Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Blue Cottage
Halls Harbour, Kings, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- residence
- Year built
- 1936
- Decade built
- 1930-1939
- Architect/designer
- Charles MacDonald
- Builder
- Charles MacDonald
- Notice of registration date
- 12 June 1998
- Civic address
- 1172 Huntington Point Road
- Community
- Halls Harbour
- County
- Kings
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 45.19754, -64.64085
- File number
- Prov_file_230
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 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 · 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 Cumberland, 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)
The Province of Nova Scotia's Registered Heritage Properties dataset ↗
The Province's registration record
Reason for registration
this building's demonstration of artist and builder Charles Macdonald's original approach to art and material, and their combination to produce unique architectural statements.
Character-defining elements
Character defining elements of the exterior of Blue Cottage relate to its organic design and concrete reinforeced with iron and driftwood building materials and include:
- chimney and first storey walls clad in brightly painted stones;
- portico over main entrance;
- exterior entrance to washroom;
- blue painted roof and trim;
- windows of various sizes and shapes;
- second storey balcony facing Bay of Fundy;
- sailboat sculpture on top of chimney;
- animal sculptures on grounds.
Nearby in the register
- Red Cottageresidenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.