Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
General Manager's House
Westville, Pictou, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- residence
- Year built
- 1868
- Decade built
- 1860-1869
- Notice of registration date
- 19 February 1996
- Civic address
- 2362 Cowan Street
- Community
- Westville
- County
- Pictou
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 45.56664, -62.72219
- File number
- Prov_file_203
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1878 map "Pictou Co., N.S." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1878 · Pictou Co., N.S. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1879 · Outline Map of Pictou County, Nova Scotia, 1879. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1879 · County of Pictou, Nova Scotia (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)
- 1879 · County of Hants, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (Roe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet Archive)
The Province of Nova Scotia's Registered Heritage Properties dataset ↗
The Province's registration record
Reason for registration
the associations of this building with the development of the Black Diamond Coal Mine; and its architectural prominence within the Town of Westville.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of the General Manager's House relating to its Italianate style include:
- two-storey, wood-frame construction;
- pedimented gables;
- octagonal belvedere;
- asymmetrical plan;
- heavy brackets and cornerboards;
- prominent location on a hill with a commanding view of the town.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.