The Halifax Court House is a historic building in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia. Its main section was completed in 1863, with the east wing, built in 1930, being the newest portion. The Italian Renaissance style building was designed by William Thomas, a Toronto architect who created prominent structures across Canada, and built by George Lang.
The building was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1969.[1] It was also listed as a Provincially Registered Property under Nova Scotia's Heritage Property Act in 1983.[2]
Nova Scotia Supreme Court sat for the first time in the newly built Halifax County courthouse on Spring Garden Road in October 1860 and continued using it until 1960 when the building temporarily became the Provincial Library and then the home of the Provincial Court in 1971. The most recent renovations to the building were completed in 1985.
- ^ Halifax Court House National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
- ^ Old Halifax Court House. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 9 February 2013.