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The society was founded in 1874, by Joseph Wilson Lawrence, a furniture maker of Saint John. The early society amassed a significant library of titles and documents significant to the history of the province, however most of this was destroyed in the Great Saint John Fire of 1877. Members of the society have included a number of published ...
Loyalist House is a museum and National Historic Site located in uptown Saint John, New Brunswick, CanadaIt was the home of the prosperous Merritt family, who occupied it from its completion in 1817 until 1958.
Saint John saw major urban development between the 1950s to the 1970s. [35] Following the Second World War, plans were made to improve Saint John by city leaders. According to a 1946 study, Saint John's waterfront area was determined to be one of North America's worst slums. Several parts of the city required improvement, as indicated by ...
This article is a list of historic places in St. John County, New Brunswick entered on the Canadian Register of Historic Places, whether they are federal, provincial, or municipal. While the vast majority of listings are within the city of Saint John , there are a few in outlying rural portions of the county.
The Saint John Jewish Historical Museum in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, preserves and displays the history of the Jewish community in the city of Saint John. The Museum was opened by founder Marcia Koven in 1986. A Jewish Historical Society had already been established in the congregation. [1]
Saint John features multiple museums such as the Hatheway Labour Exhibit Centre, [150] the New Brunswick Black History Society's Black History Heritage Centre located in the Brunswick Square mall, [151] [152] the Carleton Martello Tower, Fort Howe, the Loyalist House, the Saint John Jewish Historical Museum, [153] the Saint John Firefighters ...
Location of St. John the Baptist Parish in Louisiana. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, United States. The ...
By 1992, the museum had outgrown its Douglas Avenue location, and plans were made to develop new exhibition galleries in a central Saint John location. In April 1996, the New Brunswick Museum was opened at Market Square in leased space in uptown Saint John ( 45°16′22″N 66°03′54″W / 45.2729°N 66.0651°W / 45.2729; -66.0651 ...