Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Notre Dame de L'Assomption
Arichat, Richmond, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- church
- Year built
- 1837
- Decade built
- 1830-1839
- Cultural association
- Acadian
- Notice of registration date
- 5 January 1994
- Civic address
- 2292 Highway 206
- Community
- Arichat
- County
- Richmond
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 45.51015, -61.03277
- File number
- Prov_file_178
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
2 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1764 map "L'Isle Royale, Située a l'Entrée du Golphe de Saint Laurent" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1764 · L'Isle Royale, Située a l'Entrée du Golphe de Saint Laurent (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Eastern Half of Nova Scotia. (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 oldest surviving Roman Catholic Church in Nova Scotia and architecturally it is an interesting blend of the Neo-Classical and Gothic Revival styles.
Character-defining elements
Exterior character-defining elements of Notre Dame de l'Assomption relating to its Neo Classical architecture include:
- tall, front pediment, supported by pilasters and with dentils beneath;
- round headed principal entrance with fanlight and large rose window;
- bell towers on each side of the front entrance, with similar windows and door details, and capped with curved, dome like roofs.
Exterior character-defining elements of Notre Dame de l'Assomption relating to its Gothic Revival architecture include:
- tall pointed arch windows and mock flying buttresses in low relief on the side elevations and the chancel to the rear.
Character-defining elements of Notre Dame de l'Assomption property include:
- its prominent location on the main route between Arichat and Petit de Grat on Cape Breton Island;
- a burying ground that is located directly behind the Church which still include a few of the early stones and markers.
Nearby in the register
- Flynn-Cutler-Robichaud Houseresidenceunder 1 mi
- LeNoir Forgemuseum1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.