Description of Historic Place

The Harold Sullivan Residence is a wooden two-storey Craftsman Style home with a slightly off-centre entrance and a large roof-line cornice. It is located on Orange Street within the Orange Street Heritage Preservation Area of Saint John.

Heritage Value

The Harold Sullivan Residence is designated a Local Historic Place for its architecture and for its association with its former occupants.

The Harold Sullivan Residence is recognized as part of the block that survived the Great Saint John Fire in 1877 which destroyed two-thirds of the city. The eastern end of Orange Street was occupied mostly by merchants and tradesmen. Built in 1924, this building, which is an excellent example of Craftsman residential architecture from the turn of the 20th century in Saint John, marks the last of five double homes running west to east in succession that were constructed in the mid-1920’s on Orange Street. In the 1920's, Saint John was going through a small building boom. Unfortunately, this prosperity was short lived as the stock market crash of 1929 led to the Great Depression.

The Harold Sullivan Residence is also recognized as being the home of Harold Sullivan. He moved here shortly after its construction. He was a chemist at the sugar refinery and later became an assessor for the Board of Assessors. Sullivan remained in this residence until the 1960's.

Source: Planning and Development Department - City of Saint John

Character-Defining Elements

The character defining elements that describe the Harold Sullivan Residence include:
- similar set-back with neighbouring buildings;
- square two-storey massing;
- clapboard siding;
- large roof-line cornice with modillions;
- rectangular vertical sliding wood windows;
- triple Arts and Crafts style windows;
- bracketed entablatures over windows;
- slightly off-centre entrance featuring double wooden doors with glass upper panels, a bracketed entablature and a transom window.