Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Augustus Cann Estate
Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- residence
- Year built
- 1892
- Decade built
- 1890-1899
- Builder
- Stephen Cain
- Notice of registration date
- 16 April 1992
- Civic address
- 21 Collins Street
- Community
- Yarmouth
- County
- Yarmouth
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 43.83631, -66.11536
- File number
- Prov_file_155
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesRoe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet ArchiveBarry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
3 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1859 map "Colton's Maine (1859)" (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1859 · Colton's Maine (1859) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1878 · Yarmouth, Shelburne counties, N.S. (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)
The Province of Nova Scotia's Registered Heritage Properties dataset ↗
The Province's registration record
Reason for registration
its close association with Captain Augustus Cann, noted Yarmouth County mariner, founder of Minard's Linament Company and of the Mud Island Lobster Company and prominent individual in civic affairs and its architecture is a fine example of the Queen Anne Revival style, especially in the exterior's decorative patterns and details.
Character-defining elements
Exterior character defining elements of the Augustus Cann Estate relating to its Queen Anne Revival style include:
- two-and-a-half storey wood construction;
- asymmetrical floor plan and irregular massing;
- pedimented gables;
- protruding bays;
- contrasting clapboard and shingle siding;
- dentils and Palladian window;
- elaborate spindle work;
- wooden sign, signed by the builder of the house, located under the verandah roof.
Nearby in the register
- Charles Richards Houseresidenceunder 1 mi
- MacKinnon-Cann Innresidenceunder 1 mi
- Guest Houseresidenceunder 1 mi
- Lovitt Houseresidenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.