Haliburton House
Woody Point, Terre-Neuve et Labrador, A0K, Canada
Reconnu formellement en:
2002/11/09
Autre nom(s)
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Liens et documents
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Date(s) de construction
1898/01/01 à 1900/01/01
Inscrit au répertoire canadien:
2005/12/07
Énoncé d'importance
Description du lieu patrimonial
Haliburton House is a two storey wooden Victorian house located at 053 Water Street, in the community of Woody Point, within the UNESCO World Heritage Site Gros Morne, Newfoundland and Labrador. The designation is confined to the footprint of the building.
Valeur patrimoniale
Haliburton House has been municipally designated for its historic and aesthetic values.
Haliburton House is historically valuable for its association with John P. Haliburton, a fish merchant who made his fortune in the booming herring fishery of the 1890s. In 1930 the Haliburton’s left Woody Point and their house then served as a courthouse for the community. The Haliburton House is also historically valuable for its association with the trial that resulted from the 1938 Riot. The riot occurred in Woody Point after a government representative was sent there to listen to the concerns of the people. In the midst of the Great Depression this town felt the six cent daily dole ration was too little to support their families. However, when the government representative, Commissioner Wilfred Wood arrived in Woody Point he was immediately swarmed by local people. When he told the people they could have no more rations seven men from Bonne Bay jumped aboard the government vessel and attempted to prevent it from leaving. Their subsequent arrests and acquittals made international news at the time. The trials of the seven men were held in this house.
Haliburton House is aesthetically valuable because it is a good example of Victorian architecture. This steeply pitched gable roofed, two -storey house, in typical Victorian style, is symmetrical in appearance. There are two bay windows at the main level with fascia boards. A large, covered open veranda neatly divides the house. Two dormer windows which are cut through the eaves have peaked pediments, and a central chimney can be seen just below the ridge line of the roof.
source: Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador file number 1802 - Woody Point.
Éléments caractéristiques
All those elements that speak to the Victorian style, including:
-steeply pitched gable roof;
-two storey wooden construction;
-bay windows with fascia board;
-dormers with peaked pediments;
-covered, open veranda;
-central chimney cut below eave ridge;
-all original window and door openings;
-size, shape and fenestration of windows; and
-location, orientation and dimensions of house.
Reconnaissance
Juridiction
Terre-Neuve et Labrador
Autorité de reconnaissance
Municipalités de TNL
Loi habilitante
Municipalities Act
Type de reconnaissance
Terre, structure ou édifice patrimonial municipal
Date de reconnaissance
2002/11/09
Données sur l'histoire
Date(s) importantes
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Thème - catégorie et type
- Exprimer la vie intellectuelle et culturelle
- L'architecture et l'aménagement
Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction
Actuelle
Historique
- Résidence
- Logement unifamilial
Architecte / Concepteur
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Constructeur
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Informations supplémentaires
Emplacement de la documentation
Office, Town of Woody Point P.O. Box 100 Woody Point, NL A0K 1P0
Réfère à une collection
Identificateur féd./prov./terr.
NL-2361
Statut
Édité
Inscriptions associées
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