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Captain William Smith House

361 Lincoln Street, Lunenburg, Nouvelle-Écosse, B0J, Canada

Reconnu formellement en: 1998/01/08

William Smith House, Old Town Lunenburg, front façade, 2004; Heritage Division, NS Dept. of Tourism, Culture and Heritage, 2004
Front façade
William Smith House, Old Town Lunenburg, east façade, 2004; Heritage Division, NS Dept. of Tourism, Culture and Heritage, 2004
East façade
William Smith House, Old Town Lunenburg, Lunenburg Bump dormer, 2004; Heritage Division, NS Dept. of Tourism, Culture and Heritage, 2004
Lunenburg bump

Autre nom(s)

s/o

Liens et documents

Date(s) de construction

1880/01/01

Inscrit au répertoire canadien: 2004/12/13

Énoncé d'importance

Description du lieu patrimonial

Captain William Smith House is a two-storey Victorian wooden building located on Lincoln Street in Old Town, a designated heritage district in Lunenburg, NS. Built in 1880, the house is located close to the street line without much surrounding property, and has a prominent central 'Lunenburg Bump'. Designation extends to the building and surrounding property.

Valeur patrimoniale

The Captain William Smith House's heritage value lies in its architectural features and contribution to the streetscape, as it is an outstanding example of vernacular Lunenburg architecture. The building retains most of its original features and is ornamented by detailed woodwork on each façade, especially where it faces the street. It is an excellent example of the height of Victorian architecture in Lunenburg, with many vernacular features including a prominent central, bell cast 'Lunenburg bump.'

The house is also valued for its interesting history; its original location was about one block away (what is now 197 Pelham Street), where it was built for Captain William Smith. In 1922 Freeman Smith purchased the house and in 1931 he moved it to its present location.

Source: Heritage Designation File 66400-40-38, Town of Lunenburg.

Éléments caractéristiques

Character-Defining elements of the Captain William Smith House relate to its vernacular Lunenburg architecture and includes:

- the building's close proximity to the street ands neighbours, and its overall appearance of symmetry;
- central dormer, known locally as a 'Lunenburg bump', with fretsawn gingerbread on its lower edge over the main door and rectangular porch
- two-over-two windows have original entablatures and bracketing;
- lintels on all windows, retaining original scrollwork;
- steep gable roof, with two symmetrically placed chimneys, and a bell cast roof on the central dormer;
- clapboard siding, with wide, bracketed corner boards, and paneled trim under the dormer windows;
- rectangular transom and sidelight windows on the main door.

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

1998/01/08

Données sur l'histoire

Date(s) importantes

1931/01/01 à 1931/01/01

Thème - catégorie et type

Un territoire à peupler
Les établissements

Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction

Actuelle

Historique

Résidence
Logement unifamilial

Architecte / Concepteur

s/o

Constructeur

s/o

Informations supplémentaires

Emplacement de la documentation

W. Plaskett, "Lunenburg: An Inventory of Historic Buildings" (Lighthouse Press, 1984).

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Identificateur féd./prov./terr.

37MNS0038

Statut

Édité

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