- Address
- Buildings 77, 78 and 79 HMC Dockyard Terrace
- Type
- Residential Facility
- Designated
- 1988
Dockyard Terrace
In French: Terrasse du Chantier naval
Also known as Buildings 77, 78 and 79 , Dockyard Terrace Residences
Buildings 77, 78 and 79 HMC Dockyard Terrace, North End
A historic house is usually a private one; the street is the place to see it from.
About Dockyard Terrace
Dockyard Terrace is one of 5 Recognized Federal Heritage Buildings in North End. Construction of Dockyard Terrace is recorded as 1815–1816. Its design is credited to Royal Engineers. 3 other places on the registers stand within 400 m.
Set on a sloping site in a landscaped park, the Dockyard Terrace, also known as Buildings 77, 78, and 79, stands within Her Majesty’s Canadian (HMC) Dockyard in Halifax, part of the Halifax Dockyard National Historic Site of Canada. An elegant, gable-roofed two-storey structure, it is distinguished by a symmetrical, tripartite façade clad in vinyl siding intended to recall its original wood construction. The designation is confined to the footprint of the building.
From the Canadian Register of Historic Places, Dockyard Terrace · Open Government Licence – Canada · the register’s own words, unchanged
The federal government rates the heritage buildings it owns as Classified or Recognized.
Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 20 minutes
North End · about 1.2 km on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Dockyard TerraceStart here
- 2Halifax DockyardNational Historic Site · 200 m on
- 3St. Patrick's Church, HalifaxProvincially Registered Property · 400 m on
- 4Little Dutch (Deutsch) ChurchNational Historic Site · 300 m on
- 5Jonathan McCully HouseNational Historic Site · 200 m on
1 within 300 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Questions about Dockyard Terrace
Can you visit Dockyard Terrace?
As a home it is probably lived in, so it is best seen from outside.
When was Dockyard Terrace built?
Its register puts the building of Dockyard Terrace at 1815–1816.
What is Dockyard Terrace?
Dockyard Terrace is a Recognized Federal Heritage Building, designated in 1988.
Is Dockyard Terrace protected?
While the federal government owns it, changes go through its heritage review.
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada (Parks Canada).
Sources: Parks Canada, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations · Canadian Register of Historic Places (federal extract) · Wikidata (CC0) for map points, other names and articles.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).