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Wade Surplus d'Armée

4254 Principale Street, Tracadie-Sheila, New Brunswick, E1X, Canada

Formally Recognized: 2006/07/24

Wade Surplus d'armée - front and side view; Town of Tracadie-Sheila
Wade Surplus d'armée
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Construction Date(s)

Listed on the Canadian Register: 2007/02/19

Statement of Significance

Description of Historic Place

Wade Surplus d’Armée is located on Principale Street in Tracadie-Sheila. It is a 2 ½ storey rectangular building with a steeply pitched roof in a vernacular commercial style.

Heritage Value

Wade Surplus d’Armée is designated a Local Historic Place for its architecture and for its economic role through the years.

William Ferguson had this rectangular building with a steeply pitched roof erected in 1902 by Maurice, Jimmy, and Georges Ferguson. The design is a good example of wooden vernacular commercial architecture from this period in Tracadie-Sheila. William sold the building in 1910 to his brother-in-law, Joe Doucet, who in turn sold it to Leonard Wade, the current owner’s father, in 1940.

Over the past century, the building has housed several businesses: general store, New Brunswick licensing office, post office, grocery store, TV store, and lastly, since 1979, army surplus store. In addition, the first gasoline pumps in former village of Sheila were installed in front of this building in the 1930s. The building also served as Sheila’s first high school.

Source : Town of Tracadie-Sheila, Heritage File # 30

Character-Defining Elements

The character-defining elements that describe Wade Surplus d'Armée include:
- building's location in the centre of the former village of Sheila;
- rectangular 2 ½ storey massing;
- wooden construction;
- gable window;
- outside staircase leading to the second floor;
- steeply pitched gable roof.

Recognition

Jurisdiction

New Brunswick

Recognition Authority

Local Governments (NB)

Recognition Statute

Local Historic Places Program

Recognition Type

Municipal Register of Local Historic Places

Recognition Date

2006/07/24

Historical Information

Significant Date(s)

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Theme - Category and Type

Developing Economies
Trade and Commerce
Expressing Intellectual and Cultural Life
Architecture and Design

Function - Category and Type

Current

Residence
Single Dwelling

Historic

Commerce / Commercial Services
Shop or Wholesale Establishment

Architect / Designer

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Builder

Maurice Ferguson

Additional Information

Location of Supporting Documentation

Tracadie-Sheila Town Hall

Cross-Reference to Collection

Fed/Prov/Terr Identifier

1152

Status

Published

Related Places

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