Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Crowell-Smith House
Barrington Passage, Shelburne, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- residence
- Year built
- 1815
- Decade built
- 1810-1819
- Builder
- Samuel Osborne Doane
- Cultural association
- New England Planter, Loyalist
- Notice of registration date
- 2 October 1989
- Civic address
- 3271 Highway 3
- Community
- Barrington Passage
- County
- Shelburne
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 43.53886, -65.60713
- File number
- Prov_file_110
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
2 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1828 map "The north eastern coast, North America, New York to Cape Canso (center sheet)" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1828 · The north eastern coast, North America, New York to Cape Canso (center sheet) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1878 · Yarmouth, Shelburne counties, N.S. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
The Province of Nova Scotia's Registered Heritage Properties dataset ↗
The Province's registration record
Reason for registration
its close and long association with the Crowell family of Barrington Township and because it is a fine example of the building art of Samuel Osborne Doane, a well known early 19th century carpenter.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of the Crowell-Smith House relate to its Vernacular style and include:
- three-pane knee windows in the upper storey, under the eaves;
- gable roof;
- wooden cladding;
- entry porch with sidelights;
- return eaves and corner boards;
- double chimney in main section, one chimney in the ell;
- side bay window addition at north side of the house;
- large rectangular windows contain six-over-six panes of glass;
- one-and-one-half storey barn with wood shingles and vertical clapboard.
Nearby in the register
- MacMullen Oil Skin Factoryresidence2 mi
- Old Meeting House (Barrington)museum2 mi
- Sargent-Homer-Nodwell Houseresidence2 mi
- Benjamin K. Doane Houseresidence3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.