1897 – New Drill Hall, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Architect: Thomas Fuller
Designed in a weighty Romanesque Revival Style and built of red rough faced sandstone. The principle façade is distinguished by its troop door surrounded by a large round arched window and flanked by conical topped stairtowers. Its pioneering use of a series of Fink trusses to create a large interior space with no columns or walls made it revolutionary, and is today the oldest surviving example of such a building.
Published September 30, 2009 | Last Updated January 31, 2013