Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Moidart
Creignish, Inverness, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- residence
- Notice of registration date
- 25 November 2013
- Civic address
- 2250 Highway 19
- Community
- Creignish
- County
- Inverness
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 45.73971, -61.46016
- File number
- Prov_file_289
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
2 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)
- 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
a very rare example of Scottish architecture and because of its continued occupany by 1 family. Character defining elements, original placement along Highway 19, leaning against the slopes of the Creignish Hills and overlooking George's Bay; quoins, lintels and dorrway encasement made of locally quarried stones; exterior walls made of irregular fieldstone (comprised of granite, sandstone and shale); main entrance door on front facade (northwest elevation) centrally located, with 1 rectangle window to either side; hipped roof with 3 doorers & central chimney.