St. John's has many historic buildings. This picture is of the Newman Wine Vault. Newman port wine was stored here until the 1990's. It is the only existing historic wine vault in Newfoundland and Labrador housed in one of St. John's oldest buildings(cir.
1700's).







Colonial Building, home of Newfoundland legislature and public market house, cir. 1836.









St. Thomas Anglican Church--1836--oldest church in St. John's.








Basilica Cathedral St. John the Baptist, cir. 1841-1855. It is built of Irish and Newfoundland bluestone and granite and took 14 years to build.

This is Cabot Tower(cir.1897) on Signal Hill in St. John's. They have been signaling from this sight since 1704. The French and British fought over this location for 7 years because of it's view over the Narrows. In WWI and II there were gun batteries here. Marconi, in 1901, received the first trans-Atlantic wireless signal from the site.




The Tattoo at Signal Hill.







The Tattoo at Signal Hill.