Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
DeWolfe-Wheaton House
Parrsboro, Cumberland, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- residence
- Year built
- c.1840
- Decade built
- 1840-1849
- Notice of registration date
- 11 December 1990
- Civic address
- 31 Main Street
- Community
- Parrsboro
- County
- Cumberland
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 45.40137, -64.32919
- File number
- Prov_file_129
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5 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 Hants, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (Roe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet Archive)
- 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 Colchester, 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
the house, part of which is believed to date from 1795, is considered to be the oldest building in Parrsboro and with its exterior largely unaltered and because of its close association with the prominent mercantile DeWolfe family.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of DeWolfe-Wheaton House are:
-one-and-one-half storey structure;
-gable roof;
-three-bay front façade;
-central gabled two-storey projecting bay;
-front entrance with sidelights, transom and pilasters;
-wooden clapboard siding;
-kitchen wing;
-location on Main Street in Parrsboro.
Nearby in the register
- Manning Blockcommercialunder 1 mi
- Ottawa Houseresidence2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.