Nova Scotia Archives
Lunenburg by the Sea
Commercial and Public Buildings
In 1896 a local newspaper, the Lunenburg Argus (W.A. Letson, editor) produced a 'booster' publication titled Lunenburg by the Sea. A typical product of its time, the booklet promoted local businesses and fostered civic pride with lots of community photographs and its boast that Lunenburg "presents an attractive appearance with handsome public buildings, substantial residences, large and substantial warehouses and wharves." The compiler also noted that "there are many large retail stores whose plate-glass fronts and immense stocks evidence the enterprise and solidity of its business and the affluence of its citizens."
Lunenburg's past and present 'handsome' public buildings include the Post Office and Customs House (ca.1895; demolished in the 1950s), the first Lunenburg Courthouse (ca.1775), the Town Hall and Courthouse (1891-93), the Bank of Montreal building (1907) and the Masonic Temple (1923).
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Business Ledger, J.M. Anderson & Co., Grocers
Date: July - September, 1890
Reference: J.M. Anderson & Co. Business Ledgers Nova Scotia Archives MG 3 vol. 1847 p.95
Invoice, John Lindsay repairs Rectory, St. John's Church, Dufferin Street/Facture, epicerie Newtown, rue Dufferin
Date: 29 July 1887
Reference: Lunenburg: Churches: St. John's Rectory Repairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 100 vol. 180 p.6h
"J. Joseph Rudolph's Dry Goods Establishment"
Date: ca. 1896
Reference: Nova Scotia Archives Library VF vol. 135 no. 32
"O.A. Cossman, Dealer in Choice Groceries and Provisions"
Date: ca. 1896
Reference: Nova Scotia Archives Library VF vol. 135 no. 32
"W.A. Zwicker, Gents' Furnishing Emporium"
Date: ca. 1896
Reference: Nova Scotia Archives Library VF vol. 135 no. 32
"George W. Silver, Dry Goods"
Date: ca. 1896
Reference: Nova Scotia Archives Library VF vol. 135 no. 32
"S.A. Rounsefell, Drugs and Fancy Goods"
Date: ca. 1896
Reference: Nova Scotia Archives Library VF vol. 135 no. 32
"Peter H. Ross, Groceries, Provisions and Crockeryware"
Date: ca. 1896
Reference: Nova Scotia Archives Library VF vol. 135 no. 32
Berringer's Restaurant
Date: ca. 1900
Reference: Bailly Family Nova Scotia Archives 1985-562 no. 2 / negative FP/DN1429
Birch & Clark, Custom Tailors
Date: ca. 1900
Reference: Bailly Family Nova Scotia Archives 1985-562 no. 140 / negative FP/DN1434
Store interior, Lunenburg
Date: ca. 1900
Reference: Bailly Family Nova Scotia Archives 1985-562 no. 43 / negative FP/DN1375
Royal Bank of Canada under construction
Date: ca. 1906
Reference: A. Silver Nova Scotia Archives no. 8