1897 – New Drill Hall, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Architect: Thomas Fuller, Department of Public Works
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.
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Published September 30, 2009 | Last Updated May 19, 2026
