Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Lennox Tavern
Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- residence
- Year built
- 1804
- Decade built
- 1800-1809
- Notice of registration date
- 12 March 1992
- Civic address
- 69 Fox Street
- Community
- Lunenburg
- County
- Lunenburg
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 44.37900, -64.31181
- File number
- Prov_file_154
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesRoe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet Archive
3 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 · Lunenburg Co., N.S. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1879 · County of Kings, 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 the only tavern and inn dating from the late 18th century known to have survived in Nova Scotia and because of its importance to the heritage character of old Lunenburg Town.
Character-defining elements
Exterior character-defining elements of the Lennox Tavern relate to its Georgian style and relatively unaltered appearance and include:
- two-and-a-half storeys;
- wood clapboard cladding with quirk beads;
- symmetrical five bay façade;
- original corner boards with quirk beads similar to clapboard siding;
- second floor windows flush to eave;
- six-over-six windows;
- transom window over front entrance;
- stone foundation;
- gable roof with wooden shingles;
- two chimneys;
- fan light windows in attic;
- post and beam construction.
Nearby in the register
- Zion Lutheran Churchchurchunder 1 mi
- Solomon Houseresidenceunder 1 mi
- St. John's Anglican Churchchurchunder 1 mi
- Lunenburg Academypublicunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.