Provincial Registry of Heritage Property · Nova Scotia
John Henry Ernst House
Blockhouse, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
The record
- Designation
- Provincially registered heritage property
- Type
- residence
- Year built
- c.1800
- Decade built
- 1800-1809
- Builder
- Ernst Family
- Cultural association
- German
- Notice of registration date
- 21 February 1989
- Civic address
- 222 Langille's Lake Road
- Community
- Blockhouse
- County
- Lunenburg
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 44.44889, -64.43208
- File number
- Prov_file_89
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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 · 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)
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The Province's registration record
Reason for registration
it is one of the finest examples of rural Nova Scotia Georgian architecture, virtually unaltered on its exterior and it was built c. 1800 by the Ernst family, original settlers to Lunenburg County.
Character-defining elements
Character-defining elements of the John Henry Ernst House include:
- clapboard cladding;
- six-over-six windows;
- corner boards;
- enclosed three-sided porch;
Character-defining elements of the Georgian style of the John Henry Ernst House include:
- two-and-one-half storeys;
- five bay symmetrical façade;
- medium pitched gable roof.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.