Benjamin Franklin). John settled into English socie- ty with assistance from Paul Welcome to the Trust: Alexandra Wentworth, a distant relative, whom he had met in 1763. Paul Keay-Murray Alexandra Keay-Murray was a South American plantation owner, a European money market The Trust is pleased to be welcom- expert, fluent in French and other ing Alex Keay as our first full- languages, a gambler and a British time employee. Alex will be spy. In the spring of 1778, he working on raising the Trust’s arranged a meeting near Paris for profile through public relations, John to meet his old class mate, publicity, membership growth, John Adams, and an old friend, and events and activities to culti- Dr. Benjamin Franklin, both of vate public awareness both of our whom were negotiating for the built heritage and the Trust’s support of France during the efforts to preserve it. She brings Revolution by the Colonies. Paul with her considerable experience also arranged a salary for John in communications and public and assumed his debt along with relations with NGOs, in particular, power of attorney. The latter the Canadian Mental Health would become a financial night- Association, as well as a keen mare for John for the next 13 interest in history, built heritage years. and the preservation of historical sites. Alex will be based at the Editor’s Note: Part II of Wentworth Trust’s office in the Church of will appear in the December issue of England Institute (Khyber Arts The Griffin, with John Wentworth’s Building) on Barrington, where appointment as Surveyor General of she will be pleased to answer any "His Majesty’s Woods" in Nova questions members have about Scotia in 1783. the Trust and its activities: phone Bibliography: The Loyalist (902) 423-4807, fax (902) 423-3977, Governor: Biography Of Sir John or email [email protected] co.ca. w Continued on page 9 Page 8 The Griffin - HERITAGE TRUST OF NOVA SCOTIA Message from the President

Review Board following our guests attending. Our gratitude is appeal of the approval of the extended to Bev and Bob Miller, Midtown Tavern development. our long-standing tenants, for Our lawyers did an excellent job having the property looking its in putting our case forward, and best, and to Alex Keay for organ- we are hopeful that the appeal izing the event. will be successful. No doubt the At the June annual meeting we decision will be well publicized welcomed aboard five new Trust and the result should be known members. Thanks are extended to before my next President’s Report. the outgoing members for their One of the issues which the contribution and to the new mem- Trust has been evaluating over the bers for agreeing to take on the past few years is the future of obligations of a board member. Richmond Hill Farm, the property The board makes many important which we own in Windsor. So decisions throughout a member’s Alan Parish, president of the that members of the Trust could term which affect not only the HeritageTrust of Nova Scotia better acquaint themselves with Trust but various communities in the property, the Trust held a pic- the province, and it is important As this issue of The Griffin goes to nic at the Farm on Sunday, that we continue to be able to press, we have not yet received a August 14th. We felt it was quite attract talented and energetic vol- decision from the Utility and successful, with approximately 70 unteers to serve on our board. w

HRM Capital District 2005 Urban Design Awards

The HRM Capital District 2005 Honourable Mention - Niall Public Open Space Design Urban Design Awards presented Savage Architecture, The Music Award of Excellence and People’s Thursday April 28, 2005, Art Room, 6181 Lady Hammond Rd. Choice Gallery of Nova Scotia. a Winner - Public Gardens a Building Design: Restoration Restoration, Vottick McKee Building Design: New Petersmann & Assoc. Ltd. Construction Award of Excellence - Janet Morris for Waldon Squre, 5415-5425 Honourable Mention - Dartmouth Award of Excellence - Niall Portland Place Harbourwalk Trail, Waterfront Savage Architecture, 2330-2340 Honourable Mention - The Henry Development Corp. Ltd. w Creighton St. House Restaurant & Pub, 1222 Portland Place Barrington St. a Wentworth: continued from page 8 Elements and Amenities Wentworth, by Brian C. Award of Cuthbertson (Petheric Press, Excellence - The 1983). Old Triangle Irish Fred Hutchinson is Treasurer of the Ale House Heritage Trust and Editor of the Sidewalk Café, Association of Nova Scotia Land 5136 Prince St. Surveyors’ publication, The Nova Honourable Scotian Surveyor. This article was Mention - Clay originally published in the Fall 2002 Café Façade, 6413 issue of The Nova Scotian Quinpool Road Surveyor. w September 2005 Page 9 Picnic at Richmond Hill Farm,Windsor photos by Sandra Sackett and John Lazier

Page 10 The Griffin - HERITAGE TRUST OF NOVA SCOTIA Picnic at Richmond Hill Farm,Windsor photos by Sandra Sackett and John Lazier

September 2005 Page 11 The Annual General Meeting, June 16, 2005

The 2005 Annual General Meeting arranged by our Board member, Theology Committee in early July was held at the Nova Scotia Katie Cottreau-Robins. It’s a great to discuss the possibility of retain- Museum of Natural History on base to build on for future tours. ing the two houses to the north of June 16, 2005. Trust President, the new road. •Lecture Series: Nancy O’Brien Alan Parish, recapped the Trust’s has again put forth a great effort •HRM’s Regional Planning activities over the past year: to arrange a series of public lec- Strategy: The Region is working •Heritage District on Barrington tures over the fall, winter and on a proposed 25-year plan, and Street: Elizabeth Pacey of our spring of 2004-2005, and we thank we are participating in sessions Board is on the steering commit- her for her efforts. respecting the proposed plan. tee, which has juggled many con- •Economics of Heritage: We are flicting views; Heritage Trust •Voluntary Planning Initiative: looking into a report on the eco- would prefer legislation prohibit- The Province is seeking to devel- nomics of heritage; part of the cost ing demolition of buildings with- op a consolidated cultural and of this has been approved by out Council’s approval.We antici- heritage plan and we are partici- ACOA. pate a public meeting respecting pating in this initiative. this proposed Heritage District on •Richmond Hill Farm: We have •Board Meeting outside of HRM: Monday, June 27, 2005. continued to maintain and carry The Board met on May 28th of out repairs to this property, which •Midtown Tavern Development: this year at the Inverary Inn, requires work on an ongoing The two-week hearing before the Baddeck, and following the meet- basis. To familiarize the member- Public Utility and Review Board ing, representatives of some Cape ship with this property, we are concludes on Thursday, June 23, Breton organizations met with our planning a picnic on Sunday, 2005 with oral submissions by Board to discuss heritage initia- August 14th at the site, near counsel to the three-panel Board, tives and developments in their Windsor, and notices will be supplementing our written argu- region. Our annual Built Heritage mailed with details. We plan tours ment. We give credit to Ron Pink, Awards were presented to two of the house and of the trails lead- acting for the Heritage Trust, for Cape Breton property owners: the ing down to Lake Pisiquid. his exhaustive work on this case Judique Historical Society for under a fixed fee retainer. A deci- •Pine Hill Divinity Buildings: their development of the sion from this Board is expected With the intervention of HRM and Storytellers’ Gallery in a restored in September or October. the cooperation of the developer, miner’s house, and to Werner and the two houses on the south side Gudrun Buchhofer for their •Thornvale Property: Over oppo- of the new road have been saved restoration of the Margaree Lodge sition from the Heritage Trust, the from demolition. We are meeting to an antique shop. developer has submitted a pro- with an Atlantic School of posal for a substantial alteration Continued on page 14 to the property to house a four- condominium addition to this property. The Minister of Tourism, Recreation and Heritage has not yet responded to the proposal. The developer is concerned, and we must agree that a decision either way in a reasonable time is desirable; otherwise the process may discourage registration of more properties. •Heritage Tour: The Heritage Trust arranged a successful tour of properties on Brunswick Street, Halifax on the weekend of May The 2005 HTNS Built Heritage Awards are presented by Trust President, Alan 14th and 15th. The tour was Parish, to Sally Rankin representing the Judique Historical Society (left) and Werner and Gudrun Buchhofer (centre). Page 12 The Griffin - HERITAGE TRUST OF NOVA SCOTIA Citadel view saga continues by Elizabeth Pacey

Along with advocating built her- itage legislation, saving the view from Citadel Hill has been the other most significant legal issue in the history of the Heritage Trust. Our recent and third appeal case is a worthy continuation of the saga to save the view. Since the early 1970s, the Heritage Trust has been involved in efforts to protect the panoramic view from Citadel Hill. In 1974, Heritage Trust and other civic- minded groups called for the adoption of the triangular view- planes. However, it became clear that, if high buildings were built between the viewplanes, impor- Architect’s rendering of the proposed 17-storey Midtown tavern/hotel, centre-left, as viewed from Citadel Hill with Brunswick Street in the foreground. tant sections of the panorama, such as the view of George’s protection system. Halifax City willing to provide written state- Island, could be blocked off. Thus Council responded by adding five ments and to subject themselves several general view protection new specific height control poli- to gruelling questioning and policies were included in the city- cies to the Municipal cross-examination beforetheBoard wide and downtown sections of Development Plan in 1985. because of their belief in the im- the Municipal Development Plan, Currently, armed with a bat- portance of the view from Citadel which was approved after much tery of view protection policies, Hill and the strong policies. public input in 1978. the Heritage Trust has been strug- Expert witnesses for Heritage In 1984, Heritage Trust won an gling against the proposed 17- Trust were historian/author appeal against two view-blockers, storey Midtown tavern/hotel, Judith Fingard, architect/planner 13 and 20 storeys high, that were which would detract from the Doug Miller, economist Lars proposed by ATC Properties Ltd. central harbour view and dimin- Osberg, architect/planner Frank for the corner of Brunswick and ish the prominence of Citadel Hill. Palermo, HRM planner Gary Sackville Streets, where the When three councillors approved Porter, historian/planner Cambridge Suites now stands. the Midtown Tower, Heritage Elizabeth Pacey, and optics/plan- The case was won on the grounds Trust, along with the Federation ner Phil Pacey. Brenda Shannon that the proposed buildings vio- of Nova Scotian Heritage, the represented Heritage Canada as a lated Policies 6.2 and 7.2.1. Policy Peninsula South Community witness for the Trust and Heather 6.2 instructs the municipality to Association, and Paul and Joyce Anne Getson represented the make “every effort” to preserve McCulloch, appealed the decision Historic Sites and Monuments views from Citadel Hill, and to the Nova Scotia Utility and Board of Canada. Judith Cabrita, Policy 7.2.1 states that new build- Review Board. the long-time executive director of ings should reinforce the character During May and June, lengthy the Tourism Industry Association of adjacent heritage buildings. The appeal hearings were held. of Nova Scotia, served as the wit- proposed ATC development “by Lawyers for Heritage Trust and ness for Howard Epstein’s case on its very size” was deemed to be the McCullochs were Ron Pink, behalf of our fellow appellants. “out of proportion” with the adja- QC, and Catherine Meade. Designer Arthur Carter prepared cent historic Academy and Lawyer for the other two appel- the 37-page visual submission for Dispensary buildings. lants was Howard Epstein, MLA. Heritage Trust. Immediately after the positive The appeal case depended not As our lawyers, Ron Pink and decision in the ATC case, the only on the strength of the view Catherine Meade, state in their 81- Heritage Trust played a leading protection policies, but also on the page summation brief: “The role in advocating a stronger view fortitude of witnesses, who were Continued on page 16

September 2005 Page 13 AGM: continued from page 12 port of the members and manage- •Secretary ment by the Board that we are Janet Morris •Employee: The Board has decid- able to be self-supporting. Mr. ed to hire a person to publicize Hutchinson will continue to serve Committee Chairs the Trust and our efforts, and the Trust as Treasurer in the com- •Membership Alexandra Keay was introduced ing year. to the membership. Sandra Sackett a •Newsletter - •The Griffin: A Committee has Report of the Nominating Anthony Lamplugh continued to publish The Griffin Committee on a quarterly basis. •N.S.Communities Peter Delefes, Past President and a Molly Titus chair of the Nominating •Programme Financial Statements Committee presented the Nancy O’Brien Fred Hutchinson, Treasurer, pre- Executive and Board of Trustees sented the Financial Statements for 2005: •NS Governor of for 2004. Both revenue and Heritage Canada expenses for the year slightly Executive: Brenda Shannon exceeded budget figures, but the •President •Projects result was a surplus of $3,033. We Alan Parish John Crace rely heavily on investment income •Vice President (Finance) •Publicity and donations; membership dues Mark Stewart Vicki Grant account for less than 5% of our operating budget. Donations for •Past President •Awards the year reached $30,689; invest- (Nominating Committee/Heritage) Joyce McCulloch ment gain was $74,243. Thanks Peter Delefes •Research were extended to Ian McKee who •Treasurer Kevin Ball manages our investments and Fred Hutchinson •Publications Mark Stewart who reviews the Elizabeth Pacey Treasurer’s activities and who prepared the 2004 statement. We The Town of Members at Large are a non-profit organization Charlottetown Retiring 2006: blessed with financial stability, a Dianne Marshall rarity in today’s society. Our to receive the Deborah Carver assets are reported at $1,122,053, Alan Ruffman which includes our investments Prince of Wales and the Windsor real estate. It is Retiring 2007: only through the continued sup- Prize Colin Campbell David Murphy Ottawa, ON July 28, 2005 – As Note: continued from Page 5 Jonathan Fowler the City of Charlottetown cele- Michael Tavares Truman Layton grew up in Great brates its 150th anniversary, the Bill Turpin Village until he left for university. Heritage Canada Foundation is He met Elizabeth Bishop at her Aunt proud to bestow upon it yet Retiring 2008: Grace’s, a close friend of his mother’s, another accolade, the Prince of Allan Marble some time in the 30s. “I believe that Wales Prize. Established in 1999 James Snowdon at that time she was poet in residence under the patronage of His Jill Robinson at the White House or some position Royal Highness The Prince of Stephen Townsend like that.... Since I was very young, I Wales, this prize honours a Jan Zann have to admit that I don’t remember municipal government for a much about the meeting. I do remem- ber a large, friendly woman. I was exemplary commitment to the Office impressed with her White House preservation of its heritage Alexandra Keay connection!” buildings. Previous recipients a Mr. Layton was in the Elizabeth include Markham, Ontario; Bishop house many times. The Victoria, British Columbia; Saint A motion to approve the minutes Bowers were family friends, and his John, ; Québec of the Annual General Meeting of father ran Layton’s Store next door City; and Perth, Ontario. w 2005 will be made at the Annual for almost 50 years. w General Meeting in June 2006 w Page 14 The Griffin - HERITAGE TRUST OF NOVA SCOTIA Cottage: Continued from page 7 a vote. He made a tremendous contribution to his community, donating land to the town, includ- ing a cemetery, hospital property and large park. Book Launch, Sunday, September 25, It is believed that in the 1850s, 2-4 pm: Deadman’s: Melville Island and when R.B. Dickey was establish- its Burial Ground, by Iris Shea and ing his law practice, the addition Heather Watts, Yacht Club was made to the house with dormers on the second floor for balance. Robert Barry Dickey raised five children in Grove Cottage, and his eldest son took residence in the house while his father was still practising law and sitting in the Senate. James inherited the house in 1903 and made some changes, such as the addition of a Victorian staircase and newel post, an elaborate veranda, and his initials etched on the front door glass. James, an engineer involved in railway development, also became Mayor of Amherst. Henry Hunter, a lumber merchant, purchased the house in New books 1906 and later sold it to the Deadman’s. Melville Island and edition. Nimbus 2005. Caldwell family in 1929. The Its Burial Ground. Iris Shea and Paperbound, 100 maps, $29.95. Caldwell family improved the Heather Watts. Glen Margaret grounds and moved the kitchen to Publishing. $19.95. Plain Modern. The Architecture of its present location and added the Brian MacKay-Lyons. Malcolm current back door entrance. Historic North Sydney. Rannie Quantrill. Princeton Architectural ThomasCaldwellwasSuperinten- Gillis. Images of our Past Series, Books. Paperback. $54.00. dent of the Canada Car Company Nimbus. Soft cover, 150 b/w pho- Prince Edward’s Legacy. The Limited. At some point in time tos, $21.95. Duke of Kent in Halifax: the slate shingled roof was Historical Atlas of the Maritime Romance and Beautiful Buildings. replaced. Provinces, with an introduction Wm. D. Naftel. Formac, October The Historical Society pur- by Joan Dawson. Reprint of Roe 2005. Clothbound, 100 Illustr., 96 chased the house from Betty Bros., Saint John, N.B., 1878 first pages, $29.95. w Burgess, a merchant, in 1981. The building and property were turned over to the Province of Deadman’s, the back cover. Nova Scotia and converted to a County Museum. The garage was transformed into an exhibit room, and the rotting verandah removed. Plans are currently under way to enhance the gardens and grounds. Cumberland County Museum and Archives is open to visitors year round. Admission is $3. w

September 2005 Page 15 More fame for 2006 Built Heritage Awards Great Village A literary discovery is the result of The deadline is fast approaching our attention and maybe our Heritage Trust member Lily Falk's for submissions for the 2006 Built Awards Committee can assist. daily walk to work, when the Art Heritage Awards. Two awards, • Are you in a building trade Gallery was still on Coburg Road. recently resurrected, are granted and know of a meritorious There she noticed the plaque com- annually for excellence in build- building? Bring it to our attention. memorating 19th century artist ing restoration and usually one Building owners must consent to Gilbert Stuart Newton, who was award is presented in the category an application, but we might be cited as the model for the hero in of a home restoration, and one for able to encourage an owner's sub- the 1895 novel, The Master, by a commercial restoration. mission. The buildings may be grand or Israel Zangwill. (See The Griffin, We want the restoration of December 1994.) Except that the modest. They need not be regis- tered. The restoration work buildings in Nova Scotia to come dates don't work. to our attention, and, through our The 1952 plaque, from the should have been completed with- in the past five years. Award Program, to yours. Historic Sites and Monument The award nomination form Board of Canada, is now • Nominate yourself. Although can be downloaded and printed removed, and the youth with the it is helpful to have references from the website: http://www. soul of an artist whose 1860s life from a local historical or heritage HTNS.ca/awards/application, or in a Nova Scotia village is society, this is not necessary. can be requested by mail from the described in the novel, is now • Have you a neighbour or Heritage Trust office. The deadline known to be George Hutchinson, friend who has restored a proper- for entries this year is September who spent his childhood in Great ty and frets about paperwork to 30, 2005. Village. Born in Saint John, the complete an application? Then son of a sea captain, Hutchinson, - Joyce McCulloch, Chair help us by bringing their work to w like Newton, studied at the Royal Awards Committee Academy in London – but fifty years later. He was a noted car- toonist and illustrator of books, including some of Zangwill's, his friend, who never visited Nova Scotia. Lily, the literary sleuth, now HTNS ANNUAL DINNER retired from the English Department at Saint Mary's, will give an illustrated talk on this Thursday, November 17, 6:00 for 6:30 p.m. story to the Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society in November. Lord Nelson Hotel (See "Programs sponsored by other societies".) N.O'B. w SUBJECT: "Polar Bears and Ptarmigans: Downs’ Zoological Gardens, 1847-1872"

Citadel: continued from page 13 SPEAKER: Heather Watts, local historian and co-author with Michèle Raymond of Halifax’s Northwest Arm and appeal is about legacy and stew- with Iris Shea of Deadman’s. Former president of the ardship: the legacy of the historic Mainland South Historical Society. character of , the dominance of Citadel Hill and Tickets in advance from the Heritage Trust office, 423- the views from Citadel Hill, and 4807/ email: [email protected] w the stewardship by City Councillors of that legacy.” We now await the decision that will determine if our legacy will remain intact. w

Page 16 The Griffin - HERITAGE TRUST OF NOVA SCOTIA Notes from a Halifax childhood

G.W.I. Creighton – "Wilfred" – Then "the War to end all Wars" made by Prof. Archibald was born in 1904 when his family changed lives forever, as did the MacMechan in his first English lived on north Gottingen Street. 1917 Halifax Explosion. Halifax, course: "War is the chief occupa- Shortly after, they moved to what which was already the home of tion of mankind". It seemed then is now called Cartaret Street but militia units, saw regiments come to be an excessively pessimistic was then "Oakland Road": pres- and go and battalions raised for view of the world. ent-day Oakland was then the the overseas war. "It was a very wooded road leading to Boutiliers lively city during the war years". (G.W.I. Creighton went on to a long Ferry on the Arm, which took you Dr. Creighton’s memories of walk- and distinguished career with the across to Jollimore Village. ing around after the Explosion, in Nova Scotia government, mostly as Wilfred was the youngest of which six of his relatives died, are Deputy Minister of Lands and six children. His sisters, Lois and still vivid. Like other survivors, he Forests. Now 101, he was the guest Edith, became well-known school remembers the terrible sights and speaker on May 14 at the AGM of the teachers in Halifax, and the family awful smells of dead and injured Halifax Club of CFUW (Canadian lived for most of the century on people and horses. Federation of University Women); LeMarchant Street near South. In From his university days in the speaking without notes about his early days they kept a horse and a 1920s, when he says he was better childhood, as requested, he gave a cow. Dalhousie College was then at hockey that his studies, Wilfred marvellous talk. The notes are ours. only the Forrest Building. Rev. Creighton remembers a statement - NO’B) w Robert Murray owned the Studley campus and the neighbours skat- ed on Murray’s Pond. The Studley Quoit Club, where Heritage for sale: the Shirreff Hall tennis courts are Former stagecoach inn near Truro now, was entitled to fly the white ensign, as was the Yacht Squadron, since Edward VII’s visit in the 1870s. Lively cheers from the crowd were fuelled by "Studley punch", made from a source of spring water on the site mixed with rum. Halifax seemed in those days to be a city of industries – a big cotton factory, Taylors’ shoes, the Hillis foundry, Moirs, the North End sugar refinery, the rail car- riage works, Starr’s world-famous skate factory. Transport was by horse-drawn vehicles and there were electric tram cars. Some harbour-front businesses had their own ships, trading with the West Indies. In 1912, the cable Heritage property for sale in central Nova Scotia. This early 1800s Cape Cod ship, the Mackey-Bennett, came near Truro was formerly used as a stagecoach inn. It has had very few reno- into port with bodies from the vations since being purchased in 1911 by Ernest Putnam, of the Stewiacke Titanic. The Arm was the setting Valley, and has remained in the family since that time. The house stands on for shell racing, regattas, and fire- just over half an acre of land. The main level is 28 by 32, with a “summer works. A student prank resulted kitchen” attached. It has a solid two-foot stone foundation, original floor and in a horse seen looking out a third most walls and ceilings. See Jan Zann’s articles in September 2000 and floor window in the Forrest December 2001 Griffins. For more information, please contact Kathy Putnam, Building. 902-673-2451. w

September 2005 Page 17 Programs sponsored by other societies

Acadian Museum and of meetings, programs, etc., contact September 26-November 26 Tony Edwards, 835-3615. Exhibit: “Footprints in the Snow – Archives Wildlife of Cumberland County” West Pubnico, NS. Contact: 902-762- Charles Macdonald 3380 Cunard Steamship Society September 7, October 12, November 2, Concrete House of Contact: John Langley, Box 427, 7:30-9:30pm Centreville Baddeck, NS B0E 1B0; 902-295-1147; Acadian Kitchen Party, $4/person. 19 Saxon Street, Centreville, NS. www.cunardsteamshipsociety.com Wed., September 14, 12:30 pm Contact: Stephen Slipp, 902-455-0133; Historical Guided Tours: Double www.concretehouse.ca Dalhousie, School of Island and the “aboiteau”; depart Architecture museum 1pm, return for discussion Chester Municipal and lunch. $5/person. 5410 Spring Garden Road Sat., September 17, 1-3 pm Heritage Society Friday, September 16, 7:00 pm. Music & display of carved decoys; Old Chester Train Station or Box 629, “Living Spaces: 21 Contemporary “Lights Along the Shore” Lighthouse Chester, NS B0J 1J0. Contact: Gail Canadian homes”, until 14 October. Festival. $4/person. Smith, 902-275-3266 Tues., September 20, 1-3 pm November Dartmouth Heritage Old Time Music with CBC radio sto- Christmas Craft and Sale last week- Museum Society ryteller Laurent d’Entremont; refresh- end in November Evergreen House, 26 Newcastle Street, ments, $3/person Dartmouth (former home of Dr. Helen Tues., September 20, 7 pm Colchester Historical Creighton). For hours, events, etc., Causerie/Talk on 2nd and 3rd depor- contact: 464-2300. tation, 1758-59; refreshments. Museum Wed., October 5, 11 am-1 pm 29 Yonge Street, Truro, NS. Contact: Federation of Nova Homemade Vegetable Soup - tradi- 902-895-6284; email:colchestermuse- tional Acadian food, $tba [email protected] Scotian Heritage Tues., December 6, 7 pm 1113 Marginal Road, Halifax NS B3H Story time: interactive reading of “Le Cole Harbour Heritage 4P7. For information, contact 423- tapis de Grand-Pré”. 4677/ 1-800-355-6873 or visit Farm Museum http://www.fnsh.ns.ca. Amherst Township 471 Poplar Drive, Dartmouth. Heritage Contacts & Connections is an Contact: Elizabeth Corser, 434-0222 electronic information hub that pro- Historical Society Sat., September 10, 4:30-6:30 pm motes links within the heritage com- c/o Cumberland County Museum, Corn Boil & Ceilidh munity and promotes awareness of 150 Church Street, Amherst. Contact: Sun., October 9 heritage resources. To find expert Barb Thompson, 902-667-2561. Meets Harvest Dinner. Adults $18.00, chil- advice, relevant non-profit resources, six times year, last Tuesday of the dren $12.00. Reservations required. useful web sites, educational opportu- month at 7.30pm, speakers tba. Two sittings: 5:30 & 7:00 pm nities and funding information visit Sun., October 16, 2 pm www.fnsh.ns.ca/hcc. To share your Argyle Municipality Annual Harvest Service, Cole helpful Contacts & Connections, Historical and Harbour Meeting House, 1436 Cole email us at [email protected]. Genealogical Society Harbour Road, atop Long Hill. Training Program Workshops: Everyone is welcome “Marketing on a Shoestring” - Tusket, Yarmouth County. Sun., November 27, 11 am-4 pm September 9, Parrsboro; September 23, www.argylecourthouse.com Christmas Craft and Bake Sale . “Managing Your Computer” - Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Cumberland County November 4, Sydney; November 19, 1723 Hollis Street, Halifax. For details Halifax on hours, admission, exhibitions, lec- Museum tures, films, concerts, tours, etc., 150 Church Street, Amherst, NS. Fieldwood Heritage contact Jeff Grey, 424-2903. Hours, events - contact Barb Thompson, Amherst Township Society Historical Society, 902-667-2561 PO Box 8, Canning, NS B0P 1H0; Bedford Heritage Society Sat., November 5, 12 noon e-mail: [email protected]; 9 Spring Street, Bedford. Dates, times Fundraising Auction http://fieldwoodhs.ednet.ns.ca. Page 18 The Griffin - HERITAGE TRUST OF NOVA SCOTIA Friends of McNabs Island Local Council of Women Memory Lane Heritage Society 989 Young Avenue, Halifax. Village Information: 423-5300. Contact: 434-2254; email: Lake Charlotte, NS Information - con- Notice: George Wright’s 1904 house, [email protected] tact: 902-845-2501, or 1-877-287-0697; can now be rented for special occa- Sat., September 10, 10am email: [email protected]; sions. McNabs Island Paddle and Clean-up website: www.heritagevillage.ca (rain date - Sat., Sept. 17). Information/registration, contact: Lunenburg County Mersey Heritage Society Katelin Ohlsson at 464-1236 Historical Society Contact the Society at merseyher- (evenings) or at [email protected] LaHave Fire Hall, LaHave, NS. [email protected] or call Craig Sun., October 16, 10 am - 4 pm Regular meetings, third Tuesday of Chandler at (902) 420-0040, email: McNabs and Lawlor Islands Fall the month, 7 pm. Contact: Jane [email protected]. For Foliage Tours (rain date - Sun., Oct. Houser, 902-634-3489. schedule updates, visit http://myweb- 23). Groups of more than ten persons September 9-10 page.netscape.com/merseyhersoc/ must pre-register. Space on the boat is Lunenburg House Tour, which will notice.html limited and is available on a First include Mark and Marui Stewart’s September 2005 Come, First Served basis. For more house in Garden Lots (see The Griffin, Tentative tour through Thomas information, contact Carolyn 477-0187 December 2003). Raddall Provincial Park in Port Joli to or visit www.mcnabsisland.ca or view an original homestead site. e-mail: [email protected]. Cost: tba Mahone Bay Settlers October 2005 Museum/Cultural Centre The society is planning the first annu- Friends of the Public al ‘trimming’ of the Loyalist Cemetery 578 Main Street, Mahone Bay, NS. in Port Mouton to keep the bushes Gardens Contact: 902-624-6263 Contact: 425-1057. http://www.halifax- down. We will also finish recording publicgardens.ca Mainland South Heritage burial marker inscriptions. November 2005 Society The Society will present a summary of Fultz House Museum Captain William Spry Community findings from 2005 field work. 33 Sackville Drive, Lr. Sackville, NS; Centre, 10 Kidston Road, , contact: 865-3794/fax 865-6940; e- Halifax. Meets on last Thursday of mail: [email protected]. each month at 7:30 pm; Northwest Arm Heritage www.rootsweb.com/~nsmshs. Association Genealogical Association Contact: Iris Shea, 902-475-3505. Contact: Guy MacLean, 429-9412 of Nova Scotia Sun., September 25, 2-4 pm Book launch: Deadman's: Melville Events in Akins Room, Public Nova Scotia Archaeology Island and its Burial Ground, by Iris Archives of Nova Scotia. Society Shea and Heather Watts, Armdale Contact: 454-0322 Meets at Auditorium of NS Museum Yacht Club of Natural History, Summer Street, Sun., October 15, 2-4 pm Halifax Public Library Halifax, 4th Tuesday of the month, The Society will sponsor a book sign- September-May. Contact: Jeff Turner, Spring Garden Road. Contact: Pam ing event, Deadman's: Melville Island 835-5472; [email protected]. Sullivan, Communications Officer, and its Burial Ground, by Iris Shea and There is no admission charge and the 490-5852; halifaxpubliclibraries.ca Heather Watts, Capt. William Spry talks are open to the public. For more Library Kings County Historical information, contact Craig Chandler at [email protected] or Society/Old Kings Maritime Blacksmiths 420-0040. Courthouse Museum Association Fall 2005, “Underground Halifax” - 37 Cornwallis Street, Kentville, NS. Contact: Barry Allen, 454-2266. Illustrated Talk Series: Monday-Sat., 9 am- 4 pm. Contact: Tues., September 27, 7:30 pm 902-678-6237 or 902-678-6237. Maritime Museum of the “ Archaeology in Halifax Admissions free except where other- Atlantic Regional Municipality”. Speaker: wise noted. Donations welcome. David Christianson, NS Museum Lower Water Street, Halifax. www.okcm.ca Tues., October 25, 7:30 pm Information: 902-424-7490. Permanent Exhibits: The Court Room, “Cart Tracks and Cartographers: The Victorian Parlour, The Acadians, Walking Eighteenth-Century Halifax”. New England Planters Medway Area Heritage Speaker: Danny Dyke, NS Museum Saturdays, September-May Society Tues., November 22., 7:30 pm Monthly Super Saturdays for Kids, 10 Contact: Chris Georghiou, e-mail: “The Original Bridges, Shipwrecks, am-noon [email protected]. and Former Islands of Halifax September 2005 Page 19 Harbour”. Speaker: Gordon Fader, Urban Farm Museum November Bedford Institute of Oceanography Remembrance Society of Spryfield December, for Christmas Society meets the second Monday of Embroidery Samplers from the collec- Nova Scotia Lighthouse every month at the Captain William tion. Spry Community Centre, 7:30 pm. Preservation Society Contact information: 10 Kidston Waverley Heritage Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Road, Halifax, NS B3R 1M8; Patricia Museum 1679 Lower Water Street, Halifax. MacLean, President (902) 477-6087 / 1319 Rocky Lake Drive, Waverley. Contact: 424-7490 e-mail: [email protected] or Donna Contact Annie Smith, 861-2427. Wed., Oct. 26, 7:30 pm. Foley, Vice President, (902) 477-1772 “ Lighthouses”. Sat., September 10 Speaker: Barry MacDonald. Annual Harvest Fair and Plant Sale at Yarmouth County Wed., November 23, 7:00 pm. the farm field, 2-4 pm. Park behind Adult Workshop: Build a model of the Museum/Historical the Capt. Wm. Spry Community Sambro Lightship. Participation limit- Centre and walk up the gravel path- Research Library ed. Fee for materials. Registration: way to our field on your right. 22 Collins Street, Yarmouth, NS. First 423-8034 after October 1. Parking is available off Rockingstone Friday of the month at 7.30 pm: Road for seniors or people with Historical Society Meeting; second Tuesday of each month, 7pm, Parkdale-Maplewood wheelchairs or strollers. Contact Pat MacLean, 477-6087. Armchair Travel Series (admission Community Museum & $3/person) - programs tba; second Fairgrounds Saturday of the month,10 am to noon: Spinners Group - call for locations. Barss Corner, Lunenburg Co., NS. Information: contact Eric Ruff at 742- Contact: Donna Smith, Museum 5539, fax 749-1120, (email: ycmuse- Administrator, [email protected]. [email protected]); website: http://yarmouthcountymuseum.ednet. ns.ca Rockingham Heritage Fri., September 2, 7.30 pm Society Society Meeting – “Lighthouses”. For meetings, venues, program, con- Speaker: Chris Mills tact Carol Worrell, 443-7073 Fri., October 7, 7.30 pm Society Meeting – Society Awards Fri., November 4, 7.30 pm Royal Nova Scotia Society Meeting – Ron Cox will dis- Historical Society cuss his father’s overseas exploits during the Second World War and Contact: Janet Guildford, 454-5200; their subsequent trip to Normandy. Website: nsgna.ednet.ns.ca/rnshs Sat., December 3, 1pm – 5pm Wed., September 21, 7:30 pm Annual Yuletide House Tour & Tea “Wisdom & Welfare: The Nova Fri., December 9, 7.30 pm Scotian Pioneering Career of Social Society’s Christmas Meeting Worker Jane Wisdom”. New and Ongoing Exhibits for 2005: Speaker: Suzanne Morton “Lingerie from the Museum’s Wed., October 19, 7:30 pm Collection”– on display into “The Ross Diaries (Ross Farm)”. Wallace and Area Museum September Speaker: Deborah Trask Open year ‘round. For event details, “A Celebration of the End of the Wed., November 16, 7:30 pm contact: 902-257-2191; email: Second World War” – uniforms and “Nova Scotia as depicted in the 1895 [email protected] costumes on display June through novel, The Master, by Zangwill”. Saturday, October 29 November Speaker: Lillian Falk Halloween “walk in the dark” along “200th Anniversary of the Battle of Wed., December 14, 7:30 pm one of the museum’s trails decorated Trafalgar” – until November TBA with a hallowe’en theme Yarmouth Art Society Group Show – November (date tba) July through October St. Andrew’s Dinner Waterfront Gallery Christmas Show – Scott Manor House and Exhibits: November and December Ft. Sackville Foundation Through October Yarmouth Rug Hookers Christmas 15 Fort Sackville Road, Bedford. Top thirty objects in the museum col- Show – November and December Contact: 835-5368; lection to celebrate the opening of our Other exhibits change regularly. Contact www.scottmanorhouse.ca new museum addition. museum for details. w Page 20 The Griffin - HERITAGE TRUST OF NOVA SCOTIA