Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Isaac LeBlanc House
Church Point, Digby, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- residence
- Year built
- c.1874
- Decade built
- 1870-1879
- Cultural association
- Acadian
- Notice of registration date
- 9 June 1997
- Civic address
- 33 Isaac LeBlanc Road
- Community
- Church Point
- County
- Digby
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 44.32535, -66.11948
- File number
- Prov_file_223
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Roe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet ArchiveDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesBarry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
3 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1859 map "Colton's Maine (1859)" (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1859 · Colton's Maine (1859) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1878 · Yarmouth, Shelburne counties, N.S. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1879 · County of Digby, 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 historical associations with Isaac LeBlanc, a long time Clerk-Treasurer of the Mun. of Clare, and prominent member of the Acadian community; and the little altered vernacular architecture demonstrated by the building's design.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of the Isaac LeBlanc House relate to its Vernacular style and include:
- gable roof;
- wood cladding;
- projecting porch with gable roof;
- Classical features such as: deep eave returns, window hoods and corner and frieze boards;
- kitchen wing;
- central chimney in both wings;
- six-over-six windows;
- one-and-a-half stories;
- dormer window in kitchen wing;
- location on a hill.
Nearby in the register
- Sainte-Marie Churchchurchunder 1 mi
- Belliveau Houseresidenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.