Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Birchtown School
Birchtown, Shelburne, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- schoolhouse
- Year built
- c.1835
- Decade built
- 1830-1839
- Cultural association
- Black Loyalist, African Nova Scotian
- Notice of registration date
- 20 June 2000
- Civic address
- 131 Birchtown Road
- Community
- Birchtown
- County
- Shelburne
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 43.74416, -65.38326
- File number
- Prov_file_244
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
2 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 · Yarmouth, Shelburne counties, N.S. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
The Province of Nova Scotia's Registered Heritage Properties dataset ↗
The Province's registration record
Reason for registration
the association of this building with the story of education in the community of Birchtown, and 18th century African-Nova Scotian settlement.
Character-defining elements
Character-Defining elements of the Birchtown School include:
- all elements related to its simple Greek Revival style including simple label mouldings around widows and doors, and simple corner boards and eave trim;
- wood cladding;
- gable end facing the road;
- wing on front elevation containing vestibules and two exterior doors;
- large sash window in gable.