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Date(s) de construction
Inscrit au répertoire canadien:
2007/06/11
Énoncé d'importance
Description du lieu patrimonial
Heritage Hall is located on John Street, close to downtown Shelburne, Nova Scotia. This one-and-a-half storey wooden building was built around 1888. The building and property are included in the municipal designation.
Valeur patrimoniale
Heritage Hall is valued for its age, architecture, historical associations and its continued use as a community building.
Heritage Hall was built around 1888 during the ministry of Reverend Thomas Howland White, an Anglican minister in Shelburne for sixty-two years. Reverend White was the son of Gideon White, one of the original Loyalists in the area. Heritage Hall served as the Church Hall for the Anglican congregation until the Anglican Hall on Ann Street was built in the 1960s.
In 1968, a local group was formed called the Library Association, now known as the Shelburne Library Building Association. This group was responsible for having the building transformed into a library, which opened in February, 1970.
Heritage Hall is currently used as a community workshop building for mentally challenged persons. From this location, the group provides laundry services, shoe repair, the engraving of plaques and trophies and from time to time, home made muffins and tea to the general public.
This one-and-a-half storey wooden building, with a steeply pitched gable roof, is set on a granite block foundation. A few exterior alterations were made to accommodate its present use as a workshop facility but the building remains largely unaltered from its original state.
Heritage Hall is set very close to the sidewalk and flush with the corner streetline, close to downtown Shelburne, and in a predominantly residential setting.
Source: Town of Shelburne, Heritage file, no. 15, Shelburne, Nova Scotia.
Éléments caractéristiques
Character-defining elements of Heritage Hall include:
- one-and-a-half storey wood structure;
- steeply pitched gable roof;
- granite block foundation;
- narrow cornerboards;
- moulded frieze boards;
- very narrow eave overhang;
- wood shingle cladding;
- one bay front façade capped by a gabled portico supported by decorative brackets;
- rear offset chimney.
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
1988/03/07
Données sur l'histoire
Date(s) importantes
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Thème - catégorie et type
- Établir une vie sociale et communautaire
- Les institutions religieuses
- Établir une vie sociale et communautaire
- L'organisation communautaire
- Établir une vie sociale et communautaire
- L'éducation et le bien-être de la société
Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction
Actuelle
- Commerce / Services commerciaux
- Magasin ou commerce de vente au détail
Historique
- Religion, rituel et funéraille
- Centre religieux ou lieu de culte
- Loisirs
- Bibliothèque
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Informations supplémentaires
Emplacement de la documentation
Town of Shelburne Office, Water Street, PO Box 670, Shelburne, NS, B0T 1W0.
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Identificateur féd./prov./terr.
51MNS0015
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