Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
James Miller House
Shubenacadie East, Colchester, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- residence
- Year built
- c.1876
- Decade built
- 1870-1879
- Notice of registration date
- 10 January 1997
- Civic address
- 14 Bank Road
- Community
- Shubenacadie East
- County
- Colchester
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 45.10660, -63.39031
- File number
- Prov_file_218
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
Roe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet ArchiveDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries
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 Hants, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (Roe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet Archive)
- 1879 · County of Halifax, 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 Pictou, 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
its association with the mid-19th century industrialization of the Province; and its careful demonstration of the Second Empire style.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of the James Miller House relating to its Second Empire style include:
- two-storey brick construction;
- mansard roof;
- round-headed windows in the front entrance doors;
- large, decorated chimney;
- detailed brick corbelling along the eaves;
- one-storey, brick kitchen wing at the rear;
- location adjacent to a railroad.