Street Views and Buildings

Theses photos have been posted on our Facebook page. You can view the entire Street Views and Buildings album on Facebook by clicking here or click on one of the photos below to be brought to the Facebook post for that photo.

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We're still working on identifying this building and would appreciate help! This style of storefront is used a few times…

Posted by Mahone Bay Museum on Saturday, December 15, 2018


The back of this photo says, “Construction of Zwicker building now part of Bill's store”.

Posted by Mahone Bay Museum on Saturday, December 8, 2018

A streetview of unknown event taken near the location of the cenotaph on Main Street. We've seen similar photos that…

Posted by Mahone Bay Museum on Thursday, December 6, 2018

This style of house with the symmetrical two windows on each side of a centred door (with glass panes above the door) is…

Posted by Mahone Bay Museum on Tuesday, December 4, 2018

Which Mahone Bay street do you think is on this postcard?

Posted by Mahone Bay Museum on Tuesday, November 27, 2018

This streetview should look very familiar! The Bank of Montreal (on the left) hasn't changed much. The back of this tinted postcard has correspondence dated July 4, 1913.

Posted by Mahone Bay Museum on Sunday, November 25, 2018

We have seen many different copies and versions of this photo over the years but we FINALLY have our very own original…

Posted by Mahone Bay Museum on Saturday, November 24, 2018

Beautiful postcard with streetview of Main Street. Our Manager and Curator recognized the second house on the left. Do you recognize it?The girls in the foreground have not been identified.

Posted by Mahone Bay Museum on Friday, November 23, 2018

Someone gave us these two great photos of the F.S. Crossland Service Station!In 1929, Freeman Crossland built this…

Posted by Mahone Bay Museum on Thursday, November 22, 2018

Do you recognize this house? The back says "Mabel & Doris Crouse" but we're not sure where this house is/was located. Most of the homes in this Marie Best collection have been from Blockhouse area.

Posted by Mahone Bay Museum on Monday, March 12, 2018

We've put this photo in our street views and buildings album but we're hoping someone will recognize the woman as well as the house. From her dress, we think this was taken around 1945-1955.

Posted by Mahone Bay Museum on Thursday, February 22, 2018

We're trying to identify this house based on the church next to it behind the trees but have not found a matching…

Posted by Mahone Bay Museum on Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Seems like a good day to post this streetview! (For those of you not in Mahone Bay area, we woke up to some snow this…

Posted by Mahone Bay Museum on Sunday, February 18, 2018

Although the faces of the people in the car are too blurry to be able to identify them, we decided to scan this photo to see if someone might recognize the house behind them!

Posted by Mahone Bay Museum on Friday, February 16, 2018

Update: This house has been identified by one of our Facebook followers as the Albert Ernst house on Mines Road in…

Posted by Mahone Bay Museum on Wednesday, January 31, 2018

We're hoping someone will recognize the location of this photo based on the houses in the background. We can zoom in if…

Posted by Mahone Bay Museum on Friday, December 29, 2017

We've been very pleased with the number of photos of houses our Facebook followers have been able to identify for us! We…

Posted by Mahone Bay Museum on Friday, December 29, 2017

Update: Someone in the comments has suggested this house is #33 on Highway 324 (across the street from the post office)…

Posted by Mahone Bay Museum on Thursday, December 21, 2017

Another unidentified house that we're hoping someone will recognize!

Posted by Mahone Bay Museum on Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Isn't this a great street view from someone's garden? We are hoping the community can help us pin point the exact…

Posted by Mahone Bay Museum on Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Does anyone recognize this house? Possibly located in Blockhouse?Update: Identified as 602 Highway 325, Blockhouse NS in the comments. Thank you!

Posted by Mahone Bay Museum on Friday, December 15, 2017

We've had great luck identifying buildings and street views lately thanks to our Facebook followers! Let's keep the ball…

Posted by Mahone Bay Museum on Thursday, December 14, 2017

Do you recognize this building?Update: Thanks to our Facebook followers, we now know that this building was previously…

Posted by Mahone Bay Museum on Thursday, December 14, 2017

We have two different street views taken at nearly the same (currently) unknown place! Does the store front in the back look familiar? We've zoomed in on the buildings and their signage.

Posted by Mahone Bay Museum on Wednesday, December 13, 2017

One of our Facebook followers has identified this house! Thanks to her comment, we've identified this house as 477 HWY 325 in Blockhouse.The photo was developed in Blockhouse around the 1940s.

Posted by Mahone Bay Museum on Wednesday, December 13, 2017

All the rain from yesterday really puts this photo into perspective! Does anyone remember this flood from 1958? The…

Posted by Mahone Bay Museum on Thursday, December 7, 2017

Group of people in front of the Lutheran Parsonage (built in 1890’s)

Posted by Mahone Bay Museum on Friday, March 31, 2017

Front view of J.B. Millett’s Hotel/ Laurie House with lots of people and three horses c.1905

Posted by Mahone Bay Museum on Friday, March 31, 2017

We believe this is the unveiling of the war monument (cenotaph) during Empire Day celebrations with Lieutenant-Governor MacCallum Grant and Ned Harris. May 24, 1923

Posted by Mahone Bay Museum on Friday, March 31, 2017

A.C. Zwicker's Business was located on the corner of West Main Street and what is now Orchard Street. This might be…

Posted by Mahone Bay Museum on Friday, March 31, 2017

This building should look very familiar for anyone living in the area! Super Service Gas Station was located at the corner of Edgewater and Maint Street. This photo was taken in 1930.

Posted by Mahone Bay Museum on Friday, March 31, 2017

"Westhavers Light": Another great postcard in our collection. Notice the reference to "Mahone, NS" instead of Mahone Bay, NS.

Posted by Mahone Bay Museum on Friday, March 31, 2017

Rectory of the St. James Anglican Church c.1930

Posted by Mahone Bay Museum on Friday, March 31, 2017

Another view of the town from our collection. You can see the three steeples of the churches. c.1920

Posted by Mahone Bay Museum on Friday, March 31, 2017

Dominion Public Building, also known as our Post Office, designed by architect Thomas Fuller in 1935.

Posted by Mahone Bay Museum on Thursday, March 30, 2017

Postcard with view of Oakland Rd c.1925.

Posted by Mahone Bay Museum on Thursday, March 30, 2017

Half-tone postcard of the old Town Hall and unknown celebration c.1920

Posted by Mahone Bay Museum on Monday, March 27, 2017

Angeline (sometimes called Angelina) Zwicker, the wife of Charles A. Zwicker, is standing at the back gate. You can see…

Posted by Mahone Bay Museum on Saturday, March 25, 2017

This hill was at the top of Clairmont Street and gave a great view of the town. It was called Spion Kop Hill. Many other…

Posted by Mahone Bay Museum on Friday, March 17, 2017

This is a half-tone postcard c.1915 in our archival collection. You can see the old Mahone Bay School, now the The…

Posted by Mahone Bay Museum on Wednesday, March 8, 2017

Someone has written on the back of this photograph that this is Allan Strum’s Oil Clothes Factory (with Charles and Will…

Posted by Mahone Bay Museum on Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Our photo collection also includes many postcards. This particular one is labeled "Baptist Parsonage, Mahone Bay NS".

Posted by Mahone Bay Museum on Monday, February 27, 2017

This photograph of the lighthouse on Westhaver's Island from our collection has "August 1942" written on it.

Posted by Mahone Bay Museum on Wednesday, February 22, 2017

This photo of the Royal Hotel was featured in our "Then & Now" comparison (which you can view here:…

Posted by Mahone Bay Museum on Saturday, April 4, 2020

This c.1904 photo is of the Laurie House/ J.B.Millett's Hotel. The building is still standing at 493 Main Street. See a …

Posted by Mahone Bay Museum on Wednesday, April 1, 2020

The home owners with their pet bird and cat posing in front of 60 Pleasant Street in Mahone Bay. This photo was featured…

Posted by Mahone Bay Museum on Monday, March 30, 2020

This building, which may have been a barber shop, does not appear to be standing anymore. It used to be located on Main…

Posted by Mahone Bay Museum on Sunday, March 22, 2020

Can you spot the turkeys? This view from the side of this house (identified in the comments by one of our followers as…

Posted by Mahone Bay Museum on Saturday, March 28, 2020

This building, which may have been a barber shop, does not appear to be standing anymore. It used to be located on Main…

Posted by Mahone Bay Museum on Sunday, March 22, 2020

Streetview c.1891 of the "A.C. Zwicker" business (which is no longer standing but was previously located near the corner…

Posted by Mahone Bay Museum on Thursday, March 5, 2020

Unfortunately, this building is no longer standing due to a fire. It used to be located near the present day Emergency…

Posted by Mahone Bay Museum on Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Have some information about one of the photos here? Contact us by emailing info@mahonebaymuseum.com with the photo’s accession number (usually marked on the corner of the photo) and the information you have about the people or places in these photos.