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In the years of 1900-1902 the Superintendent became quite concerned over the lack of treatment facilities which were being offered, and he questioned why it was any wonder that 55% of the patients coming to the hospital had remained insane, and it was not rather a marvel that so many had recovered under conditions so unfavourable. He stressed the need for a small admission building, planned very differently from the present hospital building into which a new patient could be received without being at the very outset compelled to associate with others in various stages of mental degradation, and without being made to feel that he is but one of a vast community in which the share of attention he can receive is very much smaller than that which he feels his case demands.
 
In the years of 1900-1902 the Superintendent became quite concerned over the lack of treatment facilities which were being offered, and he questioned why it was any wonder that 55% of the patients coming to the hospital had remained insane, and it was not rather a marvel that so many had recovered under conditions so unfavourable. He stressed the need for a small admission building, planned very differently from the present hospital building into which a new patient could be received without being at the very outset compelled to associate with others in various stages of mental degradation, and without being made to feel that he is but one of a vast community in which the share of attention he can receive is very much smaller than that which he feels his case demands.
  
1855 saw construction of the large Kirkbride plan Main Building which was completed in sections by 1874.
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In 1952, the newly constructed EC Purdy building was completed. This was known at the time as the Admissions Building or the South Unit.
  
Additional land was purchased just south of the Main Building and the MacKay House in order to build a new South Unit that would would have its own view, and not block the view of the Main Building, of the Halifax Harbour.  
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In 1968 a nurses residence, Simpson Hall, was opened.  
  
Near the end of World War II, the hospital administration started to plan for an additional building which would be named the Admissions Building. In 1952, the cornerstone was laid, and it was opened in 1958.  
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Named after one of the hospitals founders, Hugh Bell, the Hugh Bell Central Services Building opened in 1974. It features a full service kitchen and cafeteria, pool, gymnasium, library, and houses the maintenance shop.
  
The MacKay house was changed from the superintendents residence to a Childrens unit in 1965. In 1968 a nurses residence, Simpson Hall, was opened.
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The boiler plant and laundry services facility were housed in one building. The laundry services facility was contracted to also provide services for other hospitals in the district in Halifax and rural areas, including the [[Cole Harbour Rehab]]. In 1976, the boiler plant was expanded to provide capacity apart of a contract for the newly constructed Dartmouth General Hospital which was built across the street from the Nova Scotia Hospital.  
 
 
Central Services Building opened in 1974. It features a full service kitchen and cafeteria, pool, gymnasium, library, and houses the maintenance shop.
 
 
 
Due to a increased demand in adolescent care, the MacKay house was replaced by multiple single floor cottages starting in 1975 with the Marshall Treatment Centre which was named after Dr. Clyde Marshall, a prominent figure at the site in the mid century. The construction of the Marshall Treatment Centre was followed by the Princess Alexadra and Murray MacKay units in 1976.
 
 
 
The boiler plant and laundry services facility were housed in one building. The laundry services facility was contracted to also provide services for other hospitals in the district in Halifax and rural areas, including the [[Halifax County Regional Rehabilitation Centre]]. In 1976, the boiler plant was expanded to provide capacity apart of a contract for the newly constructed Dartmouth General Hospital which was built across the street from the Nova Scotia Hospital.
 
 
 
In 1984, the site changed the names of all buildings and dedicated them to past employees, doctors, and superintendents. The first building, the Main Building, also known as the North Unit, was renamed the DeWolf Building after James R DeWolf the hospitals first superintendent. The Admissions Building, constructed in 1958, was named EC Purdy, after Elanor Purdy who was the Superintendent of Nursing on site during the 1950s and 1960s. The Nurses Residence was named Simpson Hall after Victor Simpson, the site administrator from the mid 1960s until 1983. The Central Services Building was renamed to Hugh Bell, after the cofounder of the Nova Scotia Hospital.  
 
  
 
1992 saw the construction and opening of the new 'Extended Care Facility' named Mount Hope Building.  
 
1992 saw the construction and opening of the new 'Extended Care Facility' named Mount Hope Building.  

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