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The Griffin a Quarterly Publication of Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia March 2018 Volume 43 No. 1 ISSN 0384 7335 The Griffin A Quarterly Publication of Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia 4 LECTURE Defending the Great Long Harbour − Halifax’s Built Military Heritage During the First World War John Boileau 8 MILITARY HERITAGE Cambridge Military Library, Halifax Peter F. Dawson 10 HERITAGE HOME Das Ältestes Haus: Lunenburg’s Oldest (80-82 Pelham Street) Paula Kinley Howatt 14 RESCUED AND RE-USED Mantel Tales Lyndon Watkins 16 LECTURE & EXHIBITION Halifax, City of Sadness and the White Star Connections Blair Beed March 2018 1 REPORT The Griffin President’s Report A quarterly newsletter chapters and places warrant recognition published by too; in many cases their historical mean- Heritage Trust of ings are manifold. Nova Scotia More growth in recognizing heritage Patron: value has come from an organization His Honour known as Project Bookmark. This group The Honourable Arthur J. LeBlanc, was recently in Halifax to acknowl- ONS, QC, edge the literary contribution of Hugh Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia MacLennan’s book, Barometer Rising, by commemorating a site associated Editorial Committee with the book. The mandate of Project Donald Forbes, Melanie Ballard, Bookmark does not limit it to landscapes Dulcie Conrad, Michal Crowe, associated with real stories but includes Peter Delefes, Donna McInnis, imagined ones as well. With two of its Nancy O’Brien, Tony Edwards, last six “bookmarks” being Bluenose Scott Smith (ex officio) sites (the other was Alistair MacLeod’s, Contributors to this issue No Great Mischief, in Port Hastings) and Blair Beed, John Boileau, Joe Ballard no shortage of further candidates, we’ll Michelle Davey, Peter Dawson, expect this group to be busy expanding Paula Kinley Howatt, It may have gone unnoticed for many its Can-Lit trail in this province. Minette Murphy, Lyndon Watkins Nova Scotians, but we are expanding One realm still largely unrecog- Layout: Douglas Porter our sense of what can or ought to be nized by built heritage advocates in our Printers: etc. Press Ltd recognized as having heritage value. province is culinary. Perhaps it is time Earlier this year, the Government of we give a nod to a place associated with Unless otherwise indicated, Canada announced designations of 17 Pictou County’s brown sauce or Halifax’s the opinions expressed in these pages are those of the new persons, places, and events of na- donairs. Food is a huge part of how visi- contributors and do not tional significance; Nova Scotia was the tors want to experience local culture. We necessarily reflect the views of big winner with 7 of 17 (or 8 if we claim are late to the table in this respect, but it Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia. Ozias Leduc for his fresco work at St Nin- is time to pursue municipal or provincial We welcome submissions ian’s, Antigonish). This increased scope, designation for places linked to our culi- but reserve the right to edit which looks at persons and events, nary heritage even if the related timeline for publication. Contributions rather than just places, serves to expand is not extensive. appear in both print and the heritage narrative beyond architec- The intersection of legend and web editions. tural details. We see our new $10 bill landscape also offers an opportunity to Deadline for the next issue: bringing attention to segregated spaces broaden the scope of what is perceived May 1, 2018 and a people’s perseverance in the face to have heritage value. ‘Grandmother’s Please send submissions to of racism. Pushing the envelope further, Cooking Pot’, that area of bubbling Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia Americans have begun to designate the salt water near Partridge Island; or the Box 36111 Spring Garden RPO sites of former slave markets. In Gibson ‘Rejuvenating Pew’ in Truro’s Victoria Halifax NS B3J 3S9 Woods, Kings County, a former segre- Park, where twenty years of aging can be [email protected] www.htns.ca gated school has just received a large rolled back, are two singular examples of Tel: 902 423-4807 investment from ACOA to help trans- places with folkloric meanings and asso- Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia form that humble landmark into an edu- ciations that are begging for recognition. is a charitable organization. cational tourism destination. For several An expansion in the scope of what we All donations are tax creditable. decades during the last century, school identify as having heritage value, what- inspectors could recommend separate ever form that identification takes, will rooms or buildings for “different sexes be beneficial for all heritage assets, not or different colours,” and Gibson Woods just those that are formally recognized. Cover image: Twins, by Minette Murphy, 2016, was one place where such powers were In this part of the world, a rising tide pen and diluted marker on paper, 9” x 12” (cour- exercised despite racial integration be- doesn’t just lift all boats; it also means tesy of the artist) ing widespread at the time. Troubling one is no longer stuck in the mud! 2 The Griffin • Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia ARTIST Minette Murphy Brick House on Mitchell, by Minette Murphy, 2016, pen on paper, 9”x12” (courtesy of the artist); this is the house at 2 Mitchell Street on which there was an article in The Griffin, September 2016 Minette Murphy is an architecture student from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her interest in heritage was sparked when she noticed more and more beautiful historic buildings being torn down in the city. She began documenting these buildings through drawing as a way to keep their memory alive. Minette hopes to bring attention to Halifax’s decaying urban fabric, and to incite outrage at the destruction of the city’s heritage. In addition to this documentation project, Minette has more recently begun doing commissions of private residences. [email protected] Shed [Halifax], by Minette Murphy, 2016, pen and diluted marker on paper, 5.5”x8.5” (courtesy of the artist) March 2018 3 LECTURE Defending the Great Long Harbour − Halifax’s Built Military Heritage During the First World War John Boileau This article is highly abbreviated from speaking notes for the lecture Col. Boileau delivered to the Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia on 19 October 2017. This lecture considers the evolution of military built-heritage in Halifax and its part in the defence of “the great long harbour” during the First World War. We begin with the role of Halifax as an out- post of empire from its founding in 1749 until the last Imperial troops departed in March 1906. The British left behind many valu- able buildings and facilities, among them the Citadel, Royal Artillery Park, ‘Enemy alien’ internees, Halifax Citadel, ca 1917 (Nova Scotia Archives, Notman Studio Collection no. 47, scan 199900095) Wellington Barracks, Bellevue House, Ad- miralty House, and the Dockyard, as well as several forts and batteries, all of which Some felt the city had been hurt more Garrison Regiment and the Royal Artil- were turned over to the Dominion than helped by being a garrison town, lery departed Halifax aboard the liner government. Canada was now respon- but others tacitly accepted it as part of Canada, along with 123 women and 318 sible for a larger share of its defence, the cost of maintaining the community’s children. The very last British troops to an expense that the new country had prosperity. leave were the Royal Engineers. In March largely avoided previously. The officers entered into the city’s 1906, they marched from Royal Artillery high society, such as it was, their pres- Park down Sackville Street and onto a Admiralty House … and Bellevue ence was eagerly sought, and they pro- waiting troopship to the strains of Will Ye House … witnessed teas and garden vided a large part of Halifax’s upper-class No Come Back Again? As we know, they parties, banquets and balls activities. In spacious official mansions, never did. Ironically, in a reversal of roles, the resident Royal Navy admiral and it was Canadians − over a million strong Halifax had profited greatly from British Army general entertained lavishly. − who went to Britain’s aid during two the continued British military presence, Admiralty House on Gottingen Street World Wars, most departing through the with merchants, tradesmen, and farmers and Bellevue House at the corner of Port of Halifax. reaping the benefits of catering to this Queen Street and Spring Garden Road market. Businessmen entertained naval witnessed teas and garden parties, ban- Imperial Military Properties Left and army officers with oriental lavish- quets and balls. It was at functions such to Canada ness, hoping for lucrative contracts. as these that many a Halifax maiden met Haligonians were also very conscious her future spouse, as British officers were A plaque attached to a low cement of the cosmopolitan look that large highly sought-after as husbands for the wall between the Maritime Centre and numbers of sailors and soldiers gave daughters of the city’s ‘best families’. St Matthew’s Church marks the loca- the city, which many felt elevated and The Army in Halifax in the 19th tion of British Army headquarters. The refined the tone of Halifax society. On century was concentrated in two areas: HQ was located in the former home of the other hand, the seedier side of life in various barracks in and around the a Halifax resident, Robert Noble. From in a garrison town often showed itself Citadel and, after 1860, at Wellington 1862 until the departure of the British in the dissipation of sailors and soldiers Barracks on the site of today’s Stad- Army in 1906, this was the headquarters as well as incidents of public brawling.
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