Henry Lawrence House
77 Queen Street, Truro, Nouvelle-Écosse, B2N, Canada
Reconnu formellement en:
1999/01/08
Autre nom(s)
77 Queen Street
Henry Lawrence House
Liens et documents
Date(s) de construction
1890/01/01
Inscrit au répertoire canadien:
2004/10/18
Énoncé d'importance
Description du lieu patrimonial
Henry Lawrence House is a two-storey wood-frame dwelling located at 77 Queen Street in Truro, NS in a residential area in the urban core of the town. Built in 1890, it is a massive front-gabled Queen Anne style building, with a partially enclosed porch and a single storey Italianate bay window centred above the porch. The designation includes the building and surrounding property.
Valeur patrimoniale
Historical Value
Henry Lawrence House is valued for its association with the family of Henry T. Lawrence, a saddler and harness-maker who operated a business on Prince Street in the late 19th century. Lawrence was fire chief (1871-1884), Mayor of Truro (1904-1905), and represented Colchester County in the provincial Legislative Assembly.
Architectural Value
Henry Lawrence House is valued as an example of a detached urban Queen Anne Revival house, and illustrates how mass was achieved by adding height and depth to a building, rather than the more traditional towers, dormers and bays. The house is of the spindlework subtype of the Queen Anne Revival style.
Source: Planning Department, Town of Truro, file 10MNS0026
Éléments caractéristiques
External elements that define the building’s heritage character consits of:
- building elements, including: basic Queen Anne form and massing; wide side eaves with brackets and decorative mouldings on the fascias; partially-enclosed porch with Late Victorian turned supports and brackets; second storey bay window with wide bracketted eaves and decorative mouldings.
- original window and door elements, including: sashed strip windows surmounted by a half-moon window in the front gable, creating a variation on the Palladian style window; narrow sashed windows with sills, some with drip mouldings.
- original building materials, including: asphalt-shingled roof; wooden clapboard cladding and trim; shingle cladding in the gables.
Elements that define the site’s heritage character include:
- placement of the house relative to its neighbours and the street.
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
1999/01/08
Données sur l'histoire
Date(s) importantes
s/o
Thème - catégorie et type
- Économies en développement
- Commerce et affaires
- Gouverner le Canada
- Les institutions gouvernementales
Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction
Actuelle
- Résidence
- Édifice à logements multiples
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 10MNS0026
Réfère à une collection
Identificateur féd./prov./terr.
10MNS0026
Statut
Édité
Inscriptions associées
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