St. Joseph's Chapel
St. John's, Terre-Neuve et Labrador, A1C, Canada
Reconnu formellement en:
2000/12/02
Autre nom(s)
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Liens et documents
Date(s) de construction
1879/01/01
Inscrit au répertoire canadien:
2005/01/18
Énoncé d'importance
Description du lieu patrimonial
St. Joseph’s Chapel is a tiny wooden one-room school house located in Blackhead, on the outskirts of St. John’s. St. Joseph’s Chapel was built as a school in 1879 but soon had a dual-function as a school and church for the Roman Catholic community of Blackhead. Designation is confined to the footprint of the building.
Valeur patrimoniale
St. Joseph’s Chapel is designated as a Registered Heritage Structure due to it architectural and historical values.
St. Joseph’s Chapel is historically valuable due to its contribution to the development of the community of Blackhead. St. Joseph’s Chapel played a pivotal role in the social and cultural development during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. St. Joseph’s Chapel was built as a school in 1879, but soon after it also began to be used as a church when the adjacent stone church fell into disrepair. The Chapel served as a school from 1879 until 1965 and during this time it served as the platform for the education and cultural advancement of the community. As a church, the Chapel served as the religious centre of the Roman Catholic community in Blackhead. St. Joseph’s Chapel is valuable for its role as a centre of the community, the building was used for church and school as well as concerts and music lessons while the grounds were used to host garden parties.
St. Joseph’s Chapel is architecturally valuable as a rare example of a small wooden schoolhouse in such close proximity to St. John’s. The simple design of the chapel speaks to a particular time and place. Blackhead was a tiny fishing community and St. Joseph’s Chapel was designed in a utilitarian manner. This plain, wooden, square one-room school with a steeply pitched gable roof stands as a testament to a more simple way of life, common in rural Newfoundland during this period.
Source: Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador unnumbered property designation file, 1 Springdale Street, St. John's, NL, A1C 5V5
Éléments caractéristiques
All those features that relate to the vernacular design of the building as a small outport chapel/schoolhouse, including:
-square floor plan;
-steep gable roof;
-wooden construction;
-window style and placement;
-narrow clapboard sheathing;
-door and window trim;
-corner boards;
-returned eaves on porch; and,
-building size, massing, dimensions and height.
Reconnaissance
Juridiction
Terre-Neuve et Labrador
Autorité de reconnaissance
Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador
Loi habilitante
Historic Resources Act
Type de reconnaissance
Structure patrimoniale inscrite au répertoire
Date de reconnaissance
2000/12/02
Données sur l'histoire
Date(s) importantes
s/o
Thème - catégorie et type
- Établir une vie sociale et communautaire
- L'éducation et le bien-être de la société
Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction
Actuelle
Historique
- Loisirs
- Musée
Architecte / Concepteur
s/o
Constructeur
s/o
Informations supplémentaires
Emplacement de la documentation
Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador, 1 Springdale Street, St. John's, NL, A1C 5V5
Réfère à une collection
Identificateur féd./prov./terr.
NL-1648
Statut
Édité
Inscriptions associées
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