Wallace Row House
36-42 Acadia Street, Wolfville, Nouvelle-Écosse, B4P, Canada
Reconnu formellement en:
1989/04/17
Autre nom(s)
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Liens et documents
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Date(s) de construction
1899/01/01 à 1899/12/31
Inscrit au répertoire canadien:
2007/02/19
Énoncé d'importance
Description du lieu patrimonial
Wallace Row House is a two-and-one-half storey wooden row home located on Acadia Street, in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. Situated very close to the Acadia University campus on a densely-populated street in the heart of the community, the collection of homes is a landmark in the town. Only the building is included in the designation.
Valeur patrimoniale
Wallace Row House is valued for its architectural features and for its association to its builder and former owner, Reuban Wallace. Wallace was an accomplished craftsperson who also served as town councillor from 1904-05. His son, who followed in his footsteps, was Mac Wallace, a well-known architect who constructed many homes, commercial structures and civic buildings in Wolfville (such as the town hall, Wolfville school and the Acadia Students’ Union Building) and across the province throughout the 1950s and 60s.
Architecturally, Wallace Row House shows Second Empire-style features and is the only example of row housing in Wolfville. Its Second Empire-style elements include a steep-pitched Mansford roof with Classical Revival-style dormer windows. The structure also includes matching towers (or widow’s walks) with pyramid-shaped truncated roofs on projecting frontispieces, which suggest the Late-Victorian Eclectic-style.
sources:
- Town of Wolfville Heritage Property Program files, Wallace Row House file.
Éléments caractéristiques
Character-defining elements of Wallace Row House include:
- its location situated close to the road;
- steep-pitched Mansford roof;
- symmetrical 12-bay façade;
- two towers (or widow’s walks) with pyramid-shaped truncated roofs on projecting frontispieces;
- clapboard siding with pilasters under roof and on top edge of roof;
- first-and second-storey windows with architraves and caps;
- bay windows on first storey;
- pedimented dormer windows in Classical Revival-style on top storey;
- overhanging eaves and pilasters.
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
1989/04/17
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
- Résidence
- Édifice à logements multiples
Architecte / Concepteur
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Constructeur
Reuban Wallace
Informations supplémentaires
Emplacement de la documentation
Inventory Site Form found at Planning and Development Services, Town of Wolfville, 200 Dykeland Street, Wolfville, NS B4P 1A2
Réfère à une collection
Identificateur féd./prov./terr.
33MNS2022
Statut
Édité
Inscriptions associées
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