Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
McCulloch House
Pictou, Pictou, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- museum
- Year built
- 1806
- Decade built
- 1800-1809
- Cultural association
- Scottish
- Notice of registration date
- 11 March 1983
- Civic address
- 100 Haliburton Road
- Community
- Pictou
- County
- Pictou
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 45.67742, -62.72294
- File number
- Prov_file_5
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1878 map "Pictou Co., N.S." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1878 · Pictou Co., N.S. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1879 · Sect. No. 2, Caribou, Pictou County, Nova Scotia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1879 · Outline Map of Pictou County, Nova Scotia, 1879. (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)
- 1879 · County of Colchester, 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
the property's association with the well known Nova Scotian clergyman and educator Thomas McCulloch, D.D. and for the age of the building, which pre-dates 1812.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of McCulloch House relate to its lowland Scottish style architecture and include:
- building form and massing;
- brick building materials;
- gambrel roof and three dormers on front and rear elevations;
- all evidence of original pedimented gable roof;
- sandstone used in the quoins, windows and door trims thought to be imported from Scotland;
- large oak door and transom;
- 6-over-6 wooden windows on main floor;
- wood shingle roof;
- location on knoll facing Pictou Harbour.
Nearby in the register
- The ConsulateB&Bunder 1 mi
- Kilmarnoch Houseresidenceunder 1 mi
- Lorrain's Innresidenceunder 1 mi
- Pictou Iron Foundrycommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.