Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
MacNeil House
Malignant Cove, Antigonish, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- residence
- Notice of registration date
- 29 June 2010
- Civic address
- 70 Campbell-MacQuarrie Road
- Community
- Malignant Cove
- County
- Antigonish
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 45.77988, -62.10505
- File number
- Prov_file_280
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5 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)
- 1878 · Pictou Co., N.S. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1879 · County of Pictou, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries)
- 1879 · Counties of Queens and Kings, Prince Edward Island (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime… (David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, 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
built in a common vernacular style, there are not many left in this condition in the province; has been kept in the same family for 133 years & because of the Malignant Cove perspective. Character defining elements - original location off of Campbell-MacQuarrie Road in Malignant Cove, Antigonish County; original modest one and one-half storey design with central chimney made of stone; five bay symmetrical front facade with six-over-six hung windows, a wooden storm door and an original entrance door; wooden shingle siding with simple corner boards and minimal trim around each window; stone foundation; and single storey hipped roofed addition. While not part of the registration, Council recognizes the original unique interior features of the home as well.