Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Archibald House
Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- residence
- Year built
- c.1851
- Decade built
- 1850-1859
- Cultural association
- Irish
- Notice of registration date
- 14 June 2000
- Civic address
- 86 Queen Street
- Community
- Truro
- County
- Colchester
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 45.36628, -63.28216
- File number
- Prov_file_245
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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
this building's association with the Archibald family, a name long associated with the practice of law in Nova Scotia and Canada; and the building's demonstration of the "Picturesque," in 19th century domestic design.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of Archibald House relating to its Gothic Revival style include:
- basic form and massing;
- moderately-pitched side-gable roof and matching cross gables;
- a single storey hip-roofed extension added on the east side;
- heavy paired brackets under the roof and extension eaves;
- elaborate chimneys prominently placed on the roof ridge;
- gable-roofed open porches on the front and rear, supported by heavy paired brackets on square pillars;
- double-hung sashed windows with 6/6 glazing;
- wide moulded window surrounds with caps and contrasting shutters;
- wooden shingle cladding;
- tree sculpture of C.B. Archibald beside the building.
Nearby in the register
- First United Churchchurchunder 1 mi
- Old Provincial Normal Collegecommercialunder 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.