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This use to be the location of St. Peter's Catholic Church, now St. Mary's Basilica.

This little known church (St. Peter's) was the first Roman Catholic church built in Nova Scotia, in 1783. Up to 1783, there was a public statute stating that no Roman Catholic could hold a public post, nor could the Roman Catholic church own land or erect houses of worship. This law was repealed in 1783. A block of land was subsequently purchased (running up the north side of Spring Garden Road from Barrington Street to Grafton Street) and a small, wooden frame church was built and completed on July 19, 1784. This church was later replaced by St. Mary's Basilica.

St. Mary's Basilica was built in Halifax in the area once known as Horseman's Fort, situated close to the south gate of the city's palisade. It was constructed in 1829. It was known at that time to have the tallest polished granite spire in the world. Most of the funds required for purchase of the land and the construction of this church were loans from the Charitable Irish Society and from Indian chiefs in the area.

It still has the tallest granite steeple in North America.