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Goodwin House

9979 Highway No. 221, Habitant, Nouvelle-Écosse, B0P, Canada

Reconnu formellement en: 1986/12/19

Front elevation, Goodwin House, Habitant, Nova Scotia, 2007.; Heritage Division, NS Dept. of Tourism, Culture and Heritage, 2007.
Front elevation, Goodwin House
Front entrance, Goodwin House, Habitant, Nova Scotia, 2007.
; Heritage Division, NS Dept. of Tourism, Culture and Heritage, 2007.
Front entrance, Goodwin House
Rear elevation, Goodwin House, Habitant, Nova Scotia, 2007.
; Heritage Division, NS Dept. of Tourism, Culture and Heritage, 2007.
Rear elevation, Goodwin House

Autre nom(s)

Goodwin House
Loomer House
Loomer-Goodwin House

Liens et documents

Date(s) de construction

Inscrit au répertoire canadien: 2007/07/27

Énoncé d'importance

Description du lieu patrimonial

Goodwin House is located in Habitant, Nova Scotia. The house stands on a slope facing the dyke along the Habitant River in the heart of the Annapolis valley on the road to Canning, in the lee of the North Mountain. This two-and-a-half storey Dutch Colonial style house was built in the early 1760s. The house and property are located in the provincial designation.

Valeur patrimoniale

Goodwin House is valued because it was built by Stephen Loomer, one of the original Cornwallis Township grantees, and because it is an excellent early example of Dutch Colonial style architecture in Nova Scotia. It is also valued because it is believed to be one of the few remaining houses still standing in Nova Scotia built in this style by New England Planters.

The Goodwin House was built in the early 1760s by Stephen Loomer. Loomer was born in Connecticut and immigrated to Nova Scotia in 1761. Materials for the house were pre-cut in New England and shipped by schooner to Nova Scotia.

This two-and-a-half storey Dutch Colonial style house has a gambrel roof with a central chimney plan. It has a fieldstone foundation and used post and beam construction with mortise and tenon joints.

The Goodwin House was located on a well established route within a Planter settled area. It is believed to be one of the oldest houses in the Cornwallis Township and is one of the few remaining in Nova Scotia built in this style by New England Planters.

Source: Provincial Heritage Program property files, no. 56, 1747 Summer Street, Halifax, NS.

Éléments caractéristiques

Character-defining elements of Goodwin House relating to its Dutch Colonial style architecture include:

- two-and-a-half storey wood post and beam construction, mortise and tenon joints;
- gambrel roof with asphalt shingles;
- central doorway with three bay front façade;
- one small, undersize dormer;
- one large central chimney;
- fieldstone foundation;
- location on the Habitant River, an area re-settled by New England Planters.

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

1986/12/19

Données sur l'histoire

Date(s) importantes

s/o

Thème - catégorie et type

Exprimer la vie intellectuelle et culturelle
L'architecture et l'aménagement
Un territoire à peupler
Les établissements

Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction

Actuelle

Résidence
Logement unifamilial

Historique

Architecte / Concepteur

s/o

Constructeur

Stephen Loomer

Informations supplémentaires

Emplacement de la documentation

Provincial Heritage Program property files, no. 56, 1747 Summer Street, Halifax, NS.

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Identificateur féd./prov./terr.

00PNS0056

Statut

Édité

Inscriptions associées

s/o

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