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Bower House
Upper Port La Tour, Nouvelle Ecosse
Photo: Department of Tourism, Culture and Heritage, Province of Nova Scotia 2008
- Reconnaissance
- 1984
- Par
- Administrations locales (N.-É.)
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Description
The Bower House is located directly on the main road running through Upper Port La Tour, NS. It is a large, two-storey wood frame house. Municipal heritage designation was given to the house and land on June 6, 1984.
Valeur patrimoniale
The Bower House is valued for its role in the community of Port La Tour and its associations with the Port La Tour Telephone Company and the Port La Tour post office.
The Bower House is a long and narrow, wood frame house located directly beside the road. Its asymmetrical front façade with two front entrances gives it the appearance of a double house. It was constructed in the 1880s for members of the Snow family and was a hub of activity for the community of Port La Tour well into the twentieth century. In 1880 the Port La Tour post office was established in one section of the house. As the house already served a public function, the Port La Tour Telephone Company installed its only telephone in the area in the building in 1891. This phone connected to the Barrington Telephone Company in Barrington, several kilometres away.
SourceMunicipality of the District of Barrington, Municipal Heritage Files, Bower House.
Éléments caractéristiques
Character-defining elements of the Bower Houser include:
- long and narrow massing;
- two-and-one-half storeys;
- two enclosed porches on front elevation;
- wooden clapboard siding;
- gabled roof;
- six-over-six windows
- two chimneys;
- location directly beside road;
- asymmetrical front elevation.
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43.51420° N, 65.46371° W
Itinéraire (s’ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)L’inscription au répertoire ne rend pas un lieu accessible au public. Beaucoup sont des résidences ou des commerces privés; admirez-les depuis la rue.
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