Ernest D. Vernon House
153 Dominion Street, Truro, Nouvelle-Écosse, B2N, Canada
Reconnu formellement en:
1997/01/06
Autre nom(s)
Ernest D. Vernon House
153 Dominion Street
Liens et documents
Date(s) de construction
1906/01/01
Inscrit au répertoire canadien:
2004/09/28
Énoncé d'importance
Description du lieu patrimonial
Ernest D. Vernon House is a two storey wood frame dwelling located at 153 Dominion Street in Truro, NS, set high above street level on a narrow lot on a levelled hillside. It is a free-classic Queen Anne Revival style house with prominent pediments, and a mix of decorative elements taken from other styles. The designation includes the house and surrounding property.
Valeur patrimoniale
Historical Value
This house is valued for its association with Ernest D. Vernon, a locally prominent architect who built it the house in 1908 following a design of his own creation. Vernon, who was also the proprietor of a furniture store in the town, designed many of the houses that are now valued as Truro landmarks.
Architectural Value
The house is also valued for its architecture and how it makes use of the narrow space it occupies. Vernon harmonized elements from many of the architectural styles that were popular at the time, resulting in a unique and highly personalized design. He also oriented the house away from the street, choosing instead to overlook the lower town and the Salmon River valley.
Source: Planning Department, Town of Truro, file 10MNS0009
Éléments caractéristiques
Key elements that define the building’s external heritage character include:
- basic form and massing of the house in a mix of Greek Revival, Italianate and Queen Anne styles;
- half-width verandah supported by a series of Doric columns, extending beyond the building’s edge to create a wrap-around illusion;
- bay, verandah and window pediments, with a Palladian window in the front pediment;
- heavy window mouldings visually tied together by dentils, and wide eaves decorated with modillions and ball finials in the eave overflights;
- wooden clapboards painted white, with trim painted in a contrasting colour.
Key elements that define the site’s heritage character include:
- formal northward orientation of the house, overlooking the town below, rather than the street;
- landscaped lot enclosed in a brickwork supporting wall;
- curved driveway placed at the lower end of the lot.
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
1997/01/06
Données sur l'histoire
Date(s) importantes
s/o
Thème - catégorie et type
- Exprimer la vie intellectuelle et culturelle
- L'architecture et l'aménagement
Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction
Actuelle
Historique
- Résidence
- Logement unifamilial
Architecte / Concepteur
Ernest D. Vernon
Constructeur
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Informations supplémentaires
Emplacement de la documentation
Planning Department, Town of Truro, PO Box 427, Truro, NS B2N 5C5; file 10MNS0009
Réfère à une collection
Identificateur féd./prov./terr.
10MNS0009
Statut
Édité
Inscriptions associées
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