Ebenezer Corning Jr. House

Reason for registration

its association throughout the 19th century with the family of Ebenezer Corning Jr. who arrived with the New England Planters to settle Yarmouth and it is among the oldest dwellings in Yarmouth County and one that has remained largely unaltered since its erection c. 1800.

Character-defining elements

Character-defining elements of the Ebenezer Corning, Jr. House include:

- location near the town's north boundary on a high point of land;
- setback from the street on a generous lot;
- use as a residential building.

Character- defining elements relating to the New England Colonial style architecture of the Ebenezer Corning, Jr. House include:

- two-and-a-half storey, wood frame, mortise and tenon construction;
- steeply pitched gable roof with simple moulded fascia-board trim on main house;
- steeply pitched gable roof without eaves or vergeboard overhang on the ell;
- large central chimney;
- original arrangement of chimneys and fireplaces;
- one storey ell wrapping around northeast corner of main house;
- symmetrical three bay façades on main house and on ell;
- off-centre main entrance with a simple crown;
- secondary entrance in north gable end of ell;
- double hung sash windows;
- second storey and ell windows tight to the eaves;
- 6/6 glazing in attic storey and ell windows;
- 6/1 glazing in first and second storey windows of main house;
- shingle wood shingle cladding and simple corner-boards with capitals;
- stone foundation.