Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
St. Denis Church
Minudie, Cumberland, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- church
- Year built
- 1848
- Decade built
- 1840-1849
- Builder
- Elear Arsenault
- Cultural association
- Acadian
- Notice of registration date
- 29 July 1993
- Civic address
- 5534 Barronsfield Road
- Community
- Minudie
- County
- Cumberland
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 45.77560, -64.34988
- File number
- Prov_file_174
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1879 map "County of Cumberland, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces)" (David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1879 · County of Cumberland, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries)
- 1879 · Counties of Westmorland and Albert, New Brunswick (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime… (David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries)
- 1879 · County of Kent, New Brunswick (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries)
- 1879 · County of Colchester, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries)
The Province of Nova Scotia's Registered Heritage Properties dataset ↗
The Province's registration record
Reason for registration
its historical associations with Acadians of Minudie and because of its combination of Greek Revival and Gothic styles of architecture, with its most striking feature being the large cross shaped window above the entrance.
Character-defining elements
Exterior character-defining elements of St. Denis Church include:
- wood frame structure;
- clad with wood clapboarding;
- rear vestry addition;
- sandstone foundation;
- rectangular plan form;
- gable roof;
- pedimented gable end;
- detailed pilasters at the corners of the building;
- square-headed windows;
- bell tower with pointed arch opening with louvres, and pinnacles and castellation at the top;
- large cross-shaped window above the entrance;
- cemetery surrounding the church, with original grave markers.
Nearby in the register
- Minudie School Museumschoolhouse, museumunder 1 mi
- King Seaman Churchchurchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.