Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Rothsay Masonic Temple
Bridgetown, Annapolis, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- commercial
- Year built
- 1871
- Decade built
- 1870-1879
- Builder
- Edward Walker
- Notice of registration date
- 5 April 1991
- Civic address
- 48 Queen Street
- Community
- Bridgetown
- County
- Annapolis
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 44.83936, -65.29099
- File number
- Prov_file_134
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford LibrariesRoe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet ArchiveDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
4 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 · St. John Co., N.B. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1879 · County of Saint John, New Brunswick (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries)
- 1879 · County of Digby, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (Roe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet Archive)
The Province of Nova Scotia's Registered Heritage Properties dataset ↗
The Province's registration record
Reason for registration
the building is an excellent example of late 19th century Gothic Revival church architecture in brick and because of its prominent position adjacent to the main bridge across the Annapolis River.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of the Rothsay Masonic Temple relating to its Gothic Revival style include:
- two-storey brick construction, using locally manufactured bricks;
- steeply pitched gable roof;
- large Gothic window in the front elevation;
- narrow lancet windows in the side elevations;
- stone-capped brick buttresses;
- prominent location adjacent to the main bridge in the centre of Bridgetown, crossing the Annapolis River.
Nearby in the register
- James House Museummuseumunder 1 mi
- Morse-Magwood Houseresidenceunder 1 mi
- Morse Cemeterycemeteryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.