Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
deGannes-Cosby House
Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- residence
- Year built
- 1708
- Decade built
- 1700-1709
- Builder
- Major Louis-Joseph de Gannes de Falaise
- Cultural association
- Acadian
- Notice of registration date
- 3 April 1986
- Civic address
- 477 St. George Street
- Community
- Annapolis Royal
- County
- Annapolis
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 44.74110, -65.51241
- File number
- Prov_file_46
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 ArchiveDavid Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1828 map "The north eastern coast, North America, New York to Cape Canso (center sheet)" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1828 · The north eastern coast, North America, New York to Cape Canso (center sheet) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1878 · St. John Co., N.B. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1879 · County of Digby, Nova Scotia (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (Roe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet Archive)
- 1879 · County of Saint John, New Brunswick (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
it being the oldest documented building in the Province and its close historical association with both the de Gannes and Cosby families - two prominent families in the political and military history of 18th century Nova Scotia.
Character-defining elements
The character defining elements of the de Gannes-Cosby house include:
-rubble foundation with a partial basement;
-post and beam construction;
-some walls constructed with wattle and daub clay infill;
-gambrel roof;
-wooden front door;
-enclosed two storey porch with sidelights on either side of the door;
-wooden six over six double hung sash windows with moulded trim;
-two brick double chimneys on the main section of the house and a brick single chimney on the ell;
-two front dormers with pediments which were added in the twentieth century;
-two gabled dormers with overhangs on the ell.
Nearby in the register
- Girvan Bank-Runciman Houseresidenceunder 1 mi
- Queen Anne Inninnunder 1 mi
- Hillsdale Houseinnunder 1 mi
- Annapolis County Court Housepublicunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.