Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
CN Train Station
Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- museum
- Year built
- 1904
- Decade built
- 1900-1909
- Notice of registration date
- 15 July 2004
- Civic address
- 159 Legatto Street
- Community
- Sydney Mines
- County
- Cape Breton
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 46.24476, -60.23383
- File number
- Prov_file_257
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3 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1764 map "L'Isle Royale, Située a l'Entrée du Golphe de Saint Laurent" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1764 · L'Isle Royale, Située a l'Entrée du Golphe de Saint Laurent (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Eastern Half of Nova Scotia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sydney, Canada. Coal Resources of the World. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
The Province of Nova Scotia's Registered Heritage Properties dataset ↗
The Province's registration record
Reason for registration
because it is typical of a more modern railway prototype and is a very good example of one of the designs of railway stations in the province; architecturally significant for its wide eave brackets, steep gable roof, gable dormer and brick construction; culturally significant for its transportation association with WWI and II and also for its industrial connection iwth the coal mining industry; and contextually it is on its original site with strong presence to the community.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of the CN Train Station as a traditional class 4 station include:
- standard 22' x 70' plan;
- brick construction;
- concrete foundation;
- medium hip roof with bracket supported by extended eaves;
- hip gable dormer above track side bay window;
- one original chimney.
Nearby in the register
- Old Sydney Mines Post Officepublicunder 1 mi
- Richard Brown Houseresidenceunder 1 mi
- Chapel Point Battery Sitesite1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.