Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Paroisse Saint-Pierre
Cheticamp, Inverness, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- church
- Year built
- 1893
- Decade built
- 1890-1899
- Architect/designer
- David Ouellet
- Builder
- Hubert Morin
- Cultural association
- Acadian
- Notice of registration date
- 15 July 2004
- Civic address
- 15114 Cabot Trail
- Community
- Cheticamp
- County
- Inverness
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 46.62468, -61.01575
- File number
- Prov_file_259
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
2 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)
The Province of Nova Scotia's Registered Heritage Properties dataset ↗
The Province's registration record
Reason for registration
architecturally significant because it was designed by David Oulette, built in sandstone & designed in a predominant Neo-Classical image with a predominate tower with central door & rose window; round headed windows on the side facades of the main body (housing the nave and side isle) and defined apse and chapel; culturally significant for its role in both Cheticamp and to the Acadian community; and contextually significant for being on its original site and a physcial landmark at the west end of the Cabot Trail.
Character-defining elements
Exterior character-defining elements relating to the Neo-Classical style of Paroisse Saint-Pierre include:
- sandstone structure;
- building mass forming three distinct elements: the tower in the west front, the main body incorporating the nave and side aisles, and the apse and chapel structures at the east end;
- front central doorway surmounted by a rose window;
- steeple rising from a square base with pediments to an open belfry octagonal in plan, also with pediments, and ending with a relatively thick spire;
- main body has seven slender, round headed windows in each side elevation;
- windows have simple head detail, including a keystone and lug sills;
- second steeple sits on the roof peak at the eastern end, over the chancel area;
- main body covered with a steeply pitched roof.