Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Manning Block
Parrsboro, Cumberland, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- commercial
- Year built
- 1856
- Decade built
- 1850-1859
- Notice of registration date
- 24 April 1996
- Civic address
- 151 Main Street
- Community
- Parrsboro
- County
- Cumberland
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 45.40336, -64.32700
- File number
- Prov_file_210
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1879 map "Counties of Westmorland and Albert, New Brunswick (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces)" (David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1879 · Counties of Westmorland and Albert, New Brunswick (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime… (David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries)
- 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 Hants, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (Roe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet Archive)
- 1879 · County of Kings, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (Roe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet Archive)
- 1879 · County of Colchester, 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 building is an intact example of an increasingly rare building type in Nova Scotia - a 19th century, wood frame commercial structure; and the building is an architectural landmark, being the oldest building on the Town's Main Street.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of Manning Block include:
- two-and-a-half storey wood frame structure;
- original eaves return;
- 6/6 sash windows on the rear elevation;
- one storey addition added around 1870 along the front elevation, incorporating several shop fronts;
- recessed entrances and large display windows;
- two-storey, flat-roofed addition added to the left (south end) around 1945;
- medium pitched gable roof;
- symmetrical facade;
- location in central Parrsboro, sited at the streetline.
Nearby in the register
- DeWolfe-Wheaton Houseresidenceunder 1 mi
- Ottawa Houseresidence2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.