Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Fort Point Lighthouse
Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- lighthouse
- Year built
- 1855
- Decade built
- 1850-1859
- Notice of registration date
- 25 June 2001
- Civic address
- 21 Fort Point Lane
- Community
- Liverpool
- County
- Queens
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 44.04407, -64.70768
- File number
- Prov_file_248
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3 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 · Lunenburg Co., N.S. (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
it is a rare surviving example of pre-confederation lighthouses, and because it is integral to the historical setting of the town.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of Fort Point Lighthouse include:
- square-shingled structure with a pyramidal roof;
- one four-paned window on each side of two lower storeys;
- attic storey containing reflector and light;
- prominent dormer at roofline with pyramid-shaped roof, facing to sea and surrounded by a balcony;
- single-pane window on each of dormer's three sides and topped with a finial;
- simple one-and-a-half storey gable-roofed addition extending to rear;
- location on shore of Liverpool Harbour;
- remnants of battery, including cannon.
Nearby in the register
- Elisha Calkin Houseresidenceunder 1 mi
- Perkins Housemuseumunder 1 mi
- Liverpool Courthousepublicunder 1 mi
- Liverpool Town Hall/Astor Theatrepublicunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.