Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Liverpool Courthouse
Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- public
- Year built
- 1854
- Decade built
- 1850-1859
- Architect/designer
- William G. Hammond
- Builder
- George W. Boehner
- Notice of registration date
- 25 June 2001
- Civic address
- 137 Church Street
- Community
- Liverpool
- County
- Queens
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 44.03832, -64.71234
- File number
- Prov_file_249
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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 has been cited as one of the finest Greek Revival temple type buildings ever erected in Canada, and it has been continuously used as an operating court house since 1854.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of the Liverpool Court House relate to its Greek Revival style and include:
- one storey;
- twelve-over-twelve sash windows, one on front façade and three on each side;
- pilasters at all four corners;
- rear porch with dropped pediment supported by two Doric columns;
- wood construction;
- wood exterior covered in stucco scored to resemble cut stone;
- granite block footers;
- massive triglyph frieze;
- prominent pediment and prostyle front portico with four fluted Doric columns.
Nearby in the register
- Perkins Housemuseumunder 1 mi
- Liverpool Town Hall/Astor Theatrepublicunder 1 mi
- Elisha Calkin Houseresidenceunder 1 mi
- Fort Point Lighthouselighthouseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.