Digby Courthouse Celebrates 100th Anniversary
On Friday June 19th, the Judges and staff at the Digby Justice Centre celebrated the 100th anniversary of the courthouse. To mark this milestone in the history of the Courts of Nova Scotia, a commemorative plaque was unveiled, mounted to the right of the main entrance.
Opened in 1910, the courthouse was built on the same site on Queen Street where the original Georgian-style structure was. The first courthouse had become inadequate by the turn of the century. It had , itself, been built to compensate for the loss of the courthouse in near-by Annapolis Royal which had been destroyed by fire in 1836. Prominent architect Leslie Fairn, fresh from designing the King’s County courthouse in Kentville, drew up the plans for the current building.
The Digby Justice Centre features castle-like rounded turrets, topped with a conical roof, at each corner. The main courtroom features a two-tier public gallery and the scales of justice carved into a wood panel above the Judge’s bench. The building also once housed the county council chambers but now only houses the Justice Centre.
Some photographs from the 100th anniversary celebration ......
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From left to right: ~ Judge John Nichols (retired), Nova Scotia Provincial Court ~ Justice Patrick Duncan, Nova Scotia Supreme Court ~ Judge Jean-Louis Batiot, (retired) Nova Scotia Provincial Court ~ Justice Charles Haliburton, Nova Scotia Supreme Court |
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Judge John Nichols and Justice Charles Haliburton admire the new addition to the Digby courthouse |
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Judge John Nichols (retired) was appointed to the Nova Scotia Provincial Court in November of 1972. He presided in the Digby courthouse, the one in Annapolis Royal and another in Litle Brook through his career. |
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