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Halifax City Hall seen from Barrington Street.

Halifax City Hall is home to Halifax Regional Council in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Located on Duke Street, the building was designed by Edward Elliot and erected ibetween 1887 and 1890. It is one of the oldest and largest public buildings in Nova Scotia. It is a plaqued National Historic Site. Halifax Regional Council is the governing body for the Halifax Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia. ... Motto: Template:Unhide = E Mari Merces (Wealth from the Sea) Logo: Location City Information Established: April 1, 1996 Area: (former city) 79. ... 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. ... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ... National Historic Site is a designation for a protected area of historic significance. ...

The building is of cream and red sandstone, designed in an eclectic, monumental style. It features granite construction on the ground floor and in the tower. The seven-storey tower with clock faces on the north and south sides. The northern face of the clock, visible in the photograph, is fixed at four minutes past nine to commemorate the Halifax Explosion of 1917. For red sandstone see: Old Red Sandstone New Red Sandstone This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... In 1917, the waterfront areas of the City of Halifax in Nova Scotia, Canada and its neighbouring community of Richmond, along with the waterfront area of the cross-harbour town of Dartmouth were devastated when the French Merchant ship Mont-Blanc, charted by the French government to carry munitions, collided... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ...

Council sits every second Tuesday.

History

Halifax City Hall seen from Argyle Street.

The building sits at the northern end of the Grand Parade, an historic parade square dating from the founding of Halifax in 1749. In the nineteenth century, Dalhousie University was situated on the site, and for many years, the town and later city council argued for the public use of the site. Finally, a compromise was engineered by the then Premier of Nova Scotia Sir William Young to facilitate turnover of the site. The Province gave money to the university to erect a new building and the city granted the university a five acre parcel of land elsewhere in the city to permit the university to expand. The university building was demolished to make way for the new structure and timbers from the old building were incorporated into the new one. Grand Parade, Harringay, London, N4 is a row of Terraced mansion houses on the east side of Green Lanes, between Harringay Station and the junction of St Anns Road, Tottenham. ... Events While in debtors prison, John Cleland writes Fanny Hill (Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure). ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dalhousie University is a university located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. ... Sir William Young (8 September 1799 – 8 May 1887) was a Nova Scotia politician and jurist. ...

Today the building is too small for most civic work. Most functions are in support of Councillors and the business of government occurs in other buildings, mainly Duke Tower (across the street) and Alderney Gate in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Scotia Square is a large commercial development in Downtown Halifax, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. ... Ferry running between Halifax and Dartmouth, docked at Dartmouth Ferry Terminal. ...

External links

• Official history
• Panoramic view of Halifax City Hall and Grand Parade
• Sources of stone used