Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Fairholme Farm
Georges River, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- residence
- Notice of registration date
- 10 April 2018
- Civic address
- 439 Johnson Road
- Community
- Georges River
- County
- Cape Breton
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 46.22702, -60.29513
- File number
- Prov_file_303
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3 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1764 map "L'Isle Royale, Située a l'Entrée du Golphe de Saint Laurent" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1764 · L'Isle Royale, Située a l'Entrée du Golphe de Saint Laurent (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Eastern Half of Nova Scotia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sydney, Canada. Coal Resources of the World. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
The Province of Nova Scotia's Registered Heritage Properties dataset ↗
The Province's registration record
Reason for registration
Queen Ann architecture; hipped-roof with asymmetrically-placed cross gables; intricate decorative shingles; balustrades and use of bays; covered front veranda with corner pavilion on the main level; original window openings, including unique key-hole window opening on north-west facade, remaining 2 over 2 hung-windows; remaining stained-glazing in some hung windows; 3 bayed-lantern window on the upper roof on the north-east facade; integrated brick chimney stack within a bay on the north-west facade; horizontal and vertical decorative boards beneath gable; upper balcony on north west facade; tree-lined laneway from Johnson Road.