Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Kilmarnoch House
Pictou, Pictou, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- residence
- Notice of registration date
- 28 October 2014
- Civic address
- 110 Water Street
- Community
- Pictou
- County
- Pictou
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 45.67654, -62.71315
- File number
- Prov_file_292
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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 · Sect. No. 2, Caribou, Pictou County, Nova Scotia. (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)
The Province of Nova Scotia's Registered Heritage Properties dataset ↗
The Province's registration record
Reason for registration
its personage association with past property owners Donald A. Smith, well known for a famous photograph showing him driving the last spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1825 in Craigellachie, British Columbia, and William H. Harris, the local sherrif. Architectural and character defining elements; which include: vernacular sawed stone block construction; symmetrical seven bay façade; five second-floor six over six windows facing Water Street; medium pitch side gabled roof; wall extends up above the plane of the roof along the west end façade; three Scottish dormers along Water Street; end wall chimney along east façade with pots; and placement on the lot and close proximity of façade to the street.
Nearby in the register
- Lorrain's Innresidenceunder 1 mi
- The ConsulateB&Bunder 1 mi
- Pictou Iron Foundrycommercialunder 1 mi
- Pictou Iron Foundrycommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.