Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Peter Smyth House
Port Hood, Inverness, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- residence
- Year built
- 1855
- Decade built
- 1840-1849, 1850-1859
- Cultural association
- Scottish, Irish
- Notice of registration date
- 12 June 1985
- Civic address
- 342 Main Street
- Community
- Port Hood
- County
- Inverness
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 46.02060, -61.53418
- File number
- Prov_file_41
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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)
- 1879 · County of Pictou, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Eastern Half of Nova Scotia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The Province's registration record
Reason for registration
is considered the finest example of a stone house built in Inverness County; is the only one of two stone houses remaining in the county; and because it was the home of the most prominent Port Hood merchant and politician of the 19th century.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of the Peter Smyth House include:
- sandstone blocks of varying lengths;
- seven stone stairs leading to the front door;
- six-over-six windows on first and second storeys;
- three-sided rear dormer;
- stone projection immediately beneath the eaves line running along the perimeter of the building.
Character-defining elements of the Peter Smyth House relate to its Scottish influenced Georgian style and include:
- five bay symmetrical façade;
- stone pillars and lintel surrounding the front door with fanlight and sidelights with diamond shaped panes;
- transom and sidelights surrounding the rear door;
- paired stone chimneys, one at either end, entirely enclosed within the walls of the house;
- Scottish dormer above the front door with a six-over-six pane window;
- skew on gable ends.