WIP · World in Pocket

St. Patrick's Church, Halifax

Halifax, CA

St. Patrick's Church, Halifax

St. Patrick's Church is an historic Roman Catholic parish church on Brunswick Street in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The parish was founded in 1843 and the Gothic brick and granite church was opened in 1885. It is registered as a Provincial Heritage Building (2010), a Halifax Regional Municipality Register

ed Heritage Property (1989) and has been listed by Canada's Historic Places since 2008. St. Patrick’s Church is also listed at the National Trust for Canada in their Top 10 Endangered Places List: 2008. It was served by the Society of Jesus. The church has the oldest Casavant organ still in use in Canada. It is the only three-manual instrument built with pneumatic action that is still in its original condition in Canada today.

Listen to the audio guide for St. Patrick's Church, Halifax Free on WIP — starts by itself when you arrive, even with the screen off

Nearby