Government House Review

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Government House

  • Address: 1451 Barrington St., Halifax, NS | Map It

Fodor's Review:

Built between 1799 and 1805 for Sir John Wentworth, the Loyalist governor of New Hampshire, and his racy wife, Fannie (Thomas Raddall's novel The Governor's Lady tells their story), this house has since been the official residence of the province's lieutenant governor. It's North America's oldest consecutively occupied government residence, because the older President's House (the White House) was evacuated and burned during the War of 1812. Its construction, of Nova Scotian stone, was engineered by a Virginian Loyalist, Isaac Hildrith. The house, which has been restored to its original elegance, isn't open to the public.

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