Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
First United Church
Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- church
- Year built
- 1914
- Decade built
- 1910-1919
- Cultural association
- Scottish, Irish
- Notice of registration date
- 6 April 1999
- Civic address
- 711 Prince Street
- Community
- Truro
- County
- Colchester
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 45.36549, -63.27972
- File number
- Prov_file_237
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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 status as a prominent architectural landmark; and the historical associations with the development of the Presbyterian denomination in Canada.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of the First United church include:
- copper-covered spire, surmounted by a golden ball;
- original open spaces, including mature trees at the front and sides of the church.
Character-defining elements of the Georgian style of the First United Church include:
- quoining at the edges of the church;
- round-headed windows with double set back arched lintels with keystones;
- heavy pediments with dentils;
- round window above the entrance;
- elaborate doorway with broken pediment.
Nearby in the register
- Old Provincial Normal Collegecommercialunder 1 mi
- Archibald Houseresidenceunder 1 mi
- John Logan Doggett Houseresidenceunder 1 mi
- Robie Street Cemeterycemtery1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.