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Originally Posted by ns_kid
It’s easy to see why the railway would need to expand elsewhere. That was a pretty crowded terminal. I’ve always been curious exactly where the original station was and whether it was repurposed after North Street Station opened. But it’s not clear to me from that map. I’ve only seen I think two (very poor) photos of the first Halifax station.
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I'm curious about the original station as well, and think it must appear on that atlas map, as 1878 (atlas date) was the year the new North Street station opened. Thus the old station would still be in existence.
On the wikipedia page for the North St station, the old station is described as follows:
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The first railway station in Halifax was built by the Nova Scotia Railway in 1854 at Richmond, Nova Scotia. A large wooden structure, it consisted of an enclosed train shed covering one track and platforms with series of wings for the ticket offices, waiting rooms and a lunch room and saloon. The station was functional and without ornamentation as well as inconveniently located two miles from downtown Halifax, connected by a horse-drawn street railway.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Street_Station_(Halifax)
Therefore, from the atlas posted, I would think the old station is the unlabeled building that shows one track going inside (or beside, under an awning type affair) the building halfway, and is located nearest the roadway for connection to the street railway. The building nearest Mulgrave Park seems to fit that description.
Unfortunately, the street railway is not shown on those maps though probably not necessary for this purpose.
Incidentally, in a description of the Halifax Explosion damage found on NS Archives, they described Richmond Yard Station as being "blown to atoms"...
https://novascotia.ca/archives/MacMechan/archives.asp?ID=35
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