Municipal Register of Local Historic Places
Joseph Henderson Residence
Saint John, New Brunswick
Also known as Peter Lefebvre Residence, Résidence Peter Lefebvre, Thomas Dale House
This image shows the front façade of the building
Photo: City of Saint John
- Recognized
- 2008
- By
- Local government
The register’s text, word for word
Description
The Joseph Henderson Residence is a wooden, four-bay, two-storey Italianate house with an off-centre entryway. The building was built circa 1890 on Carmarthen Street in a working residential area of the Central Peninsula of Saint John.
Heritage value
The Joseph Henderson Residence was designated a Local Historic Place for its age of more than 100 years. It has architectural and cultural heritage value because of its relatively few interventions and for being a fine example of a modest Italianate residence of the late-Victorian period in Saint John. It retains its wooden siding, window placement and proportions, and ornamented cornice. Its entrance includes wooden paired doors with mouldings and a transom window. Its early residents worked for the CPR or local businesses in clerk or similar positions and it is a typical example of working-class housing in Saint John's Central Peninsula.
SourcePlanning and Development Department - City of Saint John
Character‑defining elements
The character-defining elements of this Italianate building include:
- rectangular three-storey massing;
- flat roof;
- overhanging cornice decorated with double brackets and dentils;
- single brackets at each end of the cornice;
- wide plain fascia board below cornice;
- four-bay façade with off-centred entrance;
- corner boards;
- shingle cladding;
- rectangular 6/6 vertical sliding windows;
- broad plain boards surround the entrance and all windows;
- two-part transom window over the entrance;
- paired wood-paneled door;
- brick foundation.
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Location
133 Carmarthen Street, Saint John, New Brunswick, E2L, Canada
45.27075° N, 66.05448° 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.