Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
MacMullen Oil Skin Factory
Barrington West, Shelburne, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- residence
- Year built
- c.1880
- Decade built
- 1880-1889
- Notice of registration date
- 28 March 1996
- Civic address
- 2456 Highway 3
- Community
- Barrington West
- County
- Shelburne
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 43.56648, -65.58221
- File number
- Prov_file_207
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
2 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1828 map "The north eastern coast, North America, New York to Cape Canso (center sheet)" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1828 · The north eastern coast, North America, New York to Cape Canso (center sheet) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1878 · Yarmouth, Shelburne counties, N.S. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
The Province of Nova Scotia's Registered Heritage Properties dataset ↗
The Province's registration record
Reason for registration
the building's association with Nova Scotia's industrial history, notably the manufacture of oil skins.
Character-defining elements
Character defining elements of the exterior of the MacMullen Oil Skin Factory include:
- cross-gabled roof;
- wood shingled cladding;
- six-over-six double hung windows;
- wooden door and window sills;
- cut granite foundation.
Nearby in the register
- Old Meeting House (Barrington)museumunder 1 mi
- Sargent-Homer-Nodwell Houseresidenceunder 1 mi
- Benjamin K. Doane Houseresidence2 mi
- Crowell-Smith Houseresidence2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.