Hill, Henry George

HILL, Henry George (1805-1882)
(biography in preparation)

(works in Halifax unless noted)

ROBIE STREET, villa for David Caldwell, c. 1840 (Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia, Founded Upon a Rock, 1967, 84-5, illus. & descrip.)
GRAFTON STREET, a school for Mr. Munro, 1842 (Nova Scotian [Halifax], 2 June 1842, 171)
GRANVILLE STREET, building for T. and E. Kenney, 1842 (Nova Scotian [Halifax], 1 Sept. 1842, 275)
GOTTINGEN STREET, at Albro Street, villa for John Whidden, 1842 (Nova Scotian [Halifax], 1 Sept. 1842, 275; 5 June 1843, 182, advertisement for building lots 'adjoining the cottage owned and occupied by John Whidden')
GOTTINGEN STREET, residence for Mr. Billing 'in the neighbourhood of the Admiral's residence', 1844 (Nova Scotian [Halifax], 13 May 1844, 162)
HOLLIS STREET, at Salter Street, row of four houses for George N. Russell, 1846, and later called Compain's Hotel (Journal [Halifax], 2 Nov. 1846, 3, descrip.)
ORDNANCE YARD, stone wharf wall, 1848 (dwgs. at PANS, Hill Coll.)
PROVINCE HOUSE, Hollis Street, interior alterations and new gallery, 1849 (N.S., House of Assembly, Journal and Proceedings, 1850, Appendix 52, 188)
TEMPERANCE HALL, Starr Street, 1849; burned 1899 (Nova Scotian [Halifax], 28 Aug. 1848, 278; 19 March 1849, 94)
WESLEYAN CHAPEL, Grafton Street at Blowers Street, 1851 (Nova Scotian [Halifax], 16 June 1851, 186, descrip.)
BRUNSWICK STREET, residence for Henry G. Hill, architect, 1854 (Mail-Star [Halifax], 9 March 1973, 3)
ACADIAN HOTEL, Granville Street, major addition, 1854 (British North American [Halifax], 27 Sept. 1854, 2)
(with Brenton De G. Marshall) CITY PRISON, Rockhead Farm, Gottingen Street, 1856-58 (British Colonist [Halifax], 24 April 1856, 1, t.c.; Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia, Founded Upon a Rock, 1967, 102-03, illus.; dwgs. at PANS)
H. D. FROST BLOCK, Granville Street, 1855 (Acadian Recorder [Halifax], 15 Dec. 1855, 2)
BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, Hollis Street, new facade and extensive alterations, 1857 (Nova Scotian [Halifax], 7 Dec. 1857, 1, descrip.)
DEAF AND DUMB INSTITUTE, Gottingen Street near North Street, 1857; demol. 1895 (Report of the Provincial Museum, 1929-30, 37; P. Blakeley, Glimpses of Halifax, 1949, 137)
BRUNSWICK STREET METHODIST CHURCH, additions and alterations, 1857 (Nova Scotian [Halifax], 12 Oct. 1857, 2; 15 Feb. 1858, 1, descrip.)
DOULL & MILLER BUILDING, Prince Street at Hollis Street, 1859 (Halifax Morning Sun, 30 Nov. 1859, 2)
MORAN STREET, two houses, perhaps for William Robinson, 1860 (Nova Scotian [Halifax], 26 Nov. 1860, 7, advert.)
DRILL SHED, major addition, 1866 (Nova Scotia, House of Assembly, Journal and Proceedings for 1866, 1867)
ASYLUM FOR THE INSANE, Pleasant Street, Dartmouth, major addition with repairs and improvements, 1866 (Evening Express [Halifax], 21 Nov. 1866, 2, descrip.; Nova Scotia, House of Assembly, Journal and Proccedings for 1866, 1867, Appendix 4, Board of Works, 22)
LAWLOR'S ISLAND, Halifax Harbour, Quarantine Station with two hospitals and a convalescent shed, 1871-72 (Halifax Reporter, 13 Sept. 1871, 3, t.c.; Canada, Sessional Papers, 1873, No. 6, Appendix 20, 145)