Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Cannon House
Diligent River, Cumberland, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- residence
- Year built
- 1808
- Decade built
- 1800-1809
- Cultural association
- British Colonial
- Notice of registration date
- 21 August 1989
- Civic address
- 10215 Highway 209
- Community
- Diligent River
- County
- Cumberland
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 45.41314, -64.45753
- File number
- Prov_file_106
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David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford LibrariesRoe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet ArchiveRoe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet Archive
4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1879 map "Counties of Westmorland and Albert, New Brunswick (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces)" (David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1879 · Counties of Westmorland and Albert, New Brunswick (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime… (David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries)
- 1879 · County of Cumberland, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, 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)
The Province of Nova Scotia's Registered Heritage Properties dataset ↗
The Province's registration record
Reason for registration
the finely executed exterior detail, especially that of the crisply defined cornice, unusual for a house built in the early 19th century along the Parrsboro Shore and because it has always been in the possession of the Cannon family, one of the earliest to settle in Diligent River.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of Cannon House include:
- one-and-a-half storey wooden construction;
- detailed window and door surrounds;
- cornice;
- three bay front façade;
- central chimney;
-single sash, six-over-six windows;
- wood shingle cladding;
- location in agricultural setting facing the Minas Basin.