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Stormont Union Church

15324 Route 316, Stormont, Nova Scotia, Canada

Formally Recognized: 1995/11/23

East elevation, Stormont Union Church, Stormont, NS; Heritage Division, NS Dept. of Tourism, Culture and Heritage, 2009
East elevation
Front elevation, Stormont Union Church, Stormont, NS; Heritage Division, NS Dept. of Tourism, Culture and Heritage, 2009
Front elevation
Interior, altar and stained glass window, Stormont Union Church, Stormont, NS; Heritage Division, NS Dept. of Tourism, Culture and Heritage, 2009
Altar and stained glass window from the interior

Other Name(s)

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Links and documents

Construction Date(s)

Listed on the Canadian Register: 2009/12/22

Statement of Significance

Description of Historic Place

The Stormont Union Church is a small, wood-shingled church with a short, plain steeple, located on Highway 316 at Stormont in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia. The municipal designation covers the church and surrounding land.

Heritage Value

The Union Church in Stormont, Nova Scotia was built by Washington Salsman in 1926, using windows and pews from a much older Anglican church and lumber cut by the men of Stormont and Country Harbour Mines. It was purposely built for use by clergy of all dominations. This was in response to the Anglican clergyman’s closing his church to other denominations some years earlier.

The heritage value of the Stormont Union Church is that it symbolizes the community’s self-reliance and sense of inclusiveness and sharing in its simple construction and style elements.

The recently added stained glass windows, depicting the four seasons, the land and the sea, are of local design and construction, echoing the original purpose of this building as a religious centre for the whole community.

Source - Municipality of the District of Guysborough Heritage Property files, number 1444.

Character-Defining Elements

The character-defining elements of Stormont Union Church relate to its construction and use by multiple denominations, including:

-the functional simplicity of its design, with an unadorned, wood shingle exterior, flat interior ceiling, and chancel located in the main body of the building;
- decorative elements such as the Gothic Revival style transom over the entrance doors, moulded returns under the eaves and four-sided cap on the steeple;
- short, square steeple without a bell or decorative elements;
- the abstractly themed stained glass windows depicting the four seasons, the land and the sea.

Recognition

Jurisdiction

Nova Scotia

Recognition Authority

Local Governments (NS)

Recognition Statute

Heritage Property Act

Recognition Type

Municipally Registered Property

Recognition Date

1995/11/23

Historical Information

Significant Date(s)

n/a

Theme - Category and Type

Building Social and Community Life
Religious Institutions

Function - Category and Type

Current

Historic

Religion, Ritual and Funeral
Religious Facility or Place of Worship

Architect / Designer

n/a

Builder

Salsman, Washington

Additional Information

Location of Supporting Documentation

Municipality of the District of Guysborough, P.O. Box 79, Guysborough. N.S., B0H 1N0

Cross-Reference to Collection

Fed/Prov/Terr Identifier

19MNS2177

Status

Published

Related Places

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