Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Zinck House
Lower Rose Bay, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- residence
- Year built
- c.1770
- Decade built
- 1770-1779
- Notice of registration date
- 13 May 1997
- Civic address
- 508 Kingsburg Road
- Community
- Lower Rose Bay
- County
- Lunenburg
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 44.28327, -64.28316
- File number
- Prov_file_220
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesRoe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet ArchiveDavid Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries
4 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 · Lunenburg Co., N.S. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 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 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 building's demonstration of 18th century vernacular architecture in Nova Scotia; and the historical associations with the Zinck family.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of Zinck House are its:
-simple wood frame structure built into the hillside, one and one-half storeys on one façade and two storeys on the other;
-cellar entry;
-six-over-six windows;
-asymmetrical façades;
-central chimney;
-location on a hillside overlooking Rose Bay.