Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Acadia Cinema Building
Wolfville, Kings, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- cinema
- Notice of registration date
- 17 January 2016
- Civic address
- 450 Main Street
- Community
- Wolfville
- County
- Kings
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 45.09155, -64.36276
- File number
- Prov_file_298
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
Roe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet ArchiveDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesRoe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet ArchiveDavid Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1878 map "Lunenburg Co., N.S." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1878 · Lunenburg Co., N.S. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1879 · County of Kings, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (Roe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet Archive)
- 1879 · County of Hants, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (Roe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet Archive)
- 1879 · Counties of Westmorland and Albert, New Brunswick (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime… (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
cultural and community uses, a landmark building for the town as well as character defining elements, which include: its location on Main Street with the alleyway off of Main Street along the east-facing façade of the former T. Hutchinson Building; its brick facade cladding with a subtle detailed-pattern and capped parapet along Main Street; its 3 window openings on the 2nd floor of the south-facing facade; and its neon "Acadia" marquee above the main theatre entrance and its former stone inset signage banner near the parapet.
Nearby in the register
- Burying Ground (The) (Wolfville)cemeteryunder 1 mi
- Randall Housemuseumunder 1 mi
- DeWolf Houseresidenceunder 1 mi
- Starr's Point Cemeterycemetery1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.