Endangered Schoolhouses: The Rise and Fall of the “Palace Schools” of Nova Scotia
When: Tue., June 26, 7 p.m. 2012
Paul W. Bennett speaks of the “palace schools” that bear testimony to a stately Victorian and Edwardian architectural tradition in Canada. They are endangered, currently at the mercy of cost-conscious, modernizing school boards, left abandoned and now falling apart or dependent upon the generosity of new owners.