Description du lieu patrimonial

96 Church Street, also known as the Moffatt House, is a two-storey Second Empire style house located on the east side of Church Street in Amherst, Nova Scotia. The home sits on a corner lot in one of Amherst’s older residential neighbourhoods. The building and property are included in the municipal designation.

Valeur patrimoniale

96 Church Street is valued as an excellent example of Second Empire architecture. Built circa 1873, it has the characteristic steeply pitched square Mansard roof, ornate window hoods, and decorative eaves of the Second Empire style. The home still has the original fine wooden details around its doors and windows. Also of particular note are the rare interior wall paintings in the hallways and several of the rooms, being some of the best examples of this work in the region.

Source: “Heritage Properties Amherst” File, Cumberland County Museum

Éléments caractéristiques

Character-defining elements of 96 Church Street include:
- location in historic residential area of Amherst;
- wooden windows and clapboard cladding.

Character-defining elements of 96 Church Street include all Second Empire elements, such as:
- square Mansard roof;
- brackets decorating eave line;
- decorative eaves;
- second-storey windows breaking the eaves;
- ornate rounded window hoods;
- decorative matching trim on front and side porches;
- matching roof, window hoods and trim on rear addition;
- three two-storey matching bay windows;
- decorative cornice.