1910 – RAIC Ideas Competition for National Tower, Halifax

In March 1910 an architectural competition for a National Memorial Tower to commemorate the establishment of self-government in Canada, under the auspices of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, was made in the March number of Construction magazine. This proposed tower was to be erected on the North West Arm at Halifax on an elevation of ninety feet above sea level. Since it was purely a patriotic undertaking, no money prizes were named, but the RAIC. offered a gold medal for the first prize, a silver medal for the second prize, and a bronze medal for the third prize design. The assessors were Professor P. E. Nobbs, of McGill University, Montreal; F. Spence Baker, President of the R.A.I.C, and Mr. Frank Darling, of the firm of Darling & Pearson, Toronto.

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