Autre nom(s)
Fort Point Lighthouse
Fort Morris
Point Lawrence
Fish Point
Liens et documents
Date(s) de construction
1855/01/01 à 1855/12/31
Inscrit au répertoire canadien:
2005/09/12
Énoncé d'importance
Description du lieu patrimonial
Fort Point Lighthouse is a square shingled structure of typical light-tower design, with a pyramidal roof. Built in 1855, Fort Point Lighthouse sits in a small municipal park and is surrounded by the remnants of a colonial battery. Located in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, the Lighthouse has an impressive view of the mouth of Liverpool Harbour. Both the lighthouse and its surrounding property are included in the provincial designation.
Valeur patrimoniale
Fort Point Lighthouse is valued as a rare surviving example of pre-Confederation lighthouses, for the role it played in the history of Liverpool, and because the lighthouse and the site is integral to the historical character of the town.
The site of the Fort Point Lighthouse has played an integral role in the history of Liverpool and Nova Scotia. Since the eighteenth century Fort Point hosted a signal station and during the American Revolution an earthwork defence and palisade was erected and armed with cannons to protect the harbour from privateers. After the keeper of the nearby Coffin Island Light drowned in a storm, and the brig “Wave” was wrecked on Fort Point, the decision was made to build a lighthouse on the point. A seventeen-foot high, square wooden tower with a pyramidal roof was constructed. Its fixed white light was first lit on January 1, 1856. The lighthouse had a modest range and was designed to help vessels find their way along the coast and locate the entrance to Liverpool Bay. Throughout the nineteenth-century shipping and shipbuilding were vital to the economy of Liverpool and the lighthouse played an integral role to the functioning of the port.
The light was taken out of service in 1989 but the lighthouse itself has remained a cultural landmark for Liverpool, and a distinctive structure among Nova Scotia lighthouses. It is the third oldest surviving lighthouse in Nova Scotia. A park was created at Fort Point in the 1930’s, and a monument to privateers was erected. It is located at the end of a road, not far from the eighteenth-century Simeon Perkins House, in a neighbourhood of mainly nineteenth century buildings. The Lighthouse is open seasonally to visitors.
Source: Notice of Registration of Property as a Provincial Heritage Property, Provincial Property Heritage File no. 248.
Éléments caractéristiques
Character-defining elements of Fort Point Lighthouse include:
- square-shingled structure with a pyramidal roof;
- one four-paned window on each side of two lower storeys;
- attic storey containing reflector and light;
- prominent dormer at roofline with pyramid-shaped roof, facing to sea and surrounded by a balcony;
- single-pane window on each of dormer's three sides and topped with a finial;
- simple one-and-a-half storey gable-roofed addition extending to rear;
- location on shore of Liverpool Harbour;
- remnants of battery, including cannon.
Reconnaissance
Juridiction
Nouvelle-Écosse
Autorité de reconnaissance
Province de la Nouvelle-Écosse
Loi habilitante
Heritage Property Act
Type de reconnaissance
Bien inscrit au répertoire provincial
Date de reconnaissance
2001/06/25
Données sur l'histoire
Date(s) importantes
s/o
Thème - catégorie et type
- Économies en développement
- Communications et transport
Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction
Actuelle
- Loisirs
- Musée
Historique
- Transport maritime
- Phare ou aide à la navigation
Architecte / Concepteur
s/o
Constructeur
s/o
Informations supplémentaires
Emplacement de la documentation
Provincial Registry found at Heritage Property Program, 1747 Summer Street, Halifax, NS B3H 3A6
Réfère à une collection
Identificateur féd./prov./terr.
00PNS0248
Statut
Édité
Inscriptions associées
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