Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Coburg Cottage
Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- residence
- Year built
- c.1816
- Decade built
- 1810-1819
- Cultural association
- Loyalist, German
- Notice of registration date
- 24 July 1991
- Civic address
- 6454 Coburg Road
- Community
- Halifax
- County
- Halifax
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 44.63694, -63.59797
- File number
- Prov_file_144
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford LibrariesRoe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet ArchiveRoe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet ArchiveDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1763 map "Plan De La Baye De Chibouctou : nommée par les Anglois Halifax" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1763 · Plan De La Baye De Chibouctou : nommée par les Anglois Halifax (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1879 · County of Halifax, 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)
- 1906 · No. 39, Halifax (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
The Province of Nova Scotia's Registered Heritage Properties dataset ↗
The Province's registration record
Reason for registration
its historical associations with the prominent Halifax merchant and banker William Pryor, who had the house erected in 1816, and with the Northwest Arm estates created in the 19th century.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of Coburg Cottage are:
-the original two-and-one-half storey house;
-its wood framed structure;
-its simple gable roof;
-its one-storey addition to the east incorporating the main entrance;
-its enclosed verandah addition to the west;
-its large two-storey addition to the south;
-its applied window architraves, with label mouldings and bracketed hoods; and
-its location on Coburg Road.
Nearby in the register
- Thornvaleresidenceunder 1 mi
- The Jubilee Houseresidenceunder 1 mi
- Caldwell Houseresidenceunder 1 mi
- Garden Crest Apartmentsapartmentunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.