Autre nom(s)
60 Victoria Street East
Christ Church
Liens et documents
Date(s) de construction
1846/01/01 à 1846/12/31
Inscrit au répertoire canadien:
2007/11/22
Énoncé d'importance
Description du lieu patrimonial
60 Victoria Street East, also known as Christ Church, is a modest, one-and–a-half storey Gothic Revival brick Anglican church tucked discreetly behind Victoria Square on the north side of Amherst, Nova Scotia's main street. The church has stood on this site since 1846, but was built circa 1825. The building and property are included in the municipal designation.
Valeur patrimoniale
Christ Church is valued as one of the oldest buildings in Amherst. It is also valued for its architectural design and for its unique vernacular interpretation of the crucifix floor plan. Also valued are the two styles of brick bond that were used in its construction. The red brick Gothic church is one of a cluster of stone and brick buildings erected in this downtown area of Amherst at the turn of the twentieth century, and is valued as being part of this unique Maritime streetscape.
Historical Value: About 1825, the Anglican community had builder George Revelle erect a brick church in the area now called West Amherst. The town gradually spread eastward, so in 1846, the church was dismantled and reassembled on its present site, which is about three kilometers east of its original location. Bricks from the original building were incorporated into the walls of the new church.
Architectural Value: This modest church is relatively unadorned except for its stained glass windows and distinctive Gothic Revival features, specifically the slightly-pointed arches over the doors and windows, the height of the gables, the steeply-pitched roof surfaces, and the tall narrow lancet windows. P. W. St.George designed a unique five-sided chancel that was added to the east end of the existing structure in 1877. This distinctive bay has a five-sided sloped roof, and each surface of the roof has a narrow gothic dormer with a lancet window extending down into the chancel wall. The chancel and the other wings of the church create its unique vernacular interpretation of the crucifix floor plan. Also of note are the two styles of brick bond used in the church's construction.
Source: “Heritage Properties Amherst, 60 Victoria East” File, Cumberland County Museum
Éléments caractéristiques
Character-defining elements of 60 Victoria Street East include:
- vernacular crucifix floor plan;
- original size and massing;
- construction of red brick using two styles of brick bond, Flemish and Stretcher;
- five-sided chancel;
- location in Amherst's downtown core.
Character-defining Gothic Revival elements of 60 Victoria East Street include:
- one-and-a half storeys;
- slightly-pointed arch over windows and doorways;
- lancet windows;
- tall, narrow dormers and gables;
- steeply pitched roof.
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
1983/11/21
Données sur l'histoire
Date(s) importantes
1877/01/01 à 1877/01/01
1825/01/01 à 1825/01/01
Thème - catégorie et type
- Établir une vie sociale et communautaire
- Les institutions religieuses
- Exprimer la vie intellectuelle et culturelle
- La philosophie et la spiritualité
- Exprimer la vie intellectuelle et culturelle
- L'architecture et l'aménagement
Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction
Actuelle
- Religion, rituel et funéraille
- Centre religieux ou lieu de culte
Historique
Architecte / Concepteur
P. W. St.George
Constructeur
George Revelle
Informations supplémentaires
Emplacement de la documentation
"Heritage Properties Amherst" File, Cumberland County Museum and Archives, 150 Church St, Amherst, NS B4H 3C4
Réfère à une collection
Identificateur féd./prov./terr.
12MNS0009
Statut
Édité
Inscriptions associées
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