Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
MacKinnon-Cann Inn
Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- residence
- Year built
- 1887
- Decade built
- 1880-1889
- Notice of registration date
- 28 March 2006
- Civic address
- 27 Willow Street
- Community
- Yarmouth
- County
- Yarmouth
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 43.83637, -66.11724
- File number
- Prov_file_264
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesRoe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet ArchiveBarry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
3 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1859 map "Colton's Maine (1859)" (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1859 · Colton's Maine (1859) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1878 · Yarmouth, Shelburne counties, N.S. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1879 · County of Digby, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (Roe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet Archive)
The Province of Nova Scotia's Registered Heritage Properties dataset ↗
The Province's registration record
Reason for registration
architecturally and contextually significance as it is an excellent example of the Italianate Victorian style that reflects the prosperity of 19h century Yarmouth and for its prominent location within the historic residential section of downtown Yarmouth; and it is historically significant for its association with the MacKinnon family of Yarmouth.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of the MacKinnon-Cann Inn relate to its Italianate Victorian style and include:
- two storeys;
- double house layout;
- symmetrical four bay façade;
- two centred doorways;
- truncated hip roof;
- decorative brackets under eaves of main floor;
- cupola;
- large windows trimmed with entablatures;
- flat roof open porch trimmed with a balustrade and decorative woodwork;
- two storey bay windows on either side of porch
- wood cladding;
- location in the historic residential section of Yarmouth.
Nearby in the register
- Charles Richards Houseresidenceunder 1 mi
- Augustus Cann Estateresidenceunder 1 mi
- Guest Houseresidenceunder 1 mi
- Lovitt Houseresidenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.