Frederick Prince House
61 Dominion Street, Truro, Nouvelle-Écosse, B2N, Canada
Reconnu formellement en:
1994/09/12
Autre nom(s)
61 Dominion Street
Frederick Prince House
Liens et documents
Date(s) de construction
1886/01/01
Inscrit au répertoire canadien:
2004/09/27
Énoncé d'importance
Description du lieu patrimonial
Frederick Prince House is a two-storey wood-frame dwelling located at 61 Dominion Street in Truro, NS. The house is in the Italianate Revival style with two-storey square front and side bays, and is situated in Truro’s Heritage Conservation District II, a neighborhood noted for its concentration of largely intact late Victorian residences. The designation includes the house and surrounding property.
Valeur patrimoniale
Architectural Value
Truro has many surviving examples of this basic house plan, of which the Frederick Prince House is valued as an excellent example. As a house built for the mercantile classes in the town’s centre during its period of rapid growth in the 1880’s, this architectural style was very popular in the period. For many merchants, the regularity and understatement of the square plan Italianate style exactly reflected the sober and upright image they wished to project to their customers, colleagues and neighbours. Differences in wealth and taste were generally reflected in the massing, materials, decorative detail and quality of workmanship of a house.
Historical Value
The house is also valued for its association with prominent businessmen Frederick Prince and William E. Bligh, partners in the Bligh and Prince, Co., who sold agricultural implements, carriages, sleighs and furs from their store on Inglis Street in downtown Truro. Prince built this house in 1886 and exchanged it with Bligh for another nearby property in 1892.
Source: Planning Department, Town of Truro, file 10MNS0008
Éléments caractéristiques
Character-Defining Elements:
External elements that define the heritage character of the building consist of:
- all building elements, including: basic Italianate form and massing; elevated side entrance and porch, with paired chamfered supports and turned spindles; wide eaves with decorative bracketing; segmented square bays on front and side with projecting triangular pediments.
- all window and door elements, including: paired windows, each outlined with stained glass and four-light glazing; wide mouldings with, sills, lintels and decorative brackets.
- all building materials, including: wood clapboard cladding and trim painted in a dark contrasting colour; asphalt-shingled roof;
- all building elements compliant with the municipal Heritage Conservation District By-Law;
- placement of the house above street level, and set back from the street a distance consistent with its neighbours.
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
1994/09/12
Données sur l'histoire
Date(s) importantes
s/o
Thème - catégorie et type
- Économies en développement
- Commerce et affaires
Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction
Actuelle
Historique
- Résidence
- Logement unifamilial
Architecte / Concepteur
s/o
Constructeur
s/o
Informations supplémentaires
Emplacement de la documentation
Planning Department, Town of Truro, PO Box 427, Truro, NS B2N 5C5; file 10MNS0008
Réfère à une collection
Identificateur féd./prov./terr.
10MNS0008
Statut
Édité
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