Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
John Logan Doggett House
Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- residence
- Year built
- 1839
- Decade built
- 1830-1839
- Notice of registration date
- 29 December 1998
- Civic address
- 111 Willow Street
- Community
- Truro
- County
- Colchester
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 45.36144, -63.28814
- File number
- Prov_file_235
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1878 map "Pictou Co., N.S." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1878 · Pictou Co., N.S. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 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 Pictou, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (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)
The Province of Nova Scotia's Registered Heritage Properties dataset ↗
The Province's registration record
Reason for registration
the building's historical association with John Logan Doggett; and its graceful architectural design, combining Gothic Revival details with the prevailing "cottage style".
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of the John Logan Doggett House include:
- verandah with corner pilasters;
- bay windows located on either side of the front façade;
- two over two and six over six windows on the second storey;
- two dormers at the rear;
- paneled front door with sidelights.
Character-defining elements of the Gothic Revival style of the John Logan Doggett House include:
- one-and-one-half storey with symmetrical three bay façade;
- steeply pitched cross gable roof;
- decorative tracery surmounting the windows and the bay windows;
- decorative frieze designs surrounding the verandah.
Nearby in the register
- Archibald Houseresidenceunder 1 mi
- Old Provincial Normal Collegecommercialunder 1 mi
- First United Churchchurchunder 1 mi
- Robie Street Cemeterycemtery1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.