Municipal Heritage Preservation Act
Frederick P. Gregory Residence
Saint John, New Brunswick
Also known as Miss Jessie Earle's Boarding House, Maison de pension de Mlle Jessie Earle
This photograph shows the contextual view of the building, 2005
Photo: City of Saint John
- Recognized
- 1982
- By
- Local government
The register’s text, word for word
Description
The Frederick Gregory Residence is a two-storey Craftsman home with an overhanging cornice, an off-centered entrance and a two-storey square bay window. It is located on Horsfield Street in the Trinity Royal Heritage Preservation Area of Saint John.
Heritage value
The Frederick Gregory Residence is designated a Local Historic Place for being part of the rebuilding of a Saint John residential district after the Great Saint John Fire of 1877. Although there are questions in regards to the age of this particular building, it is amongst a collection of commercial and residential, Italianate and Second Empire buildings that were built between 1877 and 1881 after two thirds of the City of Saint John were destroyed by the fire. The correct age of Frederick Gregory Residence is uncertain. This may have been either an 1878 Italianate home that underwent a complete façade renovation or a Craftsman residence constructed about 1916. It is known that stevedore Frederick Gregory had a wooden home with a cased brick façade built on this site shortly after the 1877 fire and lived in it until 1892. Miss Jessie Earle operated a boarding house in the late 1890's.
SourcePlanning and Development Department - City of Saint John
Character‑defining elements
The character defining elements that describe the Frederick P. Gregory Residence include:
- similar set-back with western neighbour;
- rectangular two-storey massing;
- wide projecting roof-line cornice with brackets;
- clapboard siding with pilaster corner boards;
- square two-storey bay window;
- Craftsman style windows with transoms in the bay window;
- cornices over the upper and lower portions of the bay window;
- Craftsman style sidelights and transom window around a wooden door with glass panel;
- columns supporting the entablature over the entrance.
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Location
20 Horsfield Street, Saint John, New Brunswick, E2L, Canada
45.27102° N, 66.05922° 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.