Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Smith-Duckenfield House
Selma, East Hants, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- residence
- Year built
- 1825
- Decade built
- 1820-1829
- Notice of registration date
- 26 February 1996
- Civic address
- 8098 Highway 215
- Community
- Selma
- County
- East Hants
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 45.32012, -63.53419
- File number
- Prov_file_206
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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 · 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)
- 1879 · County of Cumberland, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries)
- 1879 · County of Halifax, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (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
the associations with the first owner, Richard Smith, an early 19th century MLA and businessman; and because it is a rare example of an early 19th century stone building in Nova Scotia.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of the Smith-Duckenfield House include:
- sandstone trim, including the date of construction in the keystone over the entrance, rosettes in the top of one pilaster, quoins worked in a stylized pattern, and the letter “W” engraved into a quoin of a front window;
- stone building materials;
- fenestration, including dormer windows, and central doorway with fanlight;
- massing;
- mansard roof;
- location on hill overlooking Cobequid Bay.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.