Canadian Historic Sites: Occasional Papers in Archaeology and History No. 9

Halifax Waterfront Buildings: An Historical Report

by Susan Buggey

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22 Aerial view of the Halifax waterfront about 1965. (Halifax Photo Service Ltd.)

23 A section of the "Panoramic view of the City of Halifax Nova Scotia 1879." Pickford & Black's wharf is the long one above the steamer in the foreground. (Public Archives of Nova Scotia.)

24 Letterhead of the firm of Pickford & Black, 188— (Pickford & Black Co. Ltd. Halifax.)

25 The Pickford & Black Building as it appeared about 1890. (Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax.)

26 A sketch of Pickford & Black's office, about 1900. (Plan of the City of Halifax, comp. F. W. W. Doane [Halifax: McAlpine Publishing Co., n.d.].)

27 The interior of Pickford & Black's office before renovation, about 1902. (Pickford & Black Co. Ltd. Halifax)

28 The interior of Pickford & Black's office after renovation, about 1910. (Pickford & Black Co. Ltd. Halifax.)

29 The interior of Pickford & Black's office, 1930. (Pickford & Black Co. Ltd. Halifax)

30 The Pickford & Black Wharf, about 1895. In the foreground are Collins' Warehouse and Pickford & Black's atone warehouse; nearer the harbour are the Red Store, with William Chisholm, sign, and the wooden warehouse which burned in 1904. Beyond is the western end of a long freight shed.

31 Black Brothers' Wharf adjoining the Pickford & Black Wharf to the south, about 1900. The Red Store appears on the right. (Pickford & Black papers. Fire investigation before Stipendrary Magistrate George H. Fielding, 1904. Public Archives of Nova Scotia.)

32 William A. Black, of Pickford & Black, owned the controlling interest in the Fastnet after 1892. The north and east sides of the Red Store appear near the centre; on the right is the Wooden Store and on the left a long freight shed. In the background the wooden warehouse with sail loft is visible on the south side of the wharf. (Pickford & Black Co. Ltd. Halifax.)

33 This view illustrates the bustling activity of the Pickford & Black Wharf, about 1900. (Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax.)

34 View of the Pickford & Black Wharf from the east after the fire in September 1904. (Pickford & Black Co. Ltd. Halifax.)

35 Harry Mathers, of H. Mathers & Son, in front of the Carpenters' Shop, 1911. (I. H. Mathers & Son Ltd., Halifax.)

36 Burned cotton unloaded from the SS Sowwell, 1913. The upper portion of the Carpenters' shop shown here stands directly above the section which appears in Fig. 35. (I. H. Mathers & Son Ltd., Halifax.)

37 The eastern extremity of the Pickford & Black Wharf. The view shows the typical wharf construction of piles, timbers and joists. (I. H. Mathers & Son Ltd. Halifax.)

38 The eastern section of the Pickford & Black Wharf at its greatest length. (I. H. Mathers & Son Ltd., Halifax.)

39 Collins' Bank and Warehouse as it appeared about 1900. (Victor Ross, Bank of Commerce, vol. 1, opp. p. 52.)

40 The Red Store as it appeared in February 1914, after an unusually heavy snowstorm. (I. H. Mathers & Son Ltd. Halifax.)

41 Tracing of the plan of the roof agreed upon by William Clark and Ends Collins in 1854 to connect the Simon's and Collins' stone buildings. (PANS microfilm copies of the Halifax County deed books, bk. 109, fols. 146-8.)

42 A sketch of the Simon's Building, about 1887. (Our Dominion, p. 102.)

43 The Simon's Building as it appeared about 1909. (The City of Halifax, p. 85.)

44 View of Water Street as the north end of Bedford Row (from a postcard), about 1885. (Louis W. Collins, Halifax.)

45 Dwyer's Wharf, upper Wharf Street, late 19th century. (Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax.)

46 Samuel Cunard's office and warehouse, upper Water Street, before 1917. (Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax.)

47 Cronan's Wharf: top, late 19th century; centre, early 20th century; bottom, 1966.

48 Morse's Teas, opposite the head of the Pickford & Black Wharf, 1925. (Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax.)

49 Aerial view of Halifax waterfront, 1929. The arrow indicates the Pickford & Black and Central wharfs. (National Air Photo Library, Ottawa, A1953/17.)

50 Aerial view of Halifax waterfront, 1929. The arrow indicates the Pickford & Black and Central wharfs. (National Air Photo Library, Ottawa, A1953/49.)

51 Aerial view of Halifax waterfront, 1929. The arrow indicates the Pickford & Black and Central wharfs. (National Air Photo Library, Ottawa, A1238/26.)

52 Aerial view of Halifax waterfront, about 1930. The Pickford & Black and Central wharfs lie on the extreme right side of the photograph. (Public Archives of Nova Scotia.)

53 Aerial view of Halifax waterfront, 1931. The arrow indicates the Pickford & Black and Central wharfs. (National Air Photo Library, Ottawa, A3766/49.)

54 Aerial view of Halifax waterfront, after 1938. The arrow indicates the Pickford & Black and Central wharfs. (Nova Scotia Communications and Information, Halifax.)

55 Aerial view of Halifax waterfront, 1947. The arrow indicates the Pickford & Black and Central wharfs. (National Air Photo Library, Ottawa, A12676/301.)