Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Minudie School Museum
Minudie, Cumberland, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- schoolhouse, museum
- Year built
- 1847
- Decade built
- 1840-1849
- Notice of registration date
- 22 November 1999
- Civic address
- 5518 Barronsfield Road
- Community
- Minudie
- County
- Cumberland
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 45.77556, -64.34876
- File number
- Prov_file_241
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1879 map "County of Cumberland, 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 Cumberland, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries)
- 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 Kent, New Brunswick (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, 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)
The Province of Nova Scotia's Registered Heritage Properties dataset ↗
The Province's registration record
Reason for registration
the historical associations with Amos Seaman; and the building's status as one of the oldest school buildings in the province - quite possibly the oldest one room school.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of the Minudie School Museum include:
- location, contributing to the Minudie streetscape;
- wood frame structure;
- gable roof;
- mid-nineteenth century model school plan, including an entry vestibule and single classroom;
- barrel vault ceiling profile;
- three windows on each side elevation;
- bell tower set into the front elevation;
- large round window in the centre of the tower;
- clad in clapboard.
Nearby in the register
- King Seaman Churchchurchunder 1 mi
- St. Denis Churchchurchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.