ANSWERS - ANOTHER BITS 'N BOBBLES
Here ya go!...
1: York Redoubt pipes - One of 4 or 5 pipes that stick up out of the ground at the far south end of the fort. I've posted a quick image of their location below. I couldn't find any information on what their purpose was but I'm assuming that they're ventilation pipes for the tunnels below.
2: Oxford Theatre (1937) - This is one of the now empty, 'Now Playing', poster light boxes at the Oxford on Quinpool.
3: Welsford-Parker Monument (1860) - One of the stone spheres at the Welsford-Parker Monument. The earliest image I could find of the structure was from 1860 but the spheres weren't present in the photo so they must have been a later addition. Stone sculptor George Lang used Albert County sandstone from NB to craft which is now the 4th oldest war monument in Canada . Not much information seems to exist on when the spheres were added.
Fun Fact: The monument was revealed on July 17th 1860 and the July 21st edition of the newspaper Acadian Recorder described the day as 'clear but uncomfortably warm' and said that 'a large assemblage, especially of the fair sex, were present to witness the proceedings'.....them saucy damsels eh, fellas?
4: Garrison Brewing/Immigration Annex Building (1923) - If you're not lucky enough to get a parking spot in the jammed up little parking area right out front of the Seaport Market on Saturdays then you probably recognize one of these lamps along side of the Immigration Annex as you travel down Terminal Rd. to the larger parking lot in front of Pier 22 Pavilion. But let's be honest, before you park there you're going to make one more trip back to see if a spot opened up, right? Cause I five times do.
5: Anchor of CSS Acadia - Retaining it's original engines and boilers as a museum ship these days the Acadia was in service from 1913 until 1969.
Fun fact: it was one of the last vessels in Halifax to have an official "ships cat" onboard for rodent control.
6: If you said the shoreline along Arm Rd. at Point Pleasant Park then you're correct. If you said "Hey cool! That's my house!" then....um....If you're in the market though it's right here:
https://www.google.ca/maps/place/44%...7!4d-63.574103
7: Elmwood Apartments - This is one of the peaks of the Elmwood roof overlooking Barrington St. It was originally built in 1826 as a one-and-a-half story house then expanded and converted into a hotel in 1896. Nowadays it`s apartments that seems to be on and off the demolition chopping block.
8: St. Mary's Glebe House (1881) on the corner of Barrington and Spring Garden Rd. This is not the first Glebe House on that site though. The original was a wooden structure built in 1802 and became the forerunner of St. Mary's University.
9: This is the hanging porch lantern above the door at the Waverley Inn (1876) on 1266 Barrngton St. The original owners were Edward W. Chipman and his wife Mahala in 1867. When Chipmans dry-good business began to fail the house was obtained by two sisters - Jane and Sarah Romans in 1870. They built an addition on the back and in 1876 turned it into The Waverley Hotel. It wasn't until years later that it became the Waverley Inn.
Fun fact: poet Oscar Wilde has a room named after him there.
10: Oxford Taproom - These are the lights above the entrance to the new 'Oxford Taproom' on Quinpool. Apparently the original projector is on display as well as the original speakers and safe. Oh, and 16 beers on tap because honestly, that`s all you really wanted to know after reading 'Oxford Taproom', right?
11: The bells at Fort Needham Memorial Tower
12: Carleton Hotel (1867) at 1669 Argyle St. - Although it wasn`t part of the original building the simple green & white trim around the Carleton is a pretty recognizable feature of the hotel. Before it was a hotel though it was a mansion belonging to Richard Bulkeley that was built in 1760. His original mansion, which is now the front door of the hotel, is actually built into the current structure. I've posted an image below to show how it fits into the current structure. Pretty cool, eh?
13: Gazebo at Point Pleasant - This is the middle support post for one of the gazebos at Point Pleasant Park. Both were purchased from the Walter Macfarlane Foundry in Glasgow, Scotland and were donated to the park by William P. West in 1881.
14: Public Gardens - Benches in front of the Bandstand along Petite Allee.
Fun fact: The Memorial Bench program allows individuals and organizations the opportunity to commemorate a person, place, or event to one of the benches in the park. For a donation of $2,000 the Public Gardens will maintain a bench in honor of the recipient for 10 years. Bonus point if you don't like your boss and you now plan to commemorate their name onto a bench so people can put their asses all over it for the next decade. I like your style. Make that 2 points.
15: Fort Massey United Church (1870) at 1181 Queen St - This is one of the decorative roof pieces along Tobin St.
16: Shield of Customs House Lions - This is the fish that's on the shield/coat of arms of the left lion if you're looking north down Granville Mall. I got curious doing this though as to what the fish symbol means. Most web sites echoed the same definition that "they are symbols of prowess and fortitude. They are also symbols of the forces of industry and science and emblems of the Christian faith of the bearer, especially in early coats of arms. A fish represents a true, generous mind and one who is virtuous of himself, not because of his heritage". Source:
http://vandenart.weebly.com/uploads/...ms_symbols.pdf
17: Grain Elevators - I`ll be honest in saying I haven`t a clue as to what these pipes on the grain elevators do. I`m really curious as to what their purpose is but I wasn't able to find any information on them. I did however find an interesting little summary on the Port of Halifax`s website about storage capacity, processing speed, shipping/receiving, etc. here:
https://www.portofhalifax.ca/facilit...rain-elevator/
18: Garden South Park Inn (1877) at 1263 South Park St. - Ha! I bet you said York Redoubt, right? Besides being a stretch to guess, this lock & chain are also the most insignificant pieces of Halifax history you'll ever look at. If you're on foot though with a keen eye for useless objects then you may have noticed this pair hanging off of the ironstone fence that's beside the Inn. Judging by the rust they've been there for a while but their 'claim to Halifax fame' is probably nothing more than being an old lock & chain for a gate. The Heritage Designation lists the Inn as originally being called Hilton Hall (1877) and it does show on Plate H of Hopkins Atlas but besides that I couldn't find much in the way of interesting information. To give some perspective on their location though I've posted an image below as this seems like something the crowds will be running out to photograph and see for themselves.
ANSWER #1 - YORK REDOUBT - LOCATION OF PIPES
Source:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...0191571%29.jpg
ANSWER #12 - CARLETON HOUSE
Image Source:
http://www.gfduffusandco.ca/Carleton.htm
ANSWER #18 - LOCK & CHAIN
Souce: My image
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) but I feel that Halifax has scores of this type of architecture around the city. Some of these I'll say are a bit of a stretch but what the heck, this is just for fun....and they're not all buildings. Can you match the place/building to one of it's unique features?
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