Description of Historic Place

Located within Acadia Forest Experimental Station in its street like location, the Superintendent’s Residence is a compact, low-massed, rectangular, hip-roofed, wood building. The structure features a large enclosed porch, a prominent fieldstone chimney and an exterior finished with siding. The designation is confined to the footprint of the building.

Heritage Value

The Superintendent’s Residence Building No. 2 at Acadia Forest Experimental Station is a Recognized Federal Heritage Building because of its historical associations, and its architectural and environmental values.

Historical Value:
The Superintendent’s Residence as a component of the Acadia Forest Experimental Station (AFES) is part of one of the best examples of early federal forestry station sites and their planning. It is also the best-preserved station site in Canada associated with the theme of early federal forestry management, with Depression-era job creation, and also as a detention camp during the Second World War. The group of buildings initially provided relief for Jewish refugees, and was subsequently used to intern German and Italian prisoners of war. Relief camp workers built the Superintendent’s Residence.

Architectural Value:
The Superintendent’s Residence is an example of a modest, utilitarian structure. The building was constructed in wood with siding and fieldstone. As part of the AFES complex, the Superintendent’s Residence reflects the character of early federal forestry station site planning.

Environmental Value:
The Superintendent’s Residence is located within the east side and reinforces the present character of its central streetscape setting within the Acadia Park Experimental Station. The Acadia Forest Experimental Station is a well-known symbol within the forestry management sphere.

Sources:
Joan Mattie, Acadia Forest Experimental Station (10 Buildings), Highway 10, Maugerville, New Brunswick. Federal Heritage Buildings Review Office Report 95-086.

Building No. 2 Superintendent’s Residence, Acadia Forest Experimental Station, Highway 10, New Brunswick. Heritage Character Statement 95-086.

Character-Defining Elements

The following character-defining elements of the Superintendent’s Residence should be respected, for example:

Its simple, functional design, for example:

-The compact, low massing.
-The one-storey, hip-roofed construction of wood with a prominent fieldstone chimney and the exterior finished with siding.
-The large enclosed porch.
-The windows and panelled, multi-paned glazed entrance doors.

The manner in which the Superintendent’s Residence reinforces the central streetscape character within its Experimental Station setting and is a strong regional landmark as evidenced by:

-Its compatibility with the modest group of buildings which open onto an open nursery field and create a ‘Main Street’ feel.
-Its role as part of the Acadia Forest Experimental Station, a national and internationally known organization.