Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Thornton House
Windsor, West Hants, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- residence
- Notice of registration date
- 24 March 2026
- Civic address
- 646 King Street
- Community
- Windsor
- County
- West Hants
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 44.98934, -64.13085
- File number
- Prov_file_329
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesRoe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet ArchiveRoe 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 · 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 Halifax, 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 heritage value based on its age, architecture, and personage association and its character-defining elements; which are its: two-storey brick construction; hip roof; chimneys; fascia, cornice, dentils, and return at eaves; capitals on front façade; large central doorway; Palladian window over front entrance; circular gable window; ice hatch on rear façade; hatch entrance to the basement and location on small hill overlooking King Street.
Nearby in the register
- Christ Churchchurchunder 1 mi
- Saint John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Churchchurchunder 1 mi
- Convocation Hallschoolunder 1 mi
- Clifton Museum Park (Haliburton House)museumunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.