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Originally Posted by Darkoshvilli
Im surprised the Atlantic cities don't have a building from the 17th century.
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Halifax was only founded in 1749, but it is kind of interesting in that it was a major planned settlement for the time, so it immediately had thousands of residents. There is a nice collection of buildings from the 1700's, but nothing from before 1749. Saint John is similar but it popped up around the time of the American Revolution. St. John's only numbered in the hundreds of permanent residents prior to 1750, and it seems like stone construction was less popular there. Add in the periodic wars that were happening around the entire region and it is easy to see why few buildings from that period have survived.
The primary town in NS before 1749 was Annapolis Royal. It was one of the first areas in Canada to be permanently settled (1605), but it changed hands repeatedly. They have houses from the early 1700's. Avondale, NS has one from 1699, which was before Britain gained control of mainland NS. Port Royal has buildings from the 1600's (similar to the "habitation" at Quebec City) but they are reconstructions, not originals. The reconstruction was built in 1939 so it is almost a heritage building itself.
The main barracks in Louisbourg were supposedly the largest building in North America when they were built in the 1720's, but the current building is a reconstruction:
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This one was supposedly built in 1699 in what is now Avondale, NS (about a 50 minute drive north of Halifax). If the story is correct then this is likely the oldest house outside of Quebec:
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Another interesting one, White-Irwin House in Shelburne, NS built in 1784. Back then, this town's population was 10,000. It's another example of a town that popped up out of nowhere when Loyalists decided to settle there after the American Revolution. Today, less than 2,000 people live there.
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