Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Thornvale
Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- residence
- Year built
- c.1868
- Decade built
- 1860-1869
- Notice of registration date
- 25 August 2001
- Civic address
- 1390 Thornvale Avenue
- Community
- Halifax
- County
- Halifax
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 44.63425, -63.59955
- File number
- Prov_file_250
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesRoe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet ArchiveRoe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet ArchiveDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1763 map "Plan De La Baye De Chibouctou : nommée par les Anglois Halifax" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1763 · Plan De La Baye De Chibouctou : nommée par les Anglois Halifax (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1879 · County of Halifax, 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 Kings, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (Roe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet Archive)
- 1906 · No. 39, Halifax (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 historical associations with the Kenney and Webster families, the building's demonstration of the Second Empire style, and the property's reminder of the 19th century, Northwest Arm estates.
Nearby in the register
- Coburg Cottageresidenceunder 1 mi
- The Jubilee Houseresidenceunder 1 mi
- Caldwell Houseresidenceunder 1 mi
- Garden Crest Apartmentsapartmentunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.