Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Old Holy Trinity Anglican Church
Middleton, Annapolis, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- church
- Year built
- 1789
- Decade built
- 1780-1789
- Cultural association
- Loyalist
- Notice of registration date
- 27 July 1998
- Civic address
- 49 Main Street
- Community
- Middleton
- County
- Annapolis
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 44.93408, -65.08664
- File number
- Prov_file_232
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesRoe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet Archive
5 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 · St. John Co., N.B. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1878 · Lunenburg Co., N.S. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1879 · County of Saint John, New Brunswick (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (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 historical association with the development of the Anglican Church in Nova Scotia, especially with Bishop Charles Inglis and the Rev. John Wiswall; and the building's well preserved 18th century architectural details.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of Old Holy Trinity Church relate to its relatively unaltered appearance and include:
- simple detailing;
- wood frame;
- wood siding;
- classical pediment over main entry;
- simple side windows with flat head;
- simple round head chancel window;
- Gothic Revival windows on west elevation;
- steeple set on large square tower surmounted by contrasting narrow octagonal belfry and rounded spire;
- absence of modern lighting fixtures.
Character-defining elements of the landscape of Old Holy Trinity Church include:
- original burial ground with historic grave markers;
- mature trees;
- location outside of central residential and commercial district.