Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Jeremiah Calkin House
Grand Pre, Kings, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- residence
- Year built
- c.1768
- Decade built
- 1760-1769
- Builder
- Jeremiah Calkin
- Cultural association
- New England Planter
- Notice of registration date
- 16 June 1989
- Civic address
- 210 Old Post Road
- Community
- Grand Pre
- County
- Kings
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 45.10466, -64.30424
- File number
- Prov_file_102
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
Roe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet ArchiveDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesRoe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet ArchiveDavid Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1878 map "Lunenburg Co., N.S." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1878 · Lunenburg Co., N.S. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1879 · County of Kings, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (Roe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet Archive)
- 1879 · County of Hants, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (Roe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet Archive)
- 1879 · County of Colchester, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries)
- 1879 · Counties of Westmorland and Albert, New Brunswick (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime… (David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries)
The Province of Nova Scotia's Registered Heritage Properties dataset ↗
The Province's registration record
Reason for registration
it is one of the oldest known buildings erected by the New England Planters, and because it has been so well restored by the present owners who saved it from being demolished.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of the Jeremiah Calkin House include:
- two-storey wood construction;
- post and beam construction;
- gambrel roof;
- five bay facade;
- triangular dormers;
- two large chimneys on each end.
Nearby in the register
- Stewart HouseB&Bunder 1 mi
- GowanBraeresidenceunder 1 mi
- Borden Houseresidenceunder 1 mi
- Covenanter Churchchurchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.