Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Terry-Young House
Kentville, Kings, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- residence
- Year built
- 1819
- Decade built
- 1810-1819
- Builder
- George W. Terry
- Cultural association
- Planter, Acadian
- Notice of registration date
- 7 March 1994
- Civic address
- 229 Main Street
- Community
- Kentville
- County
- Kings
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 45.07557, -64.48828
- File number
- Prov_file_186
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
Roe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet ArchiveDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesRoe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet ArchiveDavid Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries
4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1878 map "Lunenburg Co., N.S." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1878 · Lunenburg Co., N.S. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1879 · County of Kings, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (Roe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet Archive)
- 1879 · County of Hants, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (Roe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet Archive)
- 1879 · Counties of Westmorland and Albert, New Brunswick (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime… (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 date of construction of 1819 makes it probably the oldest surviving residence in Kentville, and its historical association with Thomas Lewis Dodge, prominent 19th century merchant and politician.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of Terry Young House are
-one-and-one-half storey structure;
-simple gable roof;
-three narrow dormers on front elevation;
-one-storey entrance porch on front elevation;
-one-storey kitchen addition;
-clapboard cladding with corner posts and frieze;
-two symmetrically placed chimneys near centre;
-six-over-six wooden windows;
-stone foundation;
-location on Main Street in Kentville.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.