Quaker House
57-59 Ochterloney Street, Dartmouth, Nouvelle-Écosse, B2Y, Canada
Reconnu formellement en:
1983/04/14
Autre nom(s)
Quaker House
Jackson House
Quaker Whaler House
Liens et documents
Date(s) de construction
1786/01/01
Inscrit au répertoire canadien:
2005/03/11
Énoncé d'importance
Description du lieu patrimonial
Quaker House is located on a busy street in downtown Dartmouth, NS. A one time residential area of Dartmouth, this portion of Ochterloney Street now contains mainly commercial buildings. The Halifax Harbour is clearly visible from the front yard of the House, which sits nearly at the streetline. Designation applies to the building and property.
Valeur patrimoniale
The Quaker House in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, is valued for both its unique architecture and social history. Built in 1786, Quaker House is one of the oldest buildings in downtown Dartmouth and the only surviving house of twelve Quaker homes that were built in the era in the mid 1780s for whalers who came from Nantucket to Nova Scotia to avoid high British tariffs following the end of the American Revolution.
While similarities to this house can be found in other early Nova Scotian homes, this is the only extant eighteenth century Quaker home in the province. Quaker House is a two-an-a-half residential building that exhibits heavy timber framing and the older portion of the house was built without an excavated basement, much like traditional Quaker homes on Nantucket Island. Quaker House contributes to the surrounding streetscape and size and massing. Its unadorned, symmetrical façade, clad with wooden shingles, has become a well known local landmark and represents the early history of Dartmouth and its ties to maritime industry. The site is presently operated as a museum.
Source: NS Heritage Division, Heritage Property File no. 18
Éléments caractéristiques
Character-Defining Elements of the Quaker House include:
- heavy timber framing;
- wood shingled façade;
- two and a half storeys;
- asymetrical façade with six-over-six wooden windows and off-centre door;
- original stone foundation under front section of house;
- all original and historic interior elements including wooden floors, panels, doors, mantles, stairs and painted main hallway;
- position close to the street;
- unadorned façade;
- remians of original fireplaces and chimenys;
- historic side addition with slightly bellcast roof.
Reconnaissance
Juridiction
Nouvelle-Écosse
Autorité de reconnaissance
Province de la Nouvelle-Écosse
Loi habilitante
Heritage Property Act
Type de reconnaissance
Bien inscrit au répertoire provincial
Date de reconnaissance
1983/04/14
Données sur l'histoire
Date(s) importantes
s/o
Thème - catégorie et type
- Économies en développement
- Commerce et affaires
- Un territoire à peupler
- Les établissements
Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction
Actuelle
- Loisirs
- Musée
Historique
- Résidence
- Logement unifamilial
Architecte / Concepteur
s/o
Constructeur
s/o
Informations supplémentaires
Emplacement de la documentation
Heritage Property Program files, Heritage Division, 1747 Summer Street, Halifax, NS, B3H 3A6
Réfère à une collection
Identificateur féd./prov./terr.
00PNS0018
Statut
Édité
Inscriptions associées
s/o