Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Thornbank Farm
Durham, Pictou, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- residence
- Notice of registration date
- 20 August 2014
- Civic address
- 784 Sylvester Road
- Community
- Durham
- County
- Pictou
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 45.62225, -62.80470
- File number
- Prov_file_291
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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
personage association with Rev. James Ross; a person with significan associatinos to the Presbyterian Church of NS & Dal. College; & its Greek Revival architecture. Character defining elements, one and a half storeys; back ell; wood frame construction; medium pitched gable roof with return eaves; low pitched cross gable located in the front facade with curved arched to the double hund wood window, 2 chimneys at peak; symmetrical 5 bay facade; central front entrance with transom and side lites; double hung wood sash windows; cut stone foundation and any original cladding under existing vinyl siding.