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Jost’s Wharf Building

Guysborough, Nouvelle-Écosse, B0H, Canada

Reconnu formellement en: 2002/02/22

Front elevation, Jost's Wharf Building, Guysborough, NS; Heritage Division, NS Department of Tourism, Culture and Heritage, 2009
Front (west) elevation
South elevation, Jost's   Wharf Building, Guysborough, NS; Heritage Division, NS Department of Tourism, Culture and Heritage, 2009
South elevation
Ship's knee support, interior structural detail, Jost's Wharf Building, Guysborough, NS; Heritage Division, NS Department of Tourism, Culture and Heritage, 2009
Ship's knee support

Autre nom(s)

Jost’s Wharf Building
Community Market Building

Liens et documents

Date(s) de construction

Inscrit au répertoire canadien: 2009/12/17

Énoncé d'importance

Description du lieu patrimonial

The Jost Wharf Building is a renovated marine warehouse located on Jost’s Wharf on the waterfront in the centre of Guysborough, Nova Scotia, behind what is now the Rare Bird Pub. It dates from circa 1890 and is two stories with a moderately pitched gable end roof. It is of post and beam construction with clapboard cladding. This municipal designation covers the building and surrounding land.

Valeur patrimoniale

The Jost's Wharf Building is valued as an example of a marine warehouse, typical of its era in Nova Scotia. Originally a flour and feed warehouse, it was built by George Y. Grant, who designed and built most of the large public buildings in the village of Guysborough, many of which are no longer standing.

This building recalls the days when Guysborough was a port and shipbuilding centre on Nova Scotia’s eastern shore. Located directly behind what was B&G Jost Ltd., the village’s principal general store, it was used as a warehouse for the store. It is the last surviving building of a complex that was once on the site. The original B&G Jost, Ltd. sign is displayed in the second floor meeting room. The municipal designation covers the building and surrounding land.

Source: Municipality of the District of Guysborough Heritage Registration document, number 176.

Éléments caractéristiques

The character-defining elements of the Jost's Wharf Building relate to its construction and former use as a warehouse, including:

- the post and beam, two-and-a-half storey construction with a gable end roof and with clapboard cladding;
- the ship’s knees bracing implying marine construction;
- the arrangement of double doors at each end permitting ingress and egress of a freight cart;
- the six-over-six windows.

Reconnaissance

Juridiction

Nouvelle-Écosse

Autorité de reconnaissance

Administrations locales (N.-É.)

Loi habilitante

Heritage Property Act

Type de reconnaissance

Bien inscrit au répertoire municipal

Date de reconnaissance

2002/02/22

Données sur l'histoire

Date(s) importantes

s/o

Thème - catégorie et type

Économies en développement
Communications et transport

Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction

Actuelle

Communauté
Espace communautaire

Historique

Approvisionnements en vivres
Installation d'entreposage de provisions

Architecte / Concepteur

s/o

Constructeur

Grant, George Y.

Informations supplémentaires

Emplacement de la documentation

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

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Identificateur féd./prov./terr.

19MNS2172

Statut

Édité

Inscriptions associées

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