Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
George Wright House
Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- residence
- Year built
- 1902
- Decade built
- 1900-1910
- Architect/designer
- James Charles Dumaresq
- Notice of registration date
- 10 March 1997
- Civic address
- 989 Young Avenue
- Community
- Halifax
- County
- Halifax
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 44.63431, -63.57558
- File number
- Prov_file_219
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1763 map "Plan De La Baye De Chibouctou : nommée par les Anglois Halifax" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1763 · Plan De La Baye De Chibouctou : nommée par les Anglois Halifax (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1878 · Halifax, N.S. (David Rumsey Map Collection, 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)
- 1879 · County of Hants, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (Roe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet Archive)
- 1906 · No. 39, Halifax (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
The Province of Nova Scotia's Registered Heritage Properties dataset ↗
The Province's registration record
Reason for registration
is an architectural landmark in Halifax, well demonstrating the Queen Anne Revival style; and the building is prominently associated with both George Wright and the Local Council of Women.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements relating to the Queen Anne Revival style of the George Wright House include:
- two-and-a-half storey wood construction;
- two storey columns, with Ionic capitals supporting a portico on the front facade;
- Palladian window over the entrance;
- broken pediment over the front door;
- stucco/half timbered gable ends;
- stucco/half timbered corner towers;
- sunroom/conservatory along the south end;
- granite foundation;
- multiple-flue chimney;
- wrought iron fencing with fleur-de-lis finials;
- prominent location on a corner lot.
Nearby in the register
- Thorndeanresidenceunder 1 mi
- Universalist Unitarian Churchchurchunder 1 mi
- Fort Massey United Churchchurchunder 1 mi
- Bower (The)residenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.