William Ellis Saint House Municipal Heritage Building
Bonavista, Terre-Neuve et Labrador, A0C, Canada
Reconnu formellement en:
2006/08/14
Autre nom(s)
s/o
Liens et documents
Date(s) de construction
1899/01/01
Inscrit au répertoire canadien:
2006/09/22
Énoncé d'importance
Description du lieu patrimonial
William Ellis Saint House is a two-storey, wooden, steep gable roof house located at 031-035 Ryan’s Hill, Bonavista. The municipal heritage designation is confined to the footprint of the building.
Valeur patrimoniale
William Ellis Saint House has architectural and cultural landscape values in Bonavista.
William Ellis Saint House was built in 1899, and is a good example of vernacular residential architecture in Newfoundland of the period between the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. There have been few alterations to the design of the building since its construction, so most style elements remain intact.
William Ellis Saint House has cultural landscape value in the community of Bonavista, as it is located at a high elevation amid a rocky outcrop locally known as Ragged Rocks, in an historic area of town known as Canaille. Together with its two-storey height, this location makes William Ellis Saint House a highly visible building.
Source: Town of Bonavista Town Council meeting minutes of 2006/08/14
Éléments caractéristiques
All elements that define the building's period vernacular design, including:
-3 bay facade;
-2/2 double hung windows;
-wood post foundation;
-partially enclosed porch;
-steep gable roof;
-wood shingles;
-clapboard sheathing;
Additionally: the house’s siting, which makes it a highly visible building in the town’s cultural landscape.
Reconnaissance
Juridiction
Terre-Neuve et Labrador
Autorité de reconnaissance
Municipalités de TNL
Loi habilitante
Municipalities Act
Type de reconnaissance
Terre, structure ou édifice patrimonial municipal
Date de reconnaissance
2006/08/14
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
s/o
Constructeur
William Ellis Saint
Informations supplémentaires
Emplacement de la documentation
Town of Bonavista, PO Box 279. Bonavista, NL, A0C 1B0
Réfère à une collection
Identificateur féd./prov./terr.
NL-2885
Statut
Édité
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