Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
MacAskill House
St. Peter's, Richmond, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- museum
- Year built
- c. 1870
- Decade built
- 1870-1879
- Notice of registration date
- 4 August 1983
- Civic address
- 7 MacAskill Drive
- Community
- St. Peter's
- County
- Richmond
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 45.65552, -60.87812
- File number
- Prov_file_19
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
this property's association with the internationally renowned Nova Scotian photographer, Wallace R. MacAskill.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of MacAskill House include:
- two-storey, wooden structure;
- three-bay front façade;
- steeply pitched gable roof;
- centre gable on the façade;
- wood shingle cladding;
- stone foundation;
- two-storey addition in the rear;
- surrounding lot with mature trees.