Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Cole Harbour Heritage Farm
Cole Harbour, Halifax, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- museum
- Notice of registration date
- 1 August 1984
- Civic address
- 471 & 475 Poplar Drive
- Community
- Cole Harbour
- County
- Halifax
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 44.67254, -63.49965
- File number
- Prov_file_34
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford LibrariesRoe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet Archive
3 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1763 map "Plan De La Baye De Chibouctou : nommée par les Anglois Halifax" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1763 · Plan De La Baye De Chibouctou : nommée par les Anglois Halifax (David Rumsey Map Collection, 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)
- 1879 · County of Hants, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (Roe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet Archive)
The Province of Nova Scotia's Registered Heritage Properties dataset ↗
The Province's registration record
Reason for registration
the building's historical and representative role as Halifax's "market community", and its architectural importance to the modern communities of Cole Harbour, Dartmouth and Halifax.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of the Cole Harbour Heritage Farm include:
- close proximinty of agricultural buildings located around a central farm yard space;
- operating farm with livestock;
- its role as an anchor within the surrounding urban neighbourhood;
- building materials of wood shingles and hand hewn beams;
- main garden with a selection of vegetables, herbs and flowers;
- small kitchen garden beside Giles House.
Character-defining elements of the Settle (Main) Barn, Market (Small) Barn, Crib Barn, and the Blacksmith Shop (former Horse Barn) include:
- wood framing;
- barn has been built into the side of a slope (Settle Barn);
- hand hewn craftsmanship;
- oversized wood shingles;
- cold storage room (Market Barn);
- all original and historic elements related to their agricultural and blacksmith functions.
Character-defining elements of the Giles House include:
- one-and-one-half storeys;
- prefabricated wooden frame;
- elements related to both the Cape Cod and Saltbox styles;
- horizontal slotted logs;
- steeply pitched gable roof;
- central chimney.
Character-defining elements of the Settle-Harris House relate to its Gothic Revival style and include:
- cross gable dormers;
- pointed windows;
- central chimney;
- veranda;
- triangle-shaped window to fit roofline.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.