Acadia Lodge No. 13 A.F. & A.M.

Reason for registration

based on documentation/write up that the Advisory Council on Heritage Property received that it was the first site of the Pugwash Conference on Nuclear Scientists and that it was a 1902 building that was used as a Masonic Lodge and still is. Also, because of its character defining elements, which include: symmetry of the front facade with a central entrance and flanking windows on each side; the low pitched gabled roof; the two storey mass, the concrete sills and headers at each window; the brick facade and pattern of brick (with every sixth course consiting of headers); the hung windows with stainded glass in most of the upper window sashes; and the original placement of the building on the lot.

Character-defining elements

The character defining elements of Acadia Lodge No. 13 include:

- symmetrical front façade;
- central entrance flanked by windows on each side;
- low pitched, gable roof;
- two-storey massing;
- concrete sills and headers;
- brick façade and pattern of every sixth course consisting of headers;
- wooden windows with stained glass in most of the upper sashes;
- remains in original location