Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Morse-Magwood House
Bridgetown, Annapolis, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- residence
- Year built
- 1878
- Decade built
- 1870-1879
- Notice of registration date
- 7 January 1993
- Civic address
- 318 Granville Street
- Community
- Bridgetown
- County
- Annapolis
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 44.84116, -65.28837
- File number
- Prov_file_166
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford LibrariesRoe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet ArchiveDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
4 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 · St. John Co., N.B. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1879 · County of Saint John, New Brunswick (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, 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
is one of the finest examples of the Second Empire style in the Province and one of the most picturesque.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of the Morse-Magwood House relate to all elements of Second Empire style and exterior decoration and include:
- asymmetrical plan and massing;
- two-and-one-half storeys;
- location close to road;
- mansard roof with uncommon convex profile;
- details employing geometry of circles, ovals and triangles found alone and in combination, in the window heads, gable finish and dormer heads;
- shouldered architraves;
- wood shingle cladding;
- wooden windows, trim and doors.
Nearby in the register
- James House Museummuseumunder 1 mi
- Rothsay Masonic Templecommercialunder 1 mi
- Morse Cemeterycemeteryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.