Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Layton's General Store
Great Village, Colchester, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- commercial
- Year built
- 1860
- Decade built
- 1860-1869
- Notice of registration date
- 2 October 1989
- Civic address
- 8681 Highway 2
- Community
- Great Village
- County
- Colchester
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 45.41640, -63.59995
- File number
- Prov_file_111
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David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, 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 LibrariesRoe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet Archive
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1879 map "County of Colchester, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces)" (David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1879 · County of Colchester, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries)
- 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 Cumberland, 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)
- 1879 · County of Kings, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (Roe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet Archive)
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The Province's registration record
Reason for registration
as far as is known, is the oldest general store of the traditional type left in the Province and with little alteration to its exterior and because it has been owned and operated continuously since 1870 by members of the Great Village Layton family.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements relating to the Greek Revival style of Layton's General Store include:
- all original elements of the exterior main façade;
- wooden detailing around the door and windows;
- transom above the door;
- four applied column details of the front façade;
- cornices surrounding the set back gable end;
- large windows on either side of the main door of the front elevation.
Nearby in the register
- Bulmer Houseresidenceunder 1 mi
- St. James United Churchchurchunder 1 mi
- Great Village Schoolschoolhouseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.