Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Westville Government of Canada Building
Westville, Pictou, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- post office
- Notice of registration date
- 11 February 2014
- Civic address
- 1870 Main Street
- Community
- Westville
- County
- Pictou
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 45.55946, -62.71310
- File number
- Prov_file_290
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford LibrariesRoe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet Archive
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1878 map "Pictou Co., N.S." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1878 · Pictou Co., N.S. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1879 · Outline Map of Pictou County, Nova Scotia, 1879. (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 · County of Colchester, 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)
The Province of Nova Scotia's Registered Heritage Properties dataset ↗
The Province's registration record
Reason for registration
only example of this style in NS. Character defining elements - oringinal placement along Main Street; Beaux Arts inspired architecture, red brick & white stone exterior cladding; 2 storeys height, with 5 bays façade with the openings symmetrically arranged around a central door; 2 brackets supporting a flat projecting lintel over the door; brick pilasters framing the corners of the building and defning the centre 3 bays; ground floor windows framed by round-headed voussoirs (wedged-shaped stones); upper storey rectangular windows with prominent keystones; and classically inspired cornice with dentils and slight projecting centre section.
Nearby in the register
- General Manager's Houseresidenceunder 1 mi
- Alma Cemeterycemetery2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.