Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Joseph McGill Company Office
Shelburne, Shelburne, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- commercial
- Year built
- 1857
- Decade built
- 1850-1859
- Notice of registration date
- 14 January 1993
- Civic address
- 10 John Street
- Community
- Shelburne
- County
- Shelburne
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 43.76162, -65.32416
- File number
- Prov_file_164
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
2 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 · Yarmouth, Shelburne counties, N.S. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
The Province of Nova Scotia's Registered Heritage Properties dataset ↗
The Province's registration record
Reason for registration
it is the single surviving structure of a number of buildings associated with shipbuilding firms of Joseph McGill and John Etherington and its preservation is essential to maintaining the historic character of Dock Street.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of the Joseph McGill Shipbuilding and Transportation Company Office include:
- symmetrical three bay façade;
- wood shingle cladding;
- six-over-six wood sash windows on second storey;
- wide return eaves;
- deep fascia board and corner boards;
- location on Dock Street close to Shelburne Harbour.
Character-defining elements of the Greek Revival style of the Joseph McGill Shipbuilding and Transportation Company Office include:
- two-and-one-half storey;
- gable roof;
- transom window above main door.
Nearby in the register
- Ross Thomson Housemuseumunder 1 mi
- George Gracie House (aka The Coopers Inn)innunder 1 mi
- White-Irwin Houseresidenceunder 1 mi
- Old Kirk Burying Groundcemeteryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.