Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
St. Luke's Anglican Church
Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- church
- Year built
- c.1815, c.1879
- Decade built
- 1810-1819, 1870-1879
- Cultural association
- British Colonial
- Notice of registration date
- 17 June 1991
- Civic address
- 340 St. George Street
- Community
- Annapolis Royal
- County
- Annapolis
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 44.74300, -65.51711
- File number
- Prov_file_142
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesRoe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet ArchiveDavid Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, 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
its close historical associations, since its erection in 1818, with the Town of Annapolis Royal and the British Garrison until 1856 and because of its prominent location opposite the Old Garrison Burying Ground and Fort Anne National Park.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of St. Luke's Anglican Church relating to its Gothic Revival style architecture include:
- prominent location and landmark status on St. George Street;
- wooden structure with gable roof;
- long, slender lancet windows;
- Classically detailed cornerboards;
- square bell tower, surmounted by a spire;
- chancel addition;
- wood clapboarding;
- roundel windows in tower.
Nearby in the register
- Bread & RosesB&Bunder 1 mi
- Annapolis County Court Housepublicunder 1 mi
- Sinclair Inncommercialunder 1 mi
- Adams Ritchie Housecommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.