Five Acre Farm
560 Third Street, Nanaimo, Colombie-Britannique, V9R, Canada
Reconnu formellement en:
2002/10/07
Autre nom(s)
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Liens et documents
Date(s) de construction
1884/01/01
Inscrit au répertoire canadien:
2005/11/14
Énoncé d'importance
Description du lieu patrimonial
The Five Acre Farm consists of a modest residence, outbuildings and acreage located in one of Nanaimo's oldest neighbourhoods, adjacent to the downtown core. The historic place consists of the buildings and acreage.
Valeur patrimoniale
The Five Acre Farm site is exceptionally significant as the only recognized, intact acreage in one of British Columbia's earliest planned communities. In 1884, Samuel Robins, Superintendent of the Vancouver Coal Mining and Land Company, purchased Harewood Estates, a large parcel of land between Nanaimo and the base of Mount Benson. Robins subdivided the area into five-acre lots and made them available to mining families as homesteads at affordable prices. Robins envisioned farming as a way for miners to provide for themselves whenever coal markets were depressed. This property is one of the few remaining original 'Five Acres' farms. The farm, including the acreage, house, barn, outbuildings and orchards, stands in stark contrast to the small city lots that surround it in an area that, over time, has lost most of its original rural character.
The sole farm acreage in an area of single-family dwellings on small lots, the Five Acre Farm is a highly visible and well-loved community landmark.
Source:City of Nanaimo, Development Services Department
Éléments caractéristiques
The character-defining elements of the Five Acre Farm include:
-all of the elements of a vernacular farm grouping including the acreage, residence, barn, outbuildings, orchard and any other remaining elements of a working farm.
- the location in what was the 1884 Harewood Estates subdivision, now largely redeveloped as single family residential lots.
Reconnaissance
Juridiction
Colombie-Britannique
Autorité de reconnaissance
Administrations locales (C.-B.)
Loi habilitante
Local Government Act, art.954
Type de reconnaissance
Répertoire du patrimoine communautaire
Date de reconnaissance
2002/10/07
Données sur l'histoire
Date(s) importantes
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Thème - catégorie et type
- Un territoire à peupler
- Les établissements
Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction
Actuelle
Historique
- Approvisionnements en vivres
- Ferme ou ranch
Architecte / Concepteur
s/o
Constructeur
s/o
Informations supplémentaires
Emplacement de la documentation
City of Nanaimo, Development Services Department
Réfère à une collection
Identificateur féd./prov./terr.
DgRx-114
Statut
Édité
Inscriptions associées
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