Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Walsh House
Guysborough, Guysborough, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- residence
- Year built
- c.1870
- Decade built
- 1870-1879
- Builder
- James Walsh
- Notice of registration date
- 10 October 1990
- Civic address
- 150 Main Street
- Community
- Guysborough
- County
- Guysborough
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 45.39433, -61.50027
- File number
- Prov_file_120
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
2 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1884 map "Province of Nova Scotia (Island of Cape Breton). Sheet no. 24." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1884 · Province of Nova Scotia (Island of Cape Breton). Sheet no. 24. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Eastern Half of Nova Scotia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
The Province of Nova Scotia's Registered Heritage Properties dataset ↗
The Province's registration record
Reason for registration
it represents one of the few remaining commercial structures associated with Guysborough's thriving past and because of its prominent location within the centre of the community.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of Walsh House are:
-one-and-one-half storey structure;
-steeply pitched gable roof with cross gable and large gable dormers;
-wooden shingling, clapboard, cornerboards, and trim;
-shop door entrance with storefront windows;
-residential entrance with side and transom lights;
-location on Main Street in Guysborough.
Nearby in the register
- Old Guysborough Court Housemuseumunder 1 mi
- Henry Marshall Jost Houseresidenceunder 1 mi
- Harbour Houseresidenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.