Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Queen Anne Inn
Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- inn
- Year built
- 1869
- Decade built
- 1860-1869
- Notice of registration date
- 14 June 1991
- Civic address
- 494 St. George Street
- Community
- Annapolis Royal
- County
- Annapolis
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 44.74165, -65.51147
- File number
- Prov_file_137
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesRoe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet ArchiveDavid Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford LibrariesDavid 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 Digby, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (Roe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet Archive)
- 1879 · County of Saint John, New Brunswick (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
it is an excellent example of the Second Empire style, the Mansard roof and additional cornice mid-way along the slope being especially notable and because of its historical associations with Annapolis Royal - as the private residence of its first owner,
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of the Queen Anne Inn relate to its Second Empire architecture and dominating position on St. George Street and include:
- large yard with gardens;
- set back from the road;
- intricately carved wood detail in shaped window surrounds and cornice brackets;
- double hung windows;
- central Palladian windows on second storey;
- fretted ornamentation under eaves;
- curved Mansard roof with extra cornice midway along slope;
- hooded dormer windows on third storey;
- four-storey central tower with finial;
- elaborate front portico supported by paired corner columns;
- west entry portico;
- wood cladding;
- belt course at foundation and centrally along roof;
- decorative panel and end boards;
Nearby in the register
- Girvan Bank-Runciman Houseresidenceunder 1 mi
- deGannes-Cosby Houseresidenceunder 1 mi
- Hillsdale Houseinnunder 1 mi
- Annapolis County Court Housepublicunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.