Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Gurden Bill Homestead
Lockeport, Shelburne, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- residence
- Year built
- 1841
- Decade built
- 1840-1849
- Builder
- Gurden Bill
- Notice of registration date
- 25 January 1988
- Civic address
- 27 South Street
- Community
- Lockeport
- County
- Shelburne
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 43.69779, -65.10752
- File number
- Prov_file_69
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
2 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)
The Province of Nova Scotia's Registered Heritage Properties dataset ↗
The Province's registration record
Reason for registration
it is one of five houses forming a family related streetscape of carefully preserved buildings unique in Nova Scotia and because of the arresting combination of Greek Revival, Colonial Vernacular and Second Empire styles found in the streetscape.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of the Gurden Bill Homestead that relate to its Vernacular style include:
- one and a half-storey, wood construction;
- five bay facade with a central doorway;
- three gable dormers;
- steeply pitched gable roof is crowned by a large central chimney;
- an end wall chimney on the west side;
- doorway with segmental transom and five panes;
- an entrance entablature supported by pilasters on either side;
- windows are 6/9 double hung, dormer windows are 6/6 double hung.
Character-defining elements of the Gurden Bill Homestead that relate to its location within the Locke Family Streetscape include:
- location on South Street facing the harbour;
- location in close proximity to the other four homes within the Locke Family Streetscape.
Nearby in the register
- Jacob Locke Homesteadresidenceunder 1 mi
- John Locke Homesteadresidenceunder 1 mi
- William Stalker Homesteadresidenceunder 1 mi
- Locke Homesteadresidenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.