Holy Ghost Ukrainian Church

Reason for registration

the architectural merit of the building in question; for the central role the church has played in the development of Nova Scotia's diverse cultural makeup and for its association with the industrialization of Nova Scotia.

Character-defining elements

Character-defining elements of Holy Ghost Church include:

- wood frame construction, cruciform in plan, with a short facade;
- main building that is approximately twenty-six feet to the gable peak, and approximately sixteen feet to the eaves;
- medium gable roof is asphalt shingled with decoratively moulded projecting eaves and verges;
- low gable roof over the porch entrance has a pediment while the main roof has pronounced returned eaves;
- facade corners, above the roof line, are eight-sided towers topped by onion domes;
- a similar, but much larger eight-sided tower and onion dome is located in the centre of the roof;
- crosses on each dome, with an Orthodox cross atop the larger dome;
- smaller domed towers approximately nine feet in height from the roof line up and the central domed tower is approximately twenty feet high from its lowest roof line;
- doorstep and door covered by a semi-circular archway, under which is a semi-circular stained glass window in three fixed panes; above the arch is a stylized Orthodox cross;
- chimney located slightly acentrally at the west end extending from the ground to approximately six feet above the roof peak;
- a small belfry on a separate staging at the northern and western corner of the church; the window openings on the belfry have separated wooden slots.