Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Cossit House
Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- museum
- Year built
- 1787
- Decade built
- 1780-1789
- Cultural association
- Loyalist
- Notice of registration date
- 11 July 1983
- Civic address
- 75 Charlotte Street
- Community
- Sydney
- County
- Cape Breton
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 46.14338, -60.19796
- File number
- Prov_file_10
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3 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1764 map "L'Isle Royale, Située a l'Entrée du Golphe de Saint Laurent" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1764 · L'Isle Royale, Située a l'Entrée du Golphe de Saint Laurent (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Eastern Half of Nova Scotia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sydney, Canada. Coal Resources of the World. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
The Province of Nova Scotia's Registered Heritage Properties dataset ↗
The Province's registration record
Reason for registration
property's association with the Rev. Ranna Cossit. One of the founding settlers of Sydney, Cossit played a key role in the political development of the independent colony of Cape Breton Island. This building, which is also believed to be the oldest home in Sydney, also pre-dates 1812.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of the exterior of Cossit House include:
- building form and massing of the Neo-classical style;
- rubble stone foundation;
- gable roof;
- six-over-six wooden windows;
- small six pane arrangement windows on upper storey.
Nearby in the register
- Jost Housemuseumunder 1 mi
- St. Patrick's Churchmuseumunder 1 mi
- Kennedy Houseresidenceunder 1 mi
- St. George's Anglican Churchchurchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.