Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Mackey House
Ketch Harbour, Halifax, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- residence
- Year built
- c.1830
- Decade built
- 1830-1839
- Notice of registration date
- 6 April 1999
- Civic address
- 1137 Ketch Harbour Road
- Community
- Ketch Harbour
- County
- Halifax
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 44.49190, -63.55282
- File number
- Prov_file_236
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David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries
The 1879 map covering this location: "County of Halifax, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces)" (David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1879 · County of Halifax, 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
associations with Captain Frank Mackey, pilot of the "Mont Blanc"; and noted Nova Scotian author, Kathleen Hill.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of Mackey House include:
- one-and-a-half storey, wood frame construction;
- gable roof;
- wood shingle cladding;
- six-over-six windows;
- stone foundation;
- rear kitchen ell;
- close proximity and access to the Atlantic Ocean.