Municipally Registered Property

Bayview United Church

Bay View, Nova Scotia

Bayview United Church, Front Elevation, 2004

Bayview United Church, Front Elevation, 2004

Photo: Municipality of the District of Digby, D. Thurber, 2004

Built
1870–1880
Recognized
1990
By
Local government

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Description

The Bayview United Church is a small Greek Style wooden building located on Lighthouse Road approximately eight kilometres from the town of Digby in the community of Bay View. The church is thirty-three by twenty-four feet and has the capacity to seat a congregation of one hundred fifty. Both the church and surrounding land including the cemetery are part of the heritage designation.

Heritage value

Bayview United Church is valued as the first Presbyterian Church and one of few manifestations of the Presbyterian faith in Digby County, a county settled predominantly by Protestant Loyalists. The church was built in 1873 and was converted to the United Church in 1925, when Presbyterian churches were given the option to remain Presbyterian or to convert to the newly formed United Church.

SourceBuilt Heritage Inventory, Office of the Municipality of the District of Digby

Character‑defining elements

Character-defining elements of the church include the form and massing of the church building and its stone foundation;

  • circular facade window;
  • wood paneled door and bracketed heavy platform cap above doorway;
  • broad eave returns;
  • lighting for the church is provided by oil lamps.

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Location

1074 Lighthouse Road, Bay View, Nova Scotia, Canada

44.67786° N, 65.77358° W

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From the Canadian Register of Historic Places, as last updated on December 12, 2025. The register’s text is shown word for word.