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MacDonald House

IFF/15-Y1 Hector's Point, Iona, Nova Scotia, B2C, Canada

Formally Recognized: 1990/02/19

MacDonald House, Front Elevation, Iona, 2004; Heritage Division, Nova Scotia Department of Tourism, Culture and Heritage, 2004
Front Elevation
MacDonald House, Iona, Side Perspective, 2004; Heritage Division, Nova Scotia Department of Tourism, Culture and Heritage, 2004
Side Elevation
MacDonald House, Front Perspective, Iona, 2004; Heritage Division, Nova Scotia Department of Tourism, Culture and Heritage, 2004
Front Perspective

Other Name(s)

MacDonald House
1830's House
Centre Chimney House

Links and documents

Construction Date(s)

1829/01/01 to 1830/01/01

Listed on the Canadian Register: 2005/03/16

Statement of Significance

Description of Historic Place

MacDonald House was built in 1830 and is a one-and-one-half storey, three
bay façade, Scottish style wood building located at Highland Village, a
living history museum complex, located on Cape Breton Island, in Iona, NS.
The designation applies only to the house and a portion of land that
surrounds it, as noted in the Description of Boundaries. Other buildings
within Highland Village are not includedin the designation.

Heritage Value

MacDonald House is valued as one of the few surviving, and largely unaltered, examples of the Scottish architectural style. The MacDonald House is typical of houses built by immigrant Scots in Cape Breton in the early part of the nineteenth century. This Scottish style, one-and-one-half storey wood building has a centrally placed chimney, a field stone foundation and a central door with transom and a three-panel fanlight.

The house was first built in Stewartdale, Inverness County and in the 1970’s it was dismantled, moved and rebuilt in Highland Village, a living history museum and cultural centre.

Source: Notice of Registration of Property as a Provincial Heritage Property, Provincial Property Heritage File no. 99.

Character-Defining Elements

Character defining elements of Mac Donald House as a Scottish style house include:

- one-and-one-half storey, wood construction with a stacked field stone foundation;
- steeply pitched gable roof, with wooden shingles and a centrally placed chimney;
- wooden clapboard exterior with corner boards and return eaves;
- transom with three-panel fanlight;
- three bay façade with six-over-six and three-over-three windows.

Recognition

Jurisdiction

Nova Scotia

Recognition Authority

Province of Nova Scotia

Recognition Statute

Heritage Property Act

Recognition Type

Provincially Registered Property

Recognition Date

1990/02/19

Historical Information

Significant Date(s)

n/a

Theme - Category and Type

Peopling the Land
Settlement
Building Social and Community Life
Education and Social Well-Being

Function - Category and Type

Current

Leisure
Museum

Historic

Residence
Single Dwelling

Architect / Designer

n/a

Builder

n/a

Additional Information

Location of Supporting Documentation

Provincial Registry found at Heritage Property Program, 1747 Summer Street Halifax, NS B3H 3A6

Cross-Reference to Collection

Fed/Prov/Terr Identifier

00PNS0113

Status

Published

Related Places

n/a

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