Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Charles Macdonald House
Centreville, Kings, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- museum
- Year built
- 1910
- Decade built
- 1910-1919
- Architect/designer
- Charles MacDonald
- Builder
- Charles MacDonald
- Notice of registration date
- 12 June 1998
- Civic address
- 19 Saxon Street
- Community
- Centreville
- County
- Kings
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 45.12633, -64.52316
- File number
- Prov_file_229
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 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 1878 map "Lunenburg Co., N.S." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 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 Hants, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (Roe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet Archive)
- 1879 · Counties of Westmorland and Albert, New Brunswick (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime… (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 close association with Charles Macdonald, a 20th century Nova Scotian who combined art, poetry, industry and socialism, in an effort to make his community a better place.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of the exterior of the Charles Macdonald House include:
- concrete building materials;
- form and massing;
- portico over main entrance forming base for second storey balcony;
- portico over side entrance;
- all original concrete landscape features including: sculptures of animals and mushrooms; dog house; bird houses; and arch over driveway;
- variety of size and style of windows;
- hipped roof.
Nearby in the register
- Canard Burial Groundscemetery3 mi
- Chipman Corner Cemeterycemetery3 mi
- Jonathan Shearman House (formerly Eaton House)residence3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.