Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Ryer-Davis House
Shelburne, Shelburne, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- residence
- Year built
- 1784
- Decade built
- 1780-1789
- Cultural association
- Loyalist
- Notice of registration date
- 15 June 1988
- Civic address
- 6 Glasgow Street
- Community
- Shelburne
- County
- Shelburne
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 43.77115, -65.33081
- File number
- Prov_file_76
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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 one of the few remaining houses from the earliest settlement of Shelburne and it is little altered from its original 1784 Dutch Colonial design.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of the Ryer-Davis House include:
- one consistent roofline visible from front elevation;
- one-and-one half stories;
- rear and side elevations showing gambrel and gable roof lines;
- partial original foundation;
- remains of original beehive oven;
- original roof sheathing with Roman numerals;
- asymmetrical front façade;
- six-over-six wooden windows;
- location within the original township of Shelburne.
Nearby in the register
- George Gracie House (aka The Coopers Inn)innunder 1 mi
- Joseph McGill Company Officecommercialunder 1 mi
- Old Kirk Burying Groundcemeteryunder 1 mi
- Ross Thomson Housemuseumunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.