Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
New Jerusalem Farm on McNutt's Island
McNutt's Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- residence
- Year built
- c.1857
- Decade built
- 1850-1859
- Notice of registration date
- 30 December 2009
- Civic address
- Lot 3, McNutts Island Road
- Community
- McNutt's Island
- County
- Shelburne
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 43.64516, -65.30305
- File number
- Prov_file_278
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
2 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1828 map "The north eastern coast, North America, New York to Cape Canso (center sheet)" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1828 · The north eastern coast, North America, New York to Cape Canso (center sheet) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1878 · Yarmouth, Shelburne counties, N.S. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
The Province of Nova Scotia's Registered Heritage Properties dataset ↗
The Province's registration record
Reason for registration
of its history and cultural value, in terms of the roles of Capt. Alexander McNutt and Moses Pitcher; very rare in terms of its architecture and its survival as an original residence on an offshore island. Character defining elements: its original location on McNutt's Island; one and a half storey wooden home, with shingle and clapboard wooden siding; the wooden six-over-six and six-over-three windows; the wooden return eves, moulded cornice, wide fascia and corner boards; stone foundation under kitchen; and the only oak tree planted on the island near the front entrance.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of New Jerusalem Farm on McNutt's Island include:
- its original location and setting;
- one-and-one-half storey, wood-frame construction with shingle and clapboard siding;
- wood-frame six-over-six and six-over-three sash windows;
- wooden eaves return eaves, moulded cornice, wide fascia and cornerboards;
- stone foundation under the kitchen section of the building;
- oak tree planted near the main entrance; and
- landscape remnants relating to the former agricultural use of the property, including the remaining trees of an apple orchard and fieldstone walls.