Powell House
Carbonear, Terre-Neuve et Labrador, A1Y, Canada
Reconnu formellement en:
1990/06/27
Autre nom(s)
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Liens et documents
Date(s) de construction
1899/01/01
Inscrit au répertoire canadien:
2004/12/21
Énoncé d'importance
Description du lieu patrimonial
The Powell House is a two-and-a-half storey late Victorian style house with a hipped roof, located at 70 Water Street East, Carbonear, Newfoundland. The designation includes the building and surrounding garden.
Valeur patrimoniale
The Powell house has been designated as a heritage building because of its architectural and historic value.
Architecturally, the Powell House reflects the builders, Phillip Saunders, outport interpretations of the late Victorian style. This house is one of the few remaining examples of this building style in Carbonear. All of the original building materials of the house is largely intact both inside and out, with the exception of a few tastefully constructed additions to the back and sides. The interior wood wall covering was inspired by Powell's travel to England, a commonly seen element in the houses built by Saunders & Howell.
Historically, the house is also important because of its associations with a prominent business man in Carbonear, J.P Powell. Powell was one of Carbonear's leading citizens and well known throughout Newfoundland. He was involved in the Reid Newfoundland Company and, at the turn of the century, built some of the earliest hydro plants in Newfoundland. He was famous for designing the Trinity loop, a stretch of the Bonavista branch railway line that is unique in North America because it circles a small pond to obtain a decrease in elevation. Powell also was associated with Saunders and Howell, a major construction and building-supply company.
Source: Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador unnumbered property designation file, 1 Springdale Street, St. John's, NL, A1C 5V5
Éléments caractéristiques
All original features which relate to the age and style of the home including:
- Steeply pitched gable roof.
- Gabled dormers
- Original uniform windows openings on front facade.
- Double pile bay windows on front facade
- Original windows and doors throughout.
- Narrow clapboard.
- Simple trim on doors and windows.
- Simple decoration on house.
- Placement of chimneys.
- All existing interior features which reflect the age and style of the building.
- Character of surrounding garden.
- Location
Reconnaissance
Juridiction
Terre-Neuve et Labrador
Autorité de reconnaissance
Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador
Loi habilitante
Historic Resources Act
Type de reconnaissance
Structure patrimoniale inscrite au répertoire
Date de reconnaissance
1990/06/27
Données sur l'histoire
Date(s) importantes
s/o
Thème - catégorie et type
- Exprimer la vie intellectuelle et culturelle
- L'architecture et l'aménagement
Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction
Actuelle
Historique
- Résidence
- Logement unifamilial
Architecte / Concepteur
Saunders and Howell
Constructeur
s/o
Informations supplémentaires
Emplacement de la documentation
Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador
1 Springdale Street, St.John’s Newfoundland
A1C 5V5
Réfère à une collection
Identificateur féd./prov./terr.
NL-1506
Statut
Édité
Inscriptions associées
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