Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Ottawa House
Parrsboro, Cumberland, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- residence
- Year built
- c.1774
- Decade built
- 1770-1779
- Cultural association
- New England Planter
- Notice of registration date
- 15 November 2007
- Civic address
- 1155 Whitehall Road
- Community
- Parrsboro
- County
- Cumberland
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 45.37501, -64.32871
- File number
- Prov_file_268
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David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford LibrariesRoe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet ArchiveDavid Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford LibrariesRoe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet ArchiveDavid Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1879 map "Counties of Westmorland and Albert, New Brunswick (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces)" (David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1879 · Counties of Westmorland and Albert, New Brunswick (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime… (David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries)
- 1879 · County of Kings, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (Roe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet Archive)
- 1879 · County of Cumberland, 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 Colchester, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries)
The Province of Nova Scotia's Registered Heritage Properties dataset ↗
The Province's registration record
Reason for registration
its character defining elements including: frontage along the Bay of Fundy; building form and massing; the basic Georgian style of the central portion of the house, including its hip roof with dormers, Palladian entrance door, and oriel bay window and 2 storey bay windows on the west facade, and 2 inset chimneys at peak; series of double glass door leading to two storey balcony along south facade; side ell and peaked gables introduced by Sir Charles Tupper; and wooden clapboard siding and trim.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of Ottawa House relate to its evolutionary form and combination of styles and uses and include:
- location on the Bay of Fundy;
- form and massing;
- basic Georgian style of original central portion including hip roof, dormers, main entrance;
- two side ells;
- oriel bay window and two-storey bay window;
- two inset chimneys;
- three peaked gables on front elevation;
- two-tiered verandah across front elevation;
- wooden clapboard siding and trim;
- original stone foundation under centre section.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.