Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Kinsman-Salsman House
Grafton, Kings, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- residence
- Year built
- c.1818
- Decade built
- 1810-1819
- Cultural association
- New England Planter
- Notice of registration date
- 15 June 1988
- Civic address
- 213 Arnold Road
- Community
- Grafton
- County
- Kings
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 45.11147, -64.69647
- File number
- Prov_file_79
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Roe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet ArchiveDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford LibrariesRoe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet Archive
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 · 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 Saint John, New Brunswick (Roe Brothers Atlas of the Maritime Provinces) (David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries)
- 1879 · County of Hants, 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
this classical revival house, dating from the first quarter of the 19th century, is among the oldest remaining homes of the migration of second and third generation New England Planters into western Cornwallis township lands. It has been restored and is carefully maintained in a beautifulrural setting.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements relating to the Classic Revival style of the Kinsman-Salsman House and surrounding property include:
- one-and-a-half storey wood construction;
- steeply pitched gable roof;
- centrally placed chimney;
- symmetrical floor plan;
- corner pilasters and frieze across the front elevation;
- transom and side lights over and round the central entrance.
Character-defining elements relating to the surrounding property of the Kinsman-Salsman House include:
- wooden barn;
- three-foot high rock wall running the full length of the front of the property;
- surrounding gardens and mature trees.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.