Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Sanford Barn
North Medford, Kings, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- barn
- Year built
- c.1900
- Decade built
- 1900-1910
- Builder
- Leverett Sanford
- Notice of registration date
- 9 July 1987
- Civic address
- 921 North Medford Road
- Community
- North Medford
- County
- Kings
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 45.19267, -64.37229
- File number
- Prov_file_63
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 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)
- 1879 · County of Cumberland, 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
it is a very rare surviving example of Nova Scotia barn construction, with overlapping roof rafters forming a shape similar to the hull of a ship.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of the Sanford Barn include:
- wooden construction, with six-over-six windows, plain wooden cornerboards and cornice;
- overlapping roof rafters forming an inverted "keel", similar to the hull of a ship;
- location on a working farm near the Nova Scotian coastline, with an excellent view of the Minas Basin.