Phase I - Halifax Regional Municipality

Archaeological Resource Impact Assessment
Pre-development Assessment
Spring Garden Road/Queen Street Public Lands Plan
Figure 3.2.2-5: A 1934 plan of Grafton Park.
The Memorial Library was built, as the name suggests, in memory of the dead from both
world wars. The building was designed by Leslie R. Fairn and built by Standard
Construction Company Limited. As Figure 3.2.2-5 illustrates, the Library rests squarely
in the middle of the cemetery, so it is surprising that no human remains were reported
during construction of the building. The plan in Figure 3.2.2-6 also confirms Don
Crowdis’ report that the concrete walkway was moved forward to make way for the
building.
An extension was added to the building in 1975, to allow more space for the library’s
growing book collection. 33 A postcard from two years after the opening of the library
shows that little has changed in the past 55 years on the library property (Plate 10).
33 Mail-Star, 25 November 1975.
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