Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Mullins Point Lighthouse
North Wallace, Cumberland, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- residence
- Year built
- 1894
- Decade built
- 1890-1899
- Notice of registration date
- 19 February 1990
- Civic address
- 2977 North Wallace Road
- Community
- North Wallace
- County
- Cumberland
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 45.82427, -63.44359
- File number
- Prov_file_114
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1878 map "Pictou Co., N.S." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1878 · Pictou Co., N.S. (David Rumsey Map Collection, 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 · Counties of Queens and Kings, Prince Edward Island (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime… (David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries)
- 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 Pictou, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (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
because its design of having the entire lighthouse mounted on the hip gable roof of the keeper's dwelling is very rare in Maritime Canada, and because it is a highly visible landmark as seen from the Sunrise Trail.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements associated with the unique style of Mullins Point Upper Range Lighthouse include:
- the form and massing of the lighthouse;
- lighthouse tower mounted on the roof of the keeper's dwelling;
- one-and-a-half storey wood frame structure;
- hip gable roof;
- square pyramidal tower with square lantern;
- context and visibility of building on a point along the shoreline.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.