Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Barracks (The)
Port Williams, Kings, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- B&B
- Year built
- 1778
- Decade built
- 1770-1779
- Cultural association
- New England Planter
- Notice of registration date
- 6 May 1986
- Civic address
- 1468 Starrs Point Road
- Community
- Port Williams
- County
- Kings
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 45.10483, -64.38326
- File number
- Prov_file_48
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
Roe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet ArchiveDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesRoe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet ArchiveDavid Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries
4 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 · Counties of Westmorland and Albert, New Brunswick (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime… (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
the building's close historical associations with the New England Planters, and its architectural history, first as a military barracks and later as a private residence.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of The Barracks include:
- location bordering the original military parade to the west;
- two-and-one-half-storey massing;
- wooden clapboard cladding;
- all evidence of original construction methods and form;
- bake oven in basement and original fireplaces;
Character-defining elements of the Georgian style of The Barracks include:
- five bay symmetrical façade;
- central entrance with transom and sidelights;
- gable roof;
- paired chimneys;
- wooden double hung, six-over-six windows.
Nearby in the register
- Prescott Housemuseumunder 1 mi
- Starr's Point Cemeterycemeteryunder 1 mi
- DeWolf Houseresidence1 mi
- Fox Hill Cemeterycemetery1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.