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Construction on the central building of the Provincial Court House of Nova Scotia was completed in 1860, just a few years before Confederation. It was designed in the Classical Revival style by Toronto-based architect William Thomas (1799-1860).

Many of the key barristers and Supreme Court judges who practiced here supported Confederation. Liberal Party member Jonathan McCully (1809-1877) was appointed to the Nova Scotia Supreme Court in 1870. McCully was initially wary of a unified British North America, but he later converted wholeheartedly to the Confederation cause after attending the Charlottetown Conference in 1864. His support got him fired as an editorial writer for the Morning Chronicle newspaper, but he continued his support in the Unionist and Halifax Journal newspaper.

Date: 1908

Reference: Halifax Public Libraries Postcard Collection Halifax Central Library HPL-PC-0053

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