Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Morrison House
St. George's Channel, Richmond, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- residence
- Year built
- 1836
- Decade built
- 1830-1839
- Cultural association
- Scottish, Gaelic
- Notice of registration date
- 7 April 1995
- Civic address
- 3258 West Bay Road
- Community
- St. George's Channel
- County
- Richmond
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 45.71488, -61.05326
- File number
- Prov_file_192
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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
its historical association with its second owner, the Rev. John Stewart, with early Presbyterianism in the St. George's Channel area, and because its exterior remains largely unaltered.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of the Morrison House include:
- wood frame structure;
- projecting entrance vestibule centered in the front elevation;
- sidelights and fanlight around the main doorway;
- original stone foundation;
- twelve over eight-sash windows on ground floor.
Character-defining elements of the Gothic Revival style of the Morrison House include:
- one-and-one-half storey;
- steeply pitched cross-gable roof and gable end pointed windows;
- symmetrical three bay façade;
- hood moldings over windows;
- corner boards and eaves detailing.