Village of Canterbury

Posted on May 8, 2017April 26, 2020 by MyNB

The Village of Canterbury was established in 1825 and named Howard Settlement after Sir Howard Douglas (1776-1861), Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick from 1823-1831. It was renamed Canter... Read More

Old Government House

Posted on February 22, 2017April 26, 2020 by MyNB

The first public building in Fredericton, the Governor’s House was not a public building at all. Governor Carleton at first lived and met his council in the British American Coffee House when he... Read More

Belmont

Posted on July 11, 2016April 27, 2020 by MyNB

John Murray Bliss, lawyer, militia officer, office holder, politician, colonial administrator, and judge was born 22 Feb. 1771 in Massachusetts, the only child of Daniel Bliss and ... Read More

Somerville House

Posted on August 28, 2013February 7, 2020 by MyNB

The site and manor, located at 238 Waterloo Row in Fredericton, known as “Somerville House” have gone through many changes and incarnations in their long life. The property was purchased b... Read More

McCord Hall UNB Fredericton

Posted on July 22, 2013February 8, 2020 by MyNB

McCord Hall located at the east entrance of the Sir Howard Douglas Hall (Old Arts Building UNB Fredericton), was once used as the University’s ice house. The nineteenth-century structure was restore... Read More

Lieutenant-Governor’s Office

Posted on May 20, 2013May 26, 2020 by MyNB

Although it might be difficult to believe today, this house began soon after 1800 as a simple five-bayed house much like that of 750 Brunswick Street in Fredericton without the roof dormers. It remain... Read More

UNB Old Arts Building

Posted on May 18, 2013February 9, 2020 by MyNB

The building that housed King’s College is now known as Sir Howard Douglas Hall (formerly the Old Arts Building) and is the oldest university building in Canada still functioning as a working part o... Read More