I thought I would start this thread after catching up on the
Noticed In Nova Scotia blog. Lately he has been posting a bunch of old photos that he has taken since the early 1960s, most of which were taken in Halifax. There are a lot of buildings in those photos that are now gone that I've either never seen, or don't remember paying any attention to.
One blog post, however, got my attention this morning. It's not in Halifax, but there was this old house near Avonport that, for some reason, I have always noticed as I drove by it... it seemed to have a presence that drew me in. It is discussed in
this post, and it is relevant to this thread because it was torn down in December.
Before I read the post, it was just an interesting old house, but now I realize that "parts of the home probably dated back to the 1760s, and that during the 19th century it was a stage coach inn". When I think of it in that context, it takes on a whole new significance to me, imagining the early days of traversing Nova Scotia, which mostly happened by rail on the old DAR, or by roads that were rough, unpaved, often muddy and rutted, or completely snowy and frozen. It occurs to me how an hour's drive for us today would have been 1 or 2 days of rough travel on these old roads in a stagecoach or on a wagon. An inn such as this probably would have seemed like an oasis in the desert for the weary traveller.
Just wondering if anybody else has had buildings that became significant to them mostly after they were gone.
Edit: A couple of links with more info about the property and its demolition.
https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=7996
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scot...ova-scotia-heritage-demolition-1.5836148
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