Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Great Village School
Great Village, Colchester, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- schoolhouse
- Year built
- 1904
- Decade built
- 1900-1909
- Architect/designer
- Douglas Henderson
- Builder
- John Adams
- Notice of registration date
- 13 May 1997
- Civic address
- 8849 Highway 2
- Community
- Great Village
- County
- Colchester
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 45.41261, -63.59560
- File number
- Prov_file_222
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David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford LibrariesRoe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet ArchiveDavid Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford LibrariesRoe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet Archive
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1879 map "County of Colchester, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces)" (David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 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 Hants, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (Roe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet Archive)
- 1879 · County of Cumberland, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries)
- 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 Kings, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (Roe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet Archive)
The Province of Nova Scotia's Registered Heritage Properties dataset ↗
The Province's registration record
Reason for registration
the unique architectural design demonstrated by this building.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of the Great Village School relate to its Neo-Classical style and include:
-symmetrical façade;
-original form and massing;
-wood frame;
-two-and-one-half storeys;
-central tower supported by pedimented gable over projecting bay;
-recessed door with fan light;
-fan light in pediment;
-decorated brackets under the eaves;
-wood shingle cladding;
-eave returns;
-side pilasters and pilasters incorporated into tower;
-cross gable roof;
-belt courses.
Nearby in the register
- Bulmer Houseresidenceunder 1 mi
- Layton's General Storecommercialunder 1 mi
- St. James United Churchchurchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.