Bayview United Church
1074 Lighthouse Road, Bay View, Nova Scotia, Canada
Formally Recognized:
1990/09/24
Other Name(s)
n/a
Links and documents
Construction Date(s)
1870/01/01 to 1880/01/01
Listed on the Canadian Register:
2004/07/09
Statement of Significance
Description of Historic Place
The Bayview United Church is a small Greek Style wooden building located on Lighthouse Road approximately eight kilometres from the town of Digby in the community of Bay View. The church is thirty-three by twenty-four feet and has the capacity to seat a congregation of one hundred fifty. Both the church and surrounding land including the cemetery are part of the heritage designation.
Heritage Value
Bayview United Church is valued as the first Presbyterian Church and one of few manifestations of the Presbyterian faith in Digby County, a county settled predominantly by Protestant Loyalists. The church was built in 1873 and was converted to the United Church in 1925, when Presbyterian churches were given the option to remain Presbyterian or to convert to the newly formed United Church.
Source: Built Heritage Inventory, Office of the Municipality of the District of Digby
Character-Defining Elements
Character-defining elements of the church include the form and massing of the church building and its stone foundation;
- circular facade window;
- wood paneled door and bracketed heavy platform cap above doorway;
- broad eave returns;
- lighting for the church is provided by oil lamps.
Recognition
Jurisdiction
Nova Scotia
Recognition Authority
Local Governments (NS)
Recognition Statute
Heritage Property Act
Recognition Type
Municipally Registered Property
Recognition Date
1990/09/24
Historical Information
Significant Date(s)
n/a
Theme - Category and Type
- Building Social and Community Life
- Religious Institutions
Function - Category and Type
Current
- Religion, Ritual and Funeral
- Religious Facility or Place of Worship
Historic
Architect / Designer
n/a
Builder
n/a
Additional Information
Location of Supporting Documentation
Built Heritage Inventory, Office of the Municipality of the District of Digby, P.O. Box 429, Digby, NS B0V 1A0
Cross-Reference to Collection
Fed/Prov/Terr Identifier
17MNS0002
Status
Published
Related Places
n/a