Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Loomer-Goodwin House
Habitant, Kings, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- residence
- Year built
- c.1761
- Decade built
- 1760-1769
- Builder
- Stephen Loomer
- Cultural association
- New England Planter
- Notice of registration date
- 19 December 1986
- Civic address
- 9979 Highway 221
- Community
- Habitant
- County
- Kings
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 45.15528, -64.41096
- File number
- Prov_file_56
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
Stephen Loomer (1721-1790), one of the original Cornwallis Township grantees, built the house; the house is an excellent early example of the architectural style commonly known as "Dutch Colonial"; and the house is believed to be one of only three houses still standing in NS built in this style by New England Planters.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of Goodwin House relating to its Dutch Colonial style architecture include:
- two-and-a-half storey wood post and beam construction, mortise and tenon joints;
- gambrel roof with asphalt shingles;
- central doorway with three bay front façade;
- one small, undersize dormer;
- one large central chimney;
- fieldstone foundation;
- location on the Habitant River, an area re-settled by New England Planters.
Nearby in the register
- The Old Placeresidenceunder 1 mi
- Fox Hill Cemeterycemetery3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.