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Today, Trinity Royal, Saint John's Heritage Preservation Area,
recalls memories of an earlier age as it celebrates a resplendent
nineteenth century architectural legacy. But for most of the city's
history the streets and building stock of present-day Trinity
Royal contained the commercial and residential apex of Saint John.
On June
20, 1877 the day of the Great
Fire, and a pivotal date in the architectural history
of the city, most of Saint John and virtually all of its prominent
public buildings, commercial sites, and elite residences were
destroyed. A little over 100 years later, in 1982, the city
of Saint John designated the post-fire rebuilt area bounded
by King, Charlotte, Harding and Prince William Streets, and
including a portion of Water Street as well as properties
fronting on Queen Square and part of King Square, as the Trinity
Royal Heritage Preservation Area. [See
the Trinity Royal map]
The Great
Fire's physical devastation of the city's built environment
may be gauged from a contemporary map. [See the Stewart map] Similarly,
written accounts, offer a glimpse at the significant role of buildings
as permanent, and perhaps ethereal, repositories of individual
and collective memory.
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