Dominion Public Building

The Dominion Public Building is an Art Deco-style office building located in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Completed in 1936, it served as the central post office for the City of Halifax and housed various other government offices.

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Type: Government office
Description: historic building in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Address: 1713 Bedford Row, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 1T3

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Maritime Museum of the Atlantic and Province House.

Maritime Museum of the Atlantic

Museum

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The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic is a maritime museum located in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The museum is a member institution of the Nova Scotia Museum and is the oldest and largest maritime museum in Canada with a collection of over 30,000 artifacts including 70 small craft and a steamship: the CSS Acadia, a 180-foot steam-powered hydrographic survey ship launched in 1913. Maritime Museum of the Atlantic is situated 110 metres southeast of Dominion Public Building.

Province House

Public building

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Province House in Halifax is where the Nova Scotia legislative assembly, known officially as the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, has met every year since 1819, making it the longest serving legislative building in Canada. Province House is situated 110 metres west of Dominion Public Building.

Art Gallery of Nova Scotia

Art gallery

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The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia is a public provincial art museum based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The art museum's primary building complex is located in downtown Halifax and takes up approximately 6,200 square metres of space.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include North End and Hydrostone.

North End

Suburb

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The North End of Halifax is a neighbourhood of Halifax, Nova Scotia occupying the northern part of Halifax Peninsula immediately north of Downtown Halifax.

Hydrostone

Neighborhood

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Hydrostone is a neighbourhood in the North End of the Halifax Peninsula in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. It consists of ten short parallel streets and is bordered by Duffus Street to the north, Young Street to the south, Isleville Street to the west and Novalea Drive to the east. Hydrostone is situated 3 km northwest of Dominion Public Building.

Tufts Cove

Suburb

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Tufts Cove is an urban neighbourhood in the community of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is situated on the eastern shore of Halifax Harbour in the North End of Dartmouth. Tufts Cove is situated 3½ km northwest of Dominion Public Building.

Dominion Public Building

Categories: historic building, building, office, and government building
Location: Halifax, Halifax Region, Nova Scotia, Atlantic Canada, Canada, North America
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Latitude

44.64815° or 44° 38′ 53″ north

Longitude

-63.57204° or 63° 34′ 19″ west

Levels

Wheelchair access

yes

Open location code

87PRJCXH+75

OpenStreetMap ID

way 98486226

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

office=government

Wikidata ID

Q5291067

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