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June 2015 Volume 40 No. 2 ISSN 0384 7335 The Griffin A Quarterly Publication of Heritage Trust of

3 artist Emma FitzGerald 4 heritage structure House by the Sea Museum and Archives C onrad Byers 6 heritage structure Clifton: the ‘Country Retreat’ of Judge and Mrs Thomas Chandler Haliburton Allen Penney 10 LECTURE The Lost Churches of Halifax G lenn Taylor 12 AWARDS Moidart: the Stone House of Creignish Lorrie MacKinnon 14 HERITAGE CONSERVATION The Old Post Office, R yan Scranton

16 AWARDS Preserving HMCS Sackville, ’s Naval Memorial Len Canfield 18 painted rooms Did A.J. Downing Influence Lewis Bailey? Joe Ballard

June 2015 1 REPORT The Griffin President’s Report A quarterly newsletter foundation repairs for Uniacke Union published by Church, a Georgian meeting house in Heritage Trust of Mount Uniacke. About seven years ago, Nova Scotia the Trust made a loan of $25,000 to the Gardiner’s Mill Dam Homeowners’ Unless otherwise indicated, Association (www.htns.ca/projects/proj_ the opinions expressed gard_mill.html). The final payment has in these pages are those of the now been received. Congratulations to contributors and do not the Homeowners and to former Board necessarily reflect the views of Heritage Trust of members, Michael Tavares and Dan Nova Scotia. Earle, for their hard work towards the reconstruction and provincial designa- Editorial Committee tion of the dam. Donald Forbes, Dulcie Conrad, The Nominations Committee helps Peter Delefes, Donna McInnis, I mages from the Board’s annual out- shape the Board. Peter Delefes has Janet Morris, Nancy O’Brien of-town meeting in Truro are fresh in my chaired this committee, among several mind: high-tech window screens that others, for three years; his success is Contributors to this issue form part of a re-design of the Colches- evident in our regional Board members. Joe Ballard, Conrad Byers, ter Historeum; Walker’s Hardware store, Appointed a year ago to help The Trust Len Canfield, Emma FitzGerald, repurposed for commercial and resi- form better connections with outlying Lorrie MacKinnon, Allen Penney, dential use after a fire; and architectural areas of the province, our five regional Ryan Scranton, Glenn Taylor detail left in the mostly gutted, former reps have demonstrated high levels of Layout: Douglas Porter Printers: etc. Press Ltd Provincial Normal College. Regional rep, activity in the heritage field — person- Joe Ballard, arranged for us to tour the ally as volunteers, professionally, and We welcome submissions but future Colchester Library. Leo Rovers on behalf of The Trust. While some reserve the right to edit for and his son Chris, the project manager, belonged to heritage networks before, publication. All accepted proudly showed off their contributions others have had to establish relation- contributions appear in both the to the ‘new’ building, from basement ships with groups and individuals in print and web editions. to attic. Happily, an addition will allow their regions. All have brought built Deadline for the next issue: children to see close-up the College’s heritage issues to the Board’s attention; July 15, 2015 decorative exterior brickwork high for example, buildings at risk (Amherst above ground level. Margaret Attwood’s train station) or homeowners’ insurance Please send your mother reportedly slid down the long, concerns (for a brochure about insur- submissions to Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia gently-shaped banister, which may re- ance, see www.halifax.ca/planning/doc- PO Box 111 appear elsewhere. uments/insuringoldhomes.pdf). They Spring Garden RPO Early in May, we hosted geotour- have provided news about buildings Halifax NS B3J 3S9 ism and historic preservation students being repurposed (Brown School in New [email protected] from East University. Study Glasgow, the Post Office in Annapolis website: www.htns.ca tour leader, Dr. Kim Kozak, a Dalhousie Royal) and local groups taking steps to Tel: 902 423-4807 graduate, wanted to introduce students safeguard their buildings (East Hants to Lunenburg and Halifax. Professional Museum in Lower Selma). Whether lead- Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia guide, Blair Beed, led a walking tour of ing cemetery walks, designing plaques is a charitable organization. the Brunswick Street area and Jeffrey to mark heritage features, writing or giv- All donations are tax creditable. Reed, a heritage consultant, spoke at St ing advice at the Board table, they have George’s Round Church. You can read proven to be valuable members of the more at www.htns.ca/press-releases. Nova Scotian heritage community. html. This is my last Griffin report as Presi- The Buildings-at-Risk Committee dent. I have enjoyed much of the past Cover image: On Agricola Street, Halifax, has recommended allocating $3680 to three years, I have learned a great deal, by Emma FitzGerald (courtesy of the artist) repair of the steeple of Avondale United and now I look forward to selecting a Church and recently, $3560 towards few activities on which to focus.

2 The Griffin • Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia ARTIST Emma FitzGerald

Emma has been drawing houses in Halifax since July 2013, when she began her house portrait business in earnest. She has learned a lot about the city as a result. It has also led her to write her first book Hand Drawn Halifax, which will be in bookstores in September (pre-order at www.formac.ca). The book spans all the way from Seaforth to St. Margaret’s Bay, and has a wide scope, from historic landmarks to the more obscure, and even mundane moments in the city. Emma is pleased when a drawing brings to life a story that might otherwise be lost.

Q&A Griffin: Where did you grow up and when did you develop an interest in buildings? EF: I was born in Lesotho to Irish par- ents, but did most of my growing up in Vancouver. … I remember reading Anne of Green Gables and other books by LM Old Burying Ground, Halifax, by Emma FitzGerald (courtesy of the artist) Montgomery as a 9 year old, and really loving how Montgomery infused build- ings with personalities. It was around EF: I studied architecture at Dalhou- and give feedback. That really helped that time that I started drawing house sie University in Halifax, graduating with my drawing skills, and my confidence, floor plans and designing houses. my Masters in 2008. … I worked for which is necessary for sketching in Griffin: Where did you study? How did several architects in Halifax, including public. this influence your art? Anne Sinclair, Kassner Goodspeed, and Griffin: You have supported some Michael Napier. I also taught archi- important causes with your art. Do you see tecture in the Gambia, which was a artistic works as agents of change? wonderful learning experience for me. EF: I think that art can definitely be In architecture I was always very inter- an agent for change; it affects people’s ested in context, and people’s personal emotions, which is necessary to insti- connection to the built environment. gate significant change. I think that translates into my art, both Griffin: What’s next? my house portraiture business and my EF: I am really looking forward to broader art practice. the launch in the fall for my book, Hand In 2004 I completed my BFA in visual Drawn Halifax, at the Central Library. art at UBC, where I focused on draw- There will be a concurrent exhibit at an- ing and print-making. On exchange in other location. If people want to find out Paris at l’École des Beaux-Arts in 2003, I more and keep up-to-date, my website was deeply affected by weekly drawing will have the details. classes. Every Wednesday, we went to a different location and sketched … Emma FitzGerald Art & Design a veterinary school during a horse dis- 902-478-6194 section, the sewers of Paris, the aquar- www.emmafitzgerald.ca ium; not typical Parisian scenes. After www.facebook.com/housportrait West end Buddhist Church, by Emma FitzGerald drawing for 2-3 hours, we would sit in a www.instagram.com/emmafitz_art (courtesy of the artist) café and pass our sketch books around

June 2015 3 heritage structure Ottawa House by the Sea Museum and Archives

Conrad Byers

T he Ottawa House by the Sea Mu- seum, the Partridge Island Heritage Site, and the surrounding area have been both witnesses and important con- tributors to the history of Nova Scotia and Canada. This area was frequented by Mi’kmaq peoples for hundreds of years as a summer camp site. This site also witnessed the colonization of Eastern Canada, being part of a major transportation route and commercial site used by early explorers, , Planters, Loyalists, and African descendants. The Ottawa House is a significant historical structure still standing along what was known as the “Road to Cumberland”, linking Halifax and Windsor to Partridge Island and on Ottawa House (shore out of view to the right) (photo courtesy of the author) to the Chignecto region and thus, inland to Canada (Upper and Lower). Ottawa House holds special sig- vertical hand-hewn timber between the Col. James Ratchford nificance for Canada as the former frames making it both bullet and theft From the late 18th century, the building summer home of one of the Fathers of proof. This proved of value when the set- was owned and lived in by James Ratch- Confederation, our sixth Prime Minister, tlement was raided in 1780 by ford, Esq. He was the leading merchant Sir . Ottawa House is the from Machias, Maine, in what was called of the region and carried on an exten- oldest building in Cumberland County. the Battle of Partridge Island. Several of sive local and international trade. He the privateers were killed and the others was Colonel of the Militia, Commander Acadian Connection were captured, as was their vessel. of the Block House, Justice of the Peace, A recent tree-ring analysis of original Post Master, Ferry Boat Operator, Ship hand-hewn timbers revealed dates from The Present Building Builder, Customs Officer and about a 1767 to the mid 1770s. These timbers The present building is actually a com- dozen other positions in the region. His match in origin those of other early posite of three separate structures. On importance to the area was so great homes in the Grand Pré area before and the east end, another building from the that it is said that cannon would be fired after the Acadian Deportation in 1755. In village with sawn lumber construction, from the Block House whenever there 1764, over 343 Acadians were still held circa 1830s, was moved and joined to was a birth, marriage or death in the prisoner at Fort Edward in Windsor and the original building. On the west end, a Ratchford family. many were used as free labour for build- large section was built circa 1860. Above ing both roads and buildings. the main floor were two bedrooms and Uses and Other Residents It is known that two Acadians, John an extended third floor with two gables, Before secret voting was established, Bourg and Francis Arsenau, former making space for servants’ quarters. The the Ottawa House building was used ferryboat operators, were first floor of this addition was and still is as a polling station for both political called upon to continue in their former an entertainment area, with hardwood parties, Liberal and Conservative. It is occupation. They are believed to have floor, plaster ceiling with mouldings, and said that on election night (1855), two brought timber over to build the original a central fireplace. political rivals, Joseph Howe and Charles part of what is now known as Ottawa Tupper attended a dance there. It took House. The original building was used many days for the election results to be as a trading post or store. The ground tabulated, in the end declaring Charles floor had no windows and all walls have Tupper the victor.

4 The Griffin • Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia Other Owners The next owner, a Captain Merriam, was a notorious rum runner. He built a large dance hall on the grounds and Ottawa House became a hotel and a sort of ‘Speak Easy’, where rum was served behind a peephole door. Stories abound about this man and the goings on at his hotel. He was later raided and convicted of rum running. On the day he was to receive his sentence, he was killed in a car accident on his way to the court. He was supposedly badly broken up in the accident and had a closed coffin burial. Later stories tell of his being seen in . Several owners continued operating Ottawa House as a hotel up to 1980. The Sir Charles Tupper’s room, Ottawa House (photo courtesy of the Parrsborough Shore Historical Society) Parrsborough Shore Historical Society, which represents the history of the Parrsborough Shore from Five Islands I n later years Charles Tupper became and Railway Company. Each spring the to Advocate, persuaded the Provincial Premier of Nova Scotia. During that pe- company president, Mr Cowan, family, Government to purchase the building riod he purchased the building as a sum- servants, wagons, and his race horses for use as a regional summer museum. mer home and, at the time of Confedera- would come to Parrsboro by train, using The Province has maintained the exte- tion in 1867, he named it “Ottawa House.” every car the railway had. Regardless of rior of the building and given assistance Since that time, the building has changed the date, it was always considered the through the hands many times. Each owner has made first day of spring by all Parrsboro citi- for historical advice on the museum’s some changes to the building and added zens. Most Parrsboro children and many operation. The Society has done signifi- colourful chapters to its history. adults would then follow the Cowans’ cant restoration to the interior, which I n the early 1900s, the property circus-like procession along the two included putting a cement basement was purchased by the Springhill Coal miles of dirt road to Ottawa House. under the north wing and building an accredited all-season archive there.

A New Beginning for Ottawa House In the spring of 2015, the Province decided to transfer ownership of Ottawa House and surrounding grounds to the Parrsborough Shore Historical Society. This summer the Society will continue to operate the Museum while undertak- ing ongoing restoration to the front of the building. Readers are cordially invited to come and tour our grand old building, to en- joy its varied displays, charm, and many activities.... by the sea.

Con Byers is on the Board of the Parrsbor- ough Shore Historical Society. He is the former Captain of the Kipawo and the Avon Spirit, a long-time local historian in Parrsboro, and a past member of the HTNS Early watercolour before dormers and additions at each end; note absence of windows on ground floor (courtesy of the Parrsborough Shore Historical Society) Board.

June 2015 5 heritage structure Clifton: the ‘Country Retreat’ of Judge and Mrs Thomas Chandler Haliburton1

Allen Penney 1975 provincial map showed the house inaccurately, but the driveways still indi- Many years ago Marie Elwood, then His- cated the original location of the formal tory Curator at the Nova Scotia Museum, garden (by then ploughed under twice) invited me to interpret the architecture and accurate alignment to the house. of the houses in the Museum’s collec- The illustration of the house at Clif- tion. Forty years later I am still working ton from W.H. Bartlett’s book Canadian at it. Scenery Illustrated, (1842) has become During its first 102 years, Clifton had Clifton’s definitive image. While in- five owners and at least thirteen differ- Petley (1837) showing Windsor from Fort tended to charm European readers, the ent tenants. They added, altered, abused, Edward, with Clifton partly obscured by mature illustration, whether by Bartlett or the trees and driveway at left (AP detail, courtesy repaired and abandoned Clifton. It has Library and Archives Canada) engraver Armytage, is inaccurate. Com- been a family home, a multiple dwelling, paring Bartlett’s drawing with a tracing a hotel (twice), almost became a college, of a photo we see how Bartlett dimin- and is now a museum. ferent impressions of size, planting, and ished a gracious ‘villa’ into a charming In 1833, the Haliburtons purchased driveway location. but shabby ‘cottage’. The house was 57 acres of land contiguous with Wind- The drawings of Clifton by Petley, three years old when drawn and the sor and King’s College. In the first ourf Eagar, and Bartlett and the words of cladding pristine, as it still was 170 years years, driveways, fences, hedges, formal Beckles Willson and Emily Weaver have later. The aspirations and intentions of garden, orchard, barn, stables, carriage created false descriptions. Clifton has the Haliburtons were defeated by this house and storage plus a villa were con- generated much nonsense over two false image. They neither wanted nor structed. Land was reshaped, trees and centuries. Ghost stories, a secret door, needed a cottage. They had previously shrubs planted, vistas created, and seats and a swimming pool are all false em- experienced cottage living in their first placed to form a fashionable ‘pictur- bellishments. Clifton was already inter- home in Windsor, living in grandfather esque’ landscape. esting enough; it needed no assistance. William Haliburton’s old ‘Norwegian log By 1837, the Haliburtons occupied Many ‘facts’ have proven untrustworthy. house.’ They had bought their com- their villa. Richard Petley‘s drawing of Measured drawings in 1939 misplaced manding hilltop with the intention of Windsor (1837) from Fort Edward includ- doors and a second roof layer, and failed impressing the world at large. Their aim ed Clifton in the distance. William Eagar to record additions before their demoli- was a ‘country retreat’ with a delightful (1840) managed to shrink the house by tion. landscape and modern villa. How else 40%. These illustrations provide very dif- It has been said that the Haliburtons could they have invited the Lieuten- named ‘Clifton’ after Louisa’s birthplace, ant Governor and Lady Falkland to visit but there is no proof of this. The name of them? the property was changed ten times in a century. Town records have listed Clifton as the ‘Sam Slick House’, suggesting that Haliburton’s fictional characterS am Slick had a non-fictional home. In 1871, Ambrose Church pub- lished his map showing the only found diagram of the formal garden, six outbuildings, and the gatekeeper’s cottage. Compared with air photos and later maps, the plan was inaccurate, with the garden — house axis misaligned. A Clifton, the site showing original purchase of 57 acres (pink) with 20 acres offered by King’s (blue) Clifton, detail from A.F. Church (1871) with the to secure right of way (red); the Clifton estate only layout known of the formal garden; note po- equalled the area of the town core (AP detail, 1This supplement provides some clarification and sition of the axis relative to the house (AP draw- courtesy West Hants Historical Society) illustrations to the talk given in May 2014 - Ed ing over detail, courtesy Nova Scotia Archives)

6 The Griffin • Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia had no foundation, and while the sill un- der the original house was still in good condition, though previously repaired, sills for the first and second extensions were badly rotted. Disclosure of previ- ous construction techniques included finding pebble-filled trench founda- tions and untrimmed log floor joists. Work was being carried out as cheaply as possible and deformation from the use of incompatible foundations sug- gested unwise choices had been made when compared with impeccable initial construction. One hundred and seventy year old shingles on the original west wall were exposed, looking as pristine as the day they were installed. They must have been covered by the first addition within a very short time for they were thinly painted and showed no sign of weathering. Possibly as early as 1840, a privy was added, accessible from indoors - a very modern convenience. The north wall was photographed in 1905. By then settlement and resulting deformation Clifton, top - W.H. Bartlett (1837-38), shows an artificially aged cottage; bottom – accurately drawn, a were clearly visible in the 60 year-old villa (Bartlett illustration in author’s collection with AP drawing traced from a photo) additions while the original house remained undistorted. T oday the straight driveway leads We do not know, though the graphic Clifton was too small for the Halibur- directly up towards the house. An il- evidence certainly suggests it was ton family of ten plus two servants, so lustration from about 1840 suggests a changed. construction continued after occupa- more picturesque and private meander- The sequence of alterations made tion. Between 1837 and 1939, thirteen ing access. Was the drawing idealised, or by the Haliburtons and later by others, stages of alteration have been identified. was the driveway route changed later? can be sorted out from clues found in Sorting out the order of the changes to the building and other sources, mainly the house has been challenging work. photos. Some dates can be found, but Kate Campbell made a model of each not many. Two letters from Haliburton stage of alteration, distinguishing new to his daughter are inscrutable to any work from pre-existing construction. later investigator. They were intended to clarify the nature of work underway to his daughters, for he refers to rooms occupied by named servants, which is of no benefit to us. After 40 years of research, the building sequence is as close to the truth as can be ascertained without further documentation. Most of Haliburton’s personal papers were de- stroyed in a fire in 1867, so finding proof from new documents is unlikely. By the year 2000 a small porch that Clifton, c.1840, drawn by a family member, Clifton, 2003 rotted sill has been removed from providing an inaccurate landscape image had been added to the north wall eighty under the first extension, revealing 1½” subsid- (photo Scott Robson, courtesy of the Nova Scotia years earlier was separating from the ence; 170 year old shingles look almost new Museum) house. Excavations revealed the porch (photo courtesy of the author)

June 2015 7 Beckles Willson rented the house in 1913, making significant improvements. He faced a fireplace surround with stone taken from Fortress , decorated with a print, cannon balls and other weapons. In A Souvenir of Clifton Grove, he claimed Sam Slick was created in this room. Sam Slick first appeared in print in 1835, two years before the house was occupied! This particular room was not added until later, prob- ably as late as 1842. Beckles Willson also set fire to the house inadvertently in 1913, and subsequently made numer- ous changes to its appearance during repairs to the roof. After 1920, Corstophen added a high roof that prevented roof leakage but unbalanced the composition. His concrete apron caused the sills to rot. Each alteration exhibits the values of Fire in progress, 1913, with furniture and belongings being dragged onto the lawn; it rained 36 hours the different owners.C orstophen stayed later (photo courtesy of Anthony Beckles Willson) only a short time but his concrete car porch seems indestructible. These models are now at Clifton. In 1939, the Government of Nova A Birds Eye View of Windsor, published Scotia purchased Clifton, not for its in 1878, showed Clifton from the west. architectural significance, but for its Most photos were taken from the east, famous creator. Its landscape was de- so this was exciting new information stroyed through neglect and the need to find and digest.T he roof and rear for a temporary home for Dutch tulips porch were badly drawn but showed in WW II. Successive owners allowed the property to become derelict three times in its life. Some tenants took advantage of absent landlords to add or subtract from the building. After fire 1904-1905: one of a sequence of explanatory models, new work in dark wood, existing in light damaged the roof and destroyed the wood; annex with ten bedrooms and possibly tower, and after radical changes of use, a new separate kitchen (photo courtesy of the it is surprising that much of the original author)

Haliburton’s 1851 additions. The several outbuildings can be interpreted from this one drawing, with all but one since removed. All are drawn too tall but suggest wind protection for the house as well as animals on the exposed site. The formal garden was omitted, partly hidden by the house. The most dramatic additions were built in 1904-1905, when George Towell Clifton, north wall, 1905; original house to left of converted Clifton into a hotel for the vertical broken line remains undisturbed; other second time. A large annex containing lines show the extent of settlement, and arrow Clifton (1878) from Bird’s Eye View lithograph, points to toilet ventilation (AP detail of photo ten bedrooms was added. A separate showing ancillary buildings (AP detail from courtesy of the Town of Windsor) building was possibly a kitchen. original in Library and Archives Canada)

8 The Griffin • Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia house built by the Haliburtons can still be found. It has been a great privilege to unravel the process of addition and diminution and to study the house and its users in some depth. This house celebrates its 75th birth- day as a museum in 2015. This makes us, the people of Nova Scotia, the longest owners of all. The house is in better condition now than it has ever been. It is also better understood. Who built it, and why and how, as well as its compli- cated alterations and the elusiveness of information make it a compelling house to study, May we all enjoy it more for know- ing it a little better.

Allen Penney is a retired professor of architecture and author of Houses of Nova Clifton library, c.1914, with newly added ‘Louisburg’ fireplace; this room was built at least six years after Scotia: an Illustrated Guide to Achitectural Sam Slick was conceived (photo courtesy of Anthony Beckles Willson) Style Recognition, co-published by Formac and the Nova Scotia Museum, 1989.

Post-1920 configuration, with porte cochere, high roof, and north porch added, the last major changes to the form (photo courtesy of the author)

June 2015 9 LECTURE The Lost Churches of Halifax

Glenn Taylor

We are grateful to Glenn Taylor for this summary of his Heritage Trust lecture in January 2015 – Ed.

The accomplishments of the giants of Nova Scotia’s Christian religious history are all recorded in one way or another. Richard Preston, William Black, , Robert Barry, Charles Inglis, Moses Coady, Thomas MacCulloch, and oth- ers will always be remembered. The influence organized religion has had on Nova Scotia, its politics, history, educa- tion, human rights, and even wars is well documented. Some Nova Scotian churches like St John’s Anglican (Lunen- burg), St Mary’s Basilica (Halifax), St Paul’s Anglican (Halifax), the Covenanter Church (Grand Pré), and others grace calendars, have had books written about Former St Rose of Lima Roman Catholic, Windsor Junction (photo courtesy of the author) them, and some have even become national historic sites. They too will be remembered forever. mented. Since that date, an additional Other less well known decommis- five have been identified and a further sioned churches however, after serving five possible sites have yet to be con- their communities and those who built firmed.T he list continues to grow. and maintained them, seem to have One could categorize the lost disappeared. Those churches have for all churches in any number of ways – by intents and purposes been lost to the architectural style, by denomination, by community that once cherished them. age, or for the present study, by the use When a church closes down, a part of its to which they have been put. In some community dies. The “Lost Churches of cases, a congregation has erected more Halifax” project is a modest attempt to than one church by the same name. In make sure that even the most humble those cases, a number was assigned to churches, no longer used as Houses of each building. One of the most com- Worship, will not be forgotten. mon uses for lost churches was to be For the purpose of this study, transformed into private homes. Includ- churches were placed in one of four ed in that grouping are the following: Former St Albans Anglican, Halifax (photo cour- categories: active, removed (torn down), Kearney Lake United, All Saints Bedford tesy of the author) rebranded (sold or given to another de- 1, Bethany United 1, West Dover Baptist, nomination), or repurposed (still stand- St Anne’s Roman Catholic Portuguese ing but no longer a House of Worship). Cove, St Mark’s United Queensland, but in a different fashion, a second set Halifax’s lost churches are its repurposed St John’s United Waverley, St Alban’s of churches deserved their own group churches. In many cases those new to Anglican Halifax, and St Thomas Roman name – condos. In that group, one finds a community would never know that Catholic East Dover. All lost churches St George’s Greek Orthodox Halifax, some buildings were even churches in have their stories. In the case of St Central Baptist Halifax, and Holy Re- the first place. As of the autumn of 2014, Thomas, it was constructed in 1888 and deemer Halifax. St George’s was opened thirty-six Halifax repurposed or lost survived a lightning strike in 1927. as a church by the Greek community in churches have been found and docu- While still serving as residences, Halifax in 1941, but the building itself is

10 The Griffin • Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia S eabright Baptist, have become part of the tourism industry. Stella Maris is now a Bed and Breakfast and Seabright Baptist a cottage. St Margaret Bourgeoys Lakeside will soon become a daycare. Pope Pius X Fairview now belongs to the Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia Free Masons. The construction of Stella Maris Fergusons Cove began in 1846. Built in the Vernacular-Romanesque style, it unintentionally became a navigational aid for those entering , and a landmark for those nearing Fort York . The last grouping is a set of lost churches that have yet to be assigned their new purpose in life. They are for sale. Those churches are: St James Angli- can West Dover, Our Lady of the Sea Ro- man Catholic Terrance Bay, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Roman Catholic Prospect, and St John’s United Halifax. Former Seabright Baptist, 1890 (photo courtesy of the author) While the “Lost Churches of Hali- fax” project has identified many of the repurposed churches in the Halifax much older. It was originally the church campus. Our Lady of Perpetual Help region, the study suggests that several hall for St Luke’s Anglican and was built Roman Catholic Rockingham is now a additional initiatives would be of value. in 1863. multi-purpose building on the Mount St It would be beneficial to document in A large number of lost churches Vincent University campus. far more detail the history of each lost have become museums. In this group Several lost churches have become church and what led to its deconsecra- are Seaview Baptist , Quaker shops or centres of private enterprise. tion. It would be helpful for communi- House Dartmouth, Our Lady of the There is St Rose of Lima Roman Catho- ties where churches have yet to close to Assumption Shearwater, Cole Harbour lic Windsor Junction, now a pet food be informed of options that might be Methodist, and St John’s Anglican supply outlet, while nearby St Stephen’s pursued when a church closure appears Waverley. The Cole Harbour Methodist Anglican Windsor Junction is a massage imminent. Meeting House, dating back to 1832, is parlour. St Andrews Anglican Cole Har- While the initial study of lost church- one of the oldest lost churches in Hali- bour is a Tae Kwon Do Martial Arts Train- es has been completed, the search is not fax. A plaque outside the building, now ing Centre. St Cecelia’s Roman Catholic over. More and more lost churches keep owned by the Cole Harbour Heritage Purcell’s Cove is a recording studio, surfacing. Nevertheless for those identi- Society, states what might be said about while Black Point Baptist has become a fied in the current study, one might all lost churches – “This plaque is dedi- craft shop. The Salvation Army Citadel 1 conclude with a quote from scripture, cated to commemorate the memory of Halifax is a pub and St Augustine’s An- one that was no doubt mentioned from the pioneers of the Cole Harbour com- glican Jollimore is an outdoor time to time when these lost churches munity who during Canada’s first 100 centre. Several of the lost churches have were themselves active houses of wor- years of living with faith and trust in God been moved from their original founda- ship – from Luke 15, verse 32, “Once you built their church and homes. Let us all tions, but St Stephen’s Windsor Junction were lost ... but now you are found.” be inspired by their faith and industry.” takes the prize for being transported Two lost churches now belong to the farthest. It was originally located in Glenn Taylor is a retired school principal, universities. Canadian Martyrs 1 Ro- Bridgeville, County. summer tour guide, and passionate heri- man Catholic is now a multi-purpose Two lost churches, Stella Maris tage educator. building on the Saint Mary’s University Roman Catholic Ferguson’s Cove and

June 2015 11 AWARDS Moidart: the Stone House of Creignish

Lorrie MacKinnon

T he stone house of Creignish was built by my great-great-great grandfather Iain Ruadh MacMaster after emigrating from Moidart, Scotland, in 1801. According to a paper written in the 1960s, he named the house “Moidart” after that area of Scotland. His first house did not survive the winds of Creignish and so he vowed to build a house that would withstand the buffeting. I first laid eyes on the “Stone House” in 1987. My dear grand- mother, Lorrie (MacMaster) MacKinnon, had died that August in Vancouver and my father was determined that we would make a family trip to see whence she had come. The house had left our Moidart in the 1930s, with Donald MacMaster, grandson of the builder, in his eighties, seated by the family in the 1940s, but my father want- door (photo by Clara Dennis, courtesy of Nova Scotia Archives, accession no. 1981-541 no. 3) ed to see it. We met Nelly MacKillop and her son Andrew, who were living there together. Nelly was a lovely person, very had this treatment, and although it had used to be fronted with wood shingles warm and with a beautiful smile. We a big bulge in it, the beautiful colours of as well, and so we did that too. As an peeked in the front door and saw the the stone led to the decision to clean it aside, the gutting of the interior yielded low ceilings (less than 7 feet). She played prior to doing all of the extensive repair some information as to when the us a song on her piano, which had pride work that was required. And it was dormers were added; it was evident that of place in the parlour. extensive − stone-masons Jerry Burke they had been added, as the roof beams From that time on, my father and Stefan Cernjak spent many hours had been cut to accommodate them. wondered if there was a way that the removing silicone and broken mortar The walls of the dormers were lined with house could find its way back to the and repairing cracks both big and small. newspaper, the Haverhill Gazette from MacMasters. In 2012 I was able to fulfil Their most challenging project was that 1904. And the peak of each dormer was that dream of his, when I purchased the bulge, which they tackled with aplomb. shaped by branches from trees, with the house from the MacKillop family, after We were all surprised to find that those bark still intact! the death of Andrew. 24 inch walls were really two rows of What of the windows? Again, old The house was in great need of stone with rubble in between. pictures showed a mix of grills on the attention on many fronts. It was hard to windows. I decided to go with the sim- know where to begin or what exactly to His first house did not survive plest grill and the one that was on the do. Blaise Sampson did some of the first the winds of Creignish and so he only wooden window that remained. work on the house by gutting the inte- vowed to build a house that would As for the roof, although the original rior, removing much of the wood and all withstand the buffeting. was of wooden shingles, I decided to of everything else. The wood was kept break with history and use architectural and bundled based on previous loca- A second decision related to the asphalt shingles. tion, while everything else went into the porch, which had been added in the The house yielded surprises on dumpster. 1950s. Old pictures showed a lean-to, a regular basis. There were two cel- In terms of the exterior appearance, covered with wood shingles, where the lars connected by a tunnel. Carpenter there were a number of key decisions porch now stood. I wanted to keep the extraordinaire, David Howe, found to make. The first elatedr to the stone porch, as it was well-built and I appreci- where the trap door used to be in the itself. From the 1930s on, the front of ated the room that it provided, and so parlour and so that was re-created by the house and the north wall had been decided to remove the aluminum siding him (no crawling through a tunnel for limed so that it was white in appear- and clad it with wood shingles. Old me!). When the low ceiling on the main ance. The back wall, however, had never pictures showed that the front dormers floor was taken up, it yielded beams that

12 The Griffin • Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia This was such a mystery − there must have been a fireplace in the house at one time due to its age - but there was no sign that one had ever existed, but for the mantel. Upstairs, underneath the gyprock, were beautiful beams held together with wooden pegs. We decided to take the ceiling up to the crossbeams, and used the old pine ceiling from the parlour as well as some other old wood for the ceilings. In the north room, there was a large wooden hook up on the cross-beams. I don’t know what it was for − hanging fishing nets? or isbean (a type of sausage that the Gaels made)? or Enjoying the view, with exterior restoration completed (photo courtesy of the author) something else? The house yielded surprises on had a bevelled edge. This spoke to a par- higher ceiling afforded by the absence a regular basis. There were two cellars ticular craftsmanship when the house of the pine. connected by a tunnel. was built. I was so fortunate that David Another surprise was found in had that same approach to his work the parlour. Behind the wall that had I was fortunate in the suppliers of and everything was done by him with blocked the space under the mantel, I old materials that were available in Nova utmost care. As for that bevelled edge, it expected to find a fireplace. No fireplace Scotia. I made extensive use of Onslow was too pretty to cover up with the old was there, but instead a chimney made Historic Lumber in Truro for a number pine ceiling. It was also nice to have the of cut stone, with a hole for a stove-pipe. of items including hardwood flooring, doors, door fixtures, and a beam. Old light fixtures came from Harris House Art in Annapolis Royal. The Habitat for Hu- manity Re-store provided the other light fixtures, most of which were made in Canada. Local craftsman Mark Boudreau provided advice and also made a num- ber of things which were required (such as an odd-sized door). And Aneas Gillis and Sandra MacPherson were a huge help in the stripping of multiple layers of old wallpaper from the wood that was reused. We all developed pretty strong arms in the process of doing that! Now that the house is habitable, the next project is the property itself, where traces of the old stone fences still exist. It has truly been a labour of love.

Lorrie MacKinnon is the owner of Moidart and recipient of the HTNS Joyce McCulloch Masonry conservation in progress − stone-mason Stefan Cernjak working on the back wall (photo Built Heritage Award for 2014. courtesy of the author)

June 2015 13 heritage conservation The Old Post Office, Annapolis Royal

Ryan Scranton The building was commissioned by the and doorway arches. Horizontal rusticat- government of Sir John A. Macdonald ed sandstone banding provides some When was decommissioned and designed by Thomas Fuller, Chief decorative flair to the facade. All of the as an active military base in 1854, An- Dominion Architect. A prolific architect, arched label stop mouldings end with napolis Royal went into a period of Fuller designed approximately 140 the horizontal banding providing both economic uncertainty and decline. For structures for the Canadian government. function and form. The steeply pitched a town that had always relied on the His buildings include the Parliamen- roof was originally covered with slate, military, a serious change of direction tary Library in Ottawa and the Halifax but this was replaced with copper when was needed if the community was to Armoury. About 80 of his designs were the structure was partially destroyed survive. By the time the Annapolis Royal for post offices in smaller towns.T his in the 1920 fire that burned much of Post Office and Inland Revenue Office was part of a concerted effort to raise Lower St George Street. Although it was was built in 1890, the town had not only the profile of the federal government in substantially damaged during the fire, survived, but entered into one of its communities across the country. the structure was rebuilt and continued most prosperous periods. This impos- to serve the community. ing brick and sandstone structure is an By the time the Annapolis The Old Post Office remained a vital enduring symbol of the town’s ability to Royal Post Office and Inland Revenue part of the community until 1967. To reinvent itself. Office was built in 1890, mark the 100th anniversary of Confeder- Located on the waterfront and be- the town had … entered into one ation, a new Post Office was built on Vic- side the railway tracks, the Old Post Of- of its most prosperous periods toria Street. Sadly, three heritage homes fice was placed so that it would oversee were demolished to provide space for the continued economic development T he Old Post Office is easily the the new structure. The Old Post Office of Annapolis Royal. The town had indeed dominant building architecturally in was sold into private ownership and entered into a short period of decline Annapolis Royal’s lower town. Built in it began a 50 year period of decline. in the years following the closure of the the imposing Richardsonian Roman- While it has housed enterprises rang- fort. Things began to change for the esque style, this was a building designed ing from restaurants to a primal scream better with the arrival of the Windsor & to demonstrate the strength of the therapy clinic, the building has been Annapolis Railway in 1861. As the com- Canadian government. The building largely unused or under-used for the munity at the end of the line, Annapolis is constructed of brick with rusticated last 50 years. When much of downtown Royal soon took on greater importance sandstone delineating the fenestration Annapolis Royal was restored during as a shipping destination. This is where ships from around the globe would meet the railway and where products from the would be sent to the rest of the world. Shipping, ship-building, and manufacturing soon combined with the traditional activities of fishing and farming to bring a new prosperity to the community. Prosperity brought changes to the built landscape. Many of Annapolis Royal’s most notable buildings were erected during the peri- od between Confederation and the end of the 19th century. The Old Post Office is the Canadian government’s contribu- tion to the built heritage of the town. When fire demolished a section of the lower town in 1888, the lot across from the Government Wharf was select- ed as the location for an impressive new Annapolis Royal Post Office after fire, 19 March 1920 (photo by Paul Yates, courtesy Annapolis Heritage Post Office andC ustoms Warehouse. Society Archives)

14 The Griffin • Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia Annapolis Royal Post Office, circa 1900, with railway track in foreground (courtesy Annapolis Heritage Society Archives) the late 1970s and early 1980s, the Old the Society’s Old Post Office Committee customs warehouse section of the Post Office was strangely not one of the undertook a year-long feasibility study. building. There is a great desire for this buildings selected. Since that time, the This study examined various elements building to once again be an active part future of this architectural landmark has of the building including its structural of the community. The AHS is actively continued to be a source of concern for integrity, costs for restoration, cash flow looking for partners or sponsors who those who care for the built heritage of and uses for the building, once restora- would be interested in helping with this Annapolis Royal. tion work is complete. Among the pro- project. More information about the Old posed uses, the Society plans to move Post Office Project can be found on the There is a great desire its administrative offices, Genealogical Society’s (website www.annapolisher- for this building to once again be an Centre and some collection storage thus itagesociety.com.) The building, which active part of the community allowing for better use of the space at stands as a symbol of the revitalization the O’Dell House Museum. A proposed of Annapolis Royal, now needs to be Recently the Annapolis Heritage community business office will provide restored itself. Society (AHS) announced that it plans much needed shared office space and to purchase and restore the Old Post Of- meeting facilities. There is also poten- Ryan Scranton is with the Annapolis fice.T his announcement was made after tial for restaurant service in the former Heritage Society in Annapolis Royal.

June 2015 15 AWARDS Preserving HMCS Sackville, Canada’s Naval Memorial

HMCS Sackville passing George’s Island Lighthouse in Halifax Harbour (photo courtesy of Frank Gummett)

Len Canfield Sackville, , was one of the memorable engagement occurred in 123 that served in the Royal early August 1942 near the Grand Banks, S ervices and events in late April-early Canadian Navy during the hostilities. where she engaged three U-boats in a May to mark the 70th anniversary of They formed the core of ocean escort 24 hour period and put two out of ac- the end of the Battle of the Atlantic and groups defending convoys of merchant tion before they were able to escape. the Second World War took on special ships from enemy U-boat attacks during In September 1943, Sackville was significance in Halifax, Canada’s fabled the war at sea. Winston Churchill said part of another escort group defending wartime ‘East Coast port’ with HMCS the Battle of the Atlantic was “…the a west-bound convoy that was attacked Sackville a centre of activities. The iconic dominant factor throughout the war” by U-boats. Several merchant ships and Sackville is the last of the Allies’ 269 and described the quickly constructed four escorts, including the destroyer corvettes that served during the longest corvettes as the “cheap but nasties.” HMCS St Croix, were torpedoed, all with battle of the war, the Battle of the Atlan- On any given day, dozens of mer- heavy loss of life. During the enemy ac- tic (1939-1945). chant ships carrying food and other vital tion, Sackville was rocked by an explo- Commissioned in Saint John, NB, war supplies departed Halifax and other sion that severely damaged her number in 1941, the 205-foot Sackville may not east coast ports for the UK. Sackville and one boiler, probably caused by one of attract the same attention as the larger her sister ships played a significant role her depth charges detonating a torpedo naval ships in Halifax Harbour or visiting in defending the convoys and ensuring at close range. Tall Ships, but few have a more interest- ultimate Allied victory. Later in the war it was decided to ing history. Sackville, as Canada’s Naval During the war, Sackville served in take Sackville out of active service and Memorial, is a symbol of the sacrifice of several escort groups operating be- use her as a training ship for HMCS Kings those who gave their lives at sea and of tween St John’s, , and officer training establishment and a har- an extraordinary national achievement Londonderry, . From bour loop layer. After cessation of hostili- that made victory in the Atlantic pos- January 1942 to August 1944, she was ties, most of Canada’s corvettes were sible. It’s a story very much of interest to one of the original members of the sold to other navies or scrapped, but residents and visitors alike. famous ‘Barber Pole Group.’ Sackville was held in reserve. In the early Sackville, named for the Town of The Flower Class ’s most 1950s she was converted and continued

16 The Griffin • Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia to serve as a naval and civilian acoustic As time and the elements take their In the winter the ship is berthed in HMC and oceanographic research vessel until toll on the 74 year-old Sackville, the Dockyard. she was paid off in 1982. CNMT has undertaken the long-term Throughout the year Sackville sup- In 1983 the then Naval Officers As- project to establish Battle of Atlantic ports various naval, community, and sociation of Canada took the lead and Place near the Maritime Museum of corporate events and activities. This year, the volunteer Canadian Naval Memorial the Atlantic on the Halifax waterfront. 2015, will be another active year as the Trust (CNMT) was established to acquire The architecturally striking state-of-the- ship supports a number of 70th anniver- and restore Sackville to her wartime art interpretation centre will celebrate sary and BoA week activities. During the configuration.T he mission of the CNMT, the deeds of Canadians in supporting April 27-May 3 period these included a with more than 1000 trustees in Canada the war at sea, serve as a memorial to commemorative concert at the Spatz and abroad, is to preserve the ship in honour the 5000 members of the RCN, Theatre, a reception aboard Sackville perpetuity as a memorial to honour RCAF and Merchant Navy who lost their and dinner at the Maritime Museum those who made the ultimate sacrifice lives at sea, and preserve Sackville under of the Atlantic, and a committal of and all those who served at sea. In 1985 cover. ashes service at sea, along with hosting the designated Maintaining and operating Sackville, naval veterans from across Canada and HMCS Sackville the National Naval Me- including upgrades to visitor areas of members from the Royal Naval Associa- morial. the ship, and telling the story of Cana- tion, Londonderry. Other major events Sackville is also an enduring symbol da’s Naval Memorial, are an important include participating in Doors Open of the extraordinary national achieve- part of the routine of Lieutenant Com- Halifax, June 6-7, an annual event that ment of the hundreds of thousands mander (ret’) Jim Reddy, commanding promotes public visits to historic and of Canadians in and out of uniform officer, otherT rustees, and volunteers. contemporary buildings or venues of who gave of themselves or their lives “Through guided tours, artifacts, and significance. in service to Canada. In the case of the A/V presentations, visitors of all ages After 74 years it’s all in a day’s work RCN, it expanded from 3,500 regular and can experience life aboard a corvette for Canada’s oldest serving naval ship. reserve members and a dozen ships in during the war and learn of the role of 1939 to 100,000 members and more the RCN,” LCdr Reddy explains. During www.canadasnavalmemorial.ca than 400 ships by 1945. But the cost was the summer, the ship’s crew welcome high with the loss of 24 RCN ships and visitors at Sackville’s summer berth next Len Canfield is a CNMT trustee and a mem- more than 2000 personnel. to the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. ber of several military support organizations.

news Canada (including the Centre Block of Parliament in Ottawa), and across the HTNS Awards at Heritage United States as far as . Recent Fairs projects employing Wallace sandstone include the restoration of Halifax City T wo promising young students recently Hall (which received an HTNS built heri- won awards from the Heritage Trust of tage award last year) and new buildings Nova Scotia at regional heritage fairs. in Joggins (fossil centre for the UNESCO The HTNS award at the recent heri- World Heritage Site), tage fair in Truro went to Maggie Dewar (hotel), and Moncton (fire station and of Pugwash District High School. The courthouse). 2015 Chignecto-Central Regional Dis- At the South Shore Regional Heritage trict Heritage Fair took place at the Truro Fair at Bay View School in Mahone Bay campus of the Nova Scotia Community on May 5, the winner of the HTNS award College on May 1 this year. Maggie Dew- was Emerald Lake from Bluenose Acad- ar’s research explored the origins and emy in Lunenburg. Emerald’s project was uses of Wallace sandstone, which was on the Selig House, a heritage home in first quarried in 1811 for the construc- Lunenburg. Emerald is the seventh gen- Maggie Dewar with her award-winning display tion of Province House, the Nova Scotia eration to live in this home. It is gratifying on Wallace Sandstone (photo courtesy of Joe legislature. Over the following 200 years, to see this interest in Emerald and her Ballard) Wallace sandstone has been used in peers, future custodians of Lunenburg’s numerous buildings across Nova Scotia, UNESCO-recognized heritage.

June 2015 17 painted rooms Did A.J. Downing Influence Lewis Bailey?

110th Anniversary celebration in 1975, showing wall decoration in the background (courtesy of the East Hants Historical Society)

Joe Ballard mid to late nineteenth century. Lewis Bailey, the painter in this case, also at- Six shades “highly suitable for the exterior” (A.J. Downing, 1847, Cottage Residences, p. 17) I n 1881, Lewis Bailey, a painter from tempted to incorporate “trompe l‘oeil” Newport, is said to have decorated the effects into his work. His attempt at a interior of Lower Selma Presbyterian three dimensional illusion had limited proposes six specific colours on page Church in Hants County.1 The former success compared to other period 17 of Cottage Residences (1847), he does church is now home to the East Hants work such as Sacré-Coeur Chapel of the so in the context of exterior work, but Historical Society. Having been con- Convent of the Immaculate Concep- interestingly remarks on how they might structed in 1865, the building celebrates tion in Bouctouche, New Brunswick, be “marked off in courses, and tinted to its 150th birthday this year. No primary but one clearly sees the kind of “trick of resemble some mellow stone…”3 evidence is readily found to corrobo- the eye” that can be achieved when the For his ‘stone’ work, Bailey chose rate the longstanding claim that Lewis artist is well-versed in the technique. colours with grounds of white, red, blue, Bailey was “a wayfarer, who fortuitously Bailey’s work has an endearing quality pale green, medium green and fawn meandered into the church and offered to it and deserves to be preserved and – strikingly similar to those suggested to embellish the interior.”2 Yet the claim celebrated. by A.J. Downing. Each marble colour possesses a sufficiently definitive quality It may be mere coincidence that Bai- features veins of darker shades or tints to make one believe that determined ley’s colour palette so closely followed of the same colour applied over the digging may yet confirm the story.T he that suggested by influential landscape ground. The white marble displays grey 1871 census confirms Bailey’s profession architect A.J. Downing, but the resem- veins. Blue and red veins run through all as a painter. For the convenience of put- blance is close enough that it awakens the various “marble blocks” regardless of ting a name to the work, this article will curiosity and provokes comparison. the ground colour. refer to the painter as Lewis Bailey. Downing, an American, was widely The technique of marbleizing called Decorating each wall from floor published and his instructional books for a ground with little body, or in to ceiling, Bailey produced a marble were readily available in Nova Scotia other words a base coat that was nearly effect embellishing the windows and from the middle of the nineteenth cen- transparent. The first of three or four doorways and creating faux arcades tury onward. Indeed, he was quoted in colour veins were then applied, again where the walls were not interrupted a newspaper as early with a colour of little body. The colour with openings. The marbleizing effects as 1846. One of his books was adver- was applied with a feather as streaks and employed in this building utilized tech- tised in a Colchester newspaper just crooked lines running about in appar- niques that would have been known to three years before Bailey decorated the ent randomness and connecting with any journeyman house painter in the Lower Selma Church. When Downing vapory patches here and there. Each of

18 The Griffin • Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia stone blocks before painting. One can easily envision the artist at work and appreciate his process. Such genuine evidence of the artist’s preparation makes the work somehow more ac- cessible and personal; and, in concert with an explanation of the marbleizing technique and a possible connection to Downing, provides an excellent oppor- tunity for site interpretation by the East Hants Historical Society. The museum, located at 6971 Highway 215 near Mait- land, is open throughout the summer, from June to the end of August.

Former Lower Selma Presbyterian Church, before recent removal of the cedars (photo courtesy Joe Ballard is the regional rep for of the author) Colchester, Cumberland, and East Hants on the HTNS Board the colours was applied in the same way final dusting produced wispy veins very with separate feathers. Once all of the reminiscent of real marble. Endnotes: desired colours were on, and still damp, In addition, Bailey employed darker 1A History of the Lower Selmah - Noel Shore United a dry dusting brush was passed over tones, suggestive of shadows, to help Church of Canada 1865-1965, p. 3 the entire surface to soften the lines produce the “trompe l’oeil” effect that 2That All May Be One: The History of Religion Along and blend them with the ground. The he intended. Close examination of the the Cobequid Shore Tennycape to South Maitland (1738-1970) lightness of the feather combined with artist’s technique reveals pencil marks 3A.J. Downing, 1847, Cottage Residences, p. 16 the transparency of the colors and the where he sketched out the edges of the

Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia Annual General Meeting and Illustrated Public Lecture Thursday, June 18, 7 pm

Steven Schwinghamer Exploring Lawlor’s Island Quarantine Station: History and Archaeology

Museum of Natural History Auditorium 1747 Summer Street, Halifax [entrance on lower level from parking lot] I nformation: 423-4807

June 2015 19 Programs Sponsored by Other Societies

Chestico Museum Ottawa House Museum Chester Garden Tour, Saturday July 18. Contact: 8095 Route 19, Port Hood, NS, B0E 2W0 1155 Whitehall Road, Parrsboro, NS, B0M 1S0 902-275-4709, [email protected] Downton Abbey Tea, H illcrest Hall, Port Hood, Rug hookers at work on the verandah, Wednes- Mahone Bay Home & Garden Tour, July 11 & 12. Sunday July 5. Historic Walking Tours, twice days, mid-June to late August Contact: 902-624-6263, [email protected] weekly, July 6−Augut 12 Contact: 902-254-2376, www.ottawahousemu- Chester House & Harbour Tour, August 22. 902- Contact: 902-787-2244, chesticomuseum@ seum.ca 275-3842, [email protected] nsaliantzinc.ca, http://chesticoplace.com/ Port Royal National Historic Site Quilts Doors Open Halifax 53 Historic Lane, Port Royal, NS, B0S 1K0 Quilt expo and sale, Middle West Pubnico, July Saturday-Sunday, June 6−7, 10 am – 4 pm Mi’kmaq Culture Day, July 12 15-17. Contact: 902-762-3380, musee.acadien@ Mandate: to make available to the general Construction Traditions, Aug. 9 ns.sympatico.ca public free access to buildings of historical, 902-532-2898, [email protected] Quilt-expo-couvertes, Saulnierville, July 27-31. contemporary, or architectural significance and Contact: 902-769-2113, [email protected] to generate interest in our built environment, Public Archaeology Day Northumberland Guild show and sale, Pictou, 35 venues confirmed for 2015 June 13 (rain date June 20 except Highland Aug. 1-2. Contact: 902-396-4595, debbie_ste- C ontact: 902-402-0733, info@doorsopenhalifax. Village) [email protected] com, http://doorsopenhalifax.com Uniacke Estate Museum. Mount Uniacke. McCulloch House Museum, Pictou. Highland Uniacke Estate National Historic Site Village, Iona. Cossit House, Sydney. Ages 9 and 758 Highway 1, Mount Uniacke, NS, B0N 1Z0 Louisbourg, NS, B1C 2L2 up, regular admission may be charged. Public Archaeology Day, Saturday June 13, free 18th century camping, July 24−26 and Aug. 29−30 Registration deadline: June 6, https://museum. Community Open House, Sunday June 21, free C ontact: 902-733-3552, [email protected] novascotia.ca/public-archaeology-day-pre- Uniacke Estate Historic Landscape Tour, alternate registration-form. Sundays from June 21, 2 pm Grand-Pré National Historic Site Contact: [email protected] Uniacke’s Life by the Brook, alternate Sundays Acadian Days – Journées acadiennes, July 17-19 from June 28, 2 pm Contact: 902-542-3631, [email protected], Tours Behind the Ropes Tour, July 19, 9 am to 11 pm, www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/ns/grandpre/activ.aspx Annapolis Royal House & Garden Tour, 441 St. ages 15 and up, $15 incl. refreshments George Street, Saturday July 4, $20-25 incl. re- 902-866-0032, https://uniacke.novascotia.ca Isle Madame Historical Society freshments. 902-532-7018, [email protected] LeNoir Landing, 708 Veterans Memorial Dive, Arichat, NS, B0E 1A0 Tea in the Museum, Tuesdays, July 7-Aug.25, 2 to 4 pm, $5. Kids Day at the Museum, Wednesdays, Locations of subject matter in this issue July 8-Aug. 19, 1 to 3 pm, $5 (child), $10 (family) Blacksmithing workshop with Richard Boudreau, July 12, 1−5 pm, pre-reg. req’d, $60 incl. materi- als. Cemetery Walk, proceeds to OLA Cemetery Fund, Aug. 9, 2 pm. Cemetery Walk, proceeds to St. John’s Cemetery Fund, Aug. 23, 2 pm Mi’kmaq basket weaving with Donna Poulette, Aug. 29, 1−4 pm, pre-reg. req’d, $30 incl. materi- als. Contact: 902-226-9364 or 902-226-2880, [email protected]

Lighthouse Awareness Art and Craft Show Port Medway, Aug. 14-18 Port Mouton, Aug. 21-27 Contact: 902-935-2067, lighthouseartshow@ gmail.com

Memory Lane Village 5435 Clam Harbour Road, Lake Charlotte, NS, N0J 1Y0 Dominion Day “Old Time” Village Fair, July 1 World War II Encampment, July 11-12 Old-fashioned Tea Social, July 19 Contact: 902-845-1937, [email protected]

Musée des Acadiens des Pubnicos 898 Route 335, West Pubnico, NS, B0W 3S0 Métis and Heritage: Follow the Mi’kmaq trails, June 21, 1−4 pm, free Contact: 902-762-3380 Base map data courtesy of Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada

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