Type House Country Canada Completed 1834 Opened 1834 | Address 1222 Barrington Street Current tenants Granite Brewery Owner John Metlez Province Nova Scotia | |
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Town or city Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia Similar Government House, Little Dutch (Deutsch) Church, Prince of Wales Tower, St Mary's Basilica, St Paul's Church | ||
Henry House is a two-and-a-half-storey stone house located on Barrington Street in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. The house is designated a National Historic Site of Canada, and is both a Provincially Registered Property and a Municipally Registered Property under the provincial Heritage Property Act.
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Map of Henry House, Halifax, NS, Canada
History
The house was built in 1834 for John Metlez, a well-known Halifax mason and landowner. The house is primarily known for its association with William Alexander Henry, a prominent native of Halifax who resided in the house with his family from 1854-1864. Henry was a Father of Confederation, a co-author of the British North America Act, a provincial Attorney General,a Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, a Mayor of Halifax and the first Nova Scotian to serve as a justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
Since 1968, the house has housed a number of restaurants and is currently the location of Halifax's well known 'The Henry House Restaurant & Pub'.
It was designated a National Historic Site in 1969.
Architecture
Henry House has a gable roof, and has ashlar granite facades with ironstone on the gable ends. The architecture is generally representative of a typical style used in early 19th-century British North America for elite residences. In particular, it is an excellent example of the Halifax House style, a design brought to Nova Scotia by Scottish masons and characterized by three bays and a side hall plan.