Bastion
94 Front Street, Nanaimo, Colombie-Britannique, V9R, Canada
Reconnu formellement en:
1985/12/02
Autre nom(s)
Bastion
Nanaimo Bastion
Liens et documents
Date(s) de construction
1853/01/01 à 1855/01/01
Inscrit au répertoire canadien:
2004/07/30
Énoncé d'importance
Description du lieu patrimonial
The Bastion is a freestanding, octagonal, three-story defensive fortification that overlooks Nanaimo's Inner Harbour. The historic place is confined to the building footprint.
Valeur patrimoniale
Nanaimo's oldest building and the sole reminder of the Hudson's Bay Company's singular coal mining venture, the Bastion is the physical evidence of the community's earliest European social and economic development.
The Bastion, built between 1853-1855, is the only known remaining freestanding tower structure built by the Hudson's Bay Company. As such, it is a unique example of a defense fortification built by a company that played a major role in Canadian history.
The Bastion's unusual octagonal shape and high visibility from both land and sea make it Nanaimo's premier landmark.
The Bastion represents British Columbia's earliest case of historic preservation and is an important example of the changing approaches to heritage conservation. It originally stood on the other side of Front Street, and was moved in 1891 after its original site was sold. In 1974, it was moved to its present location in another preservation effort. The building's environmental context, overlooking the harbour, has never changed.
Source: City of Nanaimo, Development Services Department, file #6800-20-H01-02/98 Front Street
Éléments caractéristiques
Character-defining elements of the Bastion include:
-all of the original elements of a Hudson's Bay Company defensive fortification as expressed in the squared hand-hewn logs, octagonal shape with projecting third floor, "poteau-sur-sole" (post on sill) construction and second floor rope pull gun ports and rifle slots.
-all of the elements of the successive rehabilitations including the shingle roof and the foundation.
-the location of the Bastion in a prominent downtown location, visible from both the sea and from land
Reconnaissance
Juridiction
Colombie-Britannique
Autorité de reconnaissance
Administrations locales (C.-B.)
Loi habilitante
Local Government Act, art.967
Type de reconnaissance
Désignation patrimoniale
Date de reconnaissance
1985/12/02
Données sur l'histoire
Date(s) importantes
1891/01/01 à 1891/01/01
1974/01/01 à 1974/01/01
Thème - catégorie et type
- Économies en développement
- Exploitation et production
Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction
Actuelle
- Loisirs
- Musée
Historique
- Défense
- Installation de défense militaire
Architecte / Concepteur
s/o
Constructeur
s/o
Informations supplémentaires
Emplacement de la documentation
City of Nanaimo, Development Services Department, file #6800-20-H01-02/98 Front Street.
Réfère à une collection
Identificateur féd./prov./terr.
DhRx-63
Statut
Édité
Inscriptions associées
s/o