Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Weaver Fish Store
Blue Rocks, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- fish shed
- Year built
- c.1855
- Decade built
- 1850-1859
- Builder
- Henry Weaver
- Cultural association
- African Nova Scotian
- Notice of registration date
- 19 February 1996
- Civic address
- Blue Rocks
- Community
- Blue Rocks
- County
- Lunenburg
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- File number
- Prov_file_204
The Province of Nova Scotia's Registered Heritage Properties dataset ↗
The Province's registration record
Reason for registration
the notable role of the Weaver family in development of Lunenburg County's 19th century fishery, and the unique siting of this once common, but now vanishing, building type.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of Weaver Fish Store are its:
-simple and utilitarian style;
-wood frame structure;
-board and batten cladding;
-prominent location on a rocky island in the middle of the cove at Blue Rocks.
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