Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Esker (The)
Sable River, Shelburne, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- residence
- Year built
- c.1825
- Decade built
- 1820-1829
- Builder
- Stephen Harrington
- Cultural association
- New England Planter
- Notice of registration date
- 25 January 1988
- Civic address
- 296 Highway 3
- Community
- Sable River
- County
- Shelburne
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 43.83245, -65.05727
- File number
- Prov_file_65
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesRoe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet Archive
3 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 · Yarmouth, Shelburne counties, N.S. (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)
The Province of Nova Scotia's Registered Heritage Properties dataset ↗
The Province's registration record
Reason for registration
it is a pure example of the colonial style of architecture, commonly referred to as the "full Cape", and it is one of the few "full Cape" houses remaining in the Province which appears much the same as when it was built.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of The Esker relating to its Cape Cod style include:
- steeply pitched gable roof;
- large central chimney;
- five bay symmetrical facade with a central Bible door and transom;
- four 6/6 windows;
- stone fireplace;
- interior structural elements such as the original stairs, keeping-room hutch and exposed ceiling beams;
- landmark location on an esker hill with river access.