Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
Wecob
Marriott's Cove, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- residence
- Year built
- 1763
- Decade built
- 1760-1769
- Cultural association
- New England Planter
- Notice of registration date
- 17 October 1988
- Civic address
- 24 Wake Up Hill Road
- Community
- Marriott's Cove
- County
- Lunenburg
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 44.55713, -64.27024
- File number
- Prov_file_82
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesRoe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet ArchiveDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesRoe Brothers, Atlas of the Maritime Provinces (1879) / Internet ArchiveDavid Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries
5 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 · 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 · County of Halifax, 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 was built about 1763 by Rev. John Seccombe, a prominent religious leader in Nova Scotia, and it is a pure example of a three-quarters New England Cape Cod, which has been little altered on its exterior since its construction.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of Wecob relate to its New England Cape Cod style and include:
- one-and-three-quarter storey wood construction with some remaining original shingles;
- square floor plan with interior beams running the full length of the building;
- original central chimney;
- steeply pitched gable roof;
- 6/6 windows.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.