Wentworth Valley Schoolhouse
80 Barclay Road, Wentworth, Nouvelle-Écosse, B0M, Canada
Reconnu formellement en:
2003/07/16
Autre nom(s)
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Liens et documents
Date(s) de construction
1903/01/01 à 1903/12/31
Inscrit au répertoire canadien:
2009/02/24
Énoncé d'importance
Description du lieu patrimonial
The Wentworth Valley Schoolhouse is a modest, one-storey, one-room schoolhouse that has been converted into a community hall. It sits on its original location near a number of cottages on a rural road in the Wentworth Valley. The building is set well-back off the road on a large lawn beside a stream and is backed by trees and bushes. The building and property are included in the municipal designation.
Valeur patrimoniale
The Wentworth Valley Schoolhouse is valued for being a good example of a typical, turn-of-the-century, Cumberland County rural schoolhouse. As with many schools of this area and era, it is a one-room, one-storey, rectangular symmetrical structure. It has three rectangular windows in each of the non-gabled sides, and two windows in the front gable end. The building is unadorned except for the prominent lintels over each window, the corner boards, and the decorative triangular ventilation window in the peak of the front-facing gable.
The school is now used as a community centre, but it was used as a local school until 1958. This building was built in 1903 to replace the original 1871 schoolhouse. Dr. Ross Barclay attended the school in the 1940s. He was a Rhodes Scholar, a widely-renowned science researcher, and a chemistry professor at Mount Allison University. The University’s L.R.C. Barclay Science Building is named for him.
Source: “Heritage Properties County, Wentworth Valley Schoolhouse” File, Cumberland County Museum
Éléments caractéristiques
Character-defining elements of the Wentworth Valley Schoolhouse include:
- wood construction;
- original location, size and massing;
- wooden clapboard siding;
- medium-pitch gabled roof;
- unadorned except for the corner boards and the prominent lintels over windows;
- sign on the gable end saying “WENTWORTH VALLEY No 14”.
Reconnaissance
Juridiction
Nouvelle-Écosse
Autorité de reconnaissance
Administrations locales (N.-É.)
Loi habilitante
Heritage Property Act
Type de reconnaissance
Bien inscrit au répertoire municipal
Date de reconnaissance
2003/07/16
Données sur l'histoire
Date(s) importantes
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Thème - catégorie et type
- Exprimer la vie intellectuelle et culturelle
- Les arts et l'enseignement
- Exprimer la vie intellectuelle et culturelle
- L'architecture et l'aménagement
- Établir une vie sociale et communautaire
- L'éducation et le bien-être de la société
Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction
Actuelle
- Communauté
- Espace communautaire
Historique
- Éducation
- École à classe unique
Architecte / Concepteur
s/o
Constructeur
s/o
Informations supplémentaires
Emplacement de la documentation
"Heritage Property County, Wentworth Valley Schoolhouse" File, Cumberland County Museum and Archives, 150 Church St, Amherst, NS B4H 3C4
Réfère à une collection
Identificateur féd./prov./terr.
11MNS0101
Statut
Édité
Inscriptions associées
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