Houses Of Nova Scotia

Author : Penney, Allen,Nova Scotia Museum
Publisher : Formac
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Architecture
ISBN : PSU:000016299528

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Houses of Nova Scotia by Penney, Allen,Nova Scotia Museum Pdf

From grand mansions to mobile homes, Houses of Nova Scotia offers an unparalleled understanding of the province's built heritage. This is a field guide to Nova Scotia houses, from the grand to the humble. It is an indispensible tool for anyone who has ever been intrigued by an interesting old home and wanted to find out more about it. It will help even a complete novice understand the built heritage of Nova Scotia more fully. Written by a noted architect and teacher, Houses of Nova Scotia is a remarkable companion to any house-watching expedition.

Author : Penny Allen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1459327047

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Houses of Nova Scotia by Penny Allen Pdf

Author : Stephen Archibald,Sheila Stevenson
Publisher : Formac
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2003-10-27
Category : History
ISBN : 0887806015

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Heritage Houses of Nova Scotia by Stephen Archibald,Sheila Stevenson Pdf

Winner of the best published book of the year award, presented by the Atlantic Publishers Marketing Assocation. Nova Scotia has a rich heritage of houses dating from the 1700s. Here, the best examples of every important house style over the past 250 years are brought together in full colour. The authors have travelled to all parts of the province to select the finest examples of architectural heritage. Most of these buildings are accessible to the public and some have been carefully restored, allowing you to revisit the way people lived in Nova Scotia's past. You'll read how each house style reached Nova Scotia and discover how to identify not only its characteristic features but variants unique to the province. The authors also explain how new technologies have affected architectural style, and how the most available building material -- wood -- was used for houses designed to be constructed of brick, stone and mortar.

Author : Mary Byers,Margaret McBurney
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015032236179

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Atlantic Hearth by Mary Byers,Margaret McBurney Pdf

Author : Christopher McCreery
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-16
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 177310201X

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Government House Halifax by Christopher McCreery Pdf

Government House Halifax is the home of the Sovereign's representative in the Province of Nova Scotia and the ceremonial home of all Nova Scotians. It has also served as a home away from home for members of the Royal Family over its two-century history. Government House Halifax: A Place of History and Gatheringtells the story of this historic building. Beginning with its construction in 1800 and continuing through its extensive renovations in 2009, this sumptuous book tells the story of the building's royal residents, the household staff, and the momentous -- and occasionally amusing -- events which have transpired within its walls. Christopher McCreery expertly guides readers through the building, including the state rooms and its hidden secrets, and introduces readers to important works of art held at Government House as part of the Crown Collection. McCreery's text is amply illustrated by an extraordinary collection of images, including historic drawings and paintings along with modern photographs.

Author : Joseph M. A. Ballard
Publisher : Images of Our Past
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1771086688

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Historic House Names of Nova Scotia by Joseph M. A. Ballard Pdf

Mount Uniacke, Acacia Grove, Winckworth, Saint's Rest, Spruce Tree Cottage. Ever wonder how Nova Scotia houses got their names? The better-known names are largely connected with prominent historical figures who resided in commodious homes with sprawling grounds, but the naming tradition was far more prevalent than that. Historic House Names of Nova Scotia provides a fascinating look at the house-naming tradition in Nova Scotia. What sorts of names did Bluenoses create, and what did the names mean? Author and historian Joe Ballard has amassed a wealth of historical information and photos on the subject.

Author : Elliott, Shirley B,Nova Scotia
Publisher : Halifax : [Province of Nova Scotia]
Page : 15 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Halifax (N.S.)
ISBN : OCLC:229018655

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Province House : Halifax, Nova Scotia by Elliott, Shirley B,Nova Scotia Pdf

Author : Shirley B. Elliott
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1277178804

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Province House, Halifax, Nova Scotia by Shirley B. Elliott Pdf

Author : Elizabeth Eve,Shirley B. Elliott,Nova Scotia. House of Assembly
Publisher : [Halifax] : House of Assembly, Nova Scotia
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Halifax (N.S.)
ISBN : 0888714424

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Province House, Halifax, Nova Scotia by Elizabeth Eve,Shirley B. Elliott,Nova Scotia. House of Assembly Pdf

Author : Jessie Hannah
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1774710285

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Small Structures of Nova Scotia by Jessie Hannah Pdf

Small structures are heralded as the new minimalist way of living. They have, however, always existed, reflecting the necessity for a simple space built for a particular function: tiny homes, cabins, forestry camps, fishing shacks, treehouses, and places of art, worship, or healing. In Nova Scotia, our history, culture, and landscape are reflected in these small spaces, which can be found in every region of the province. Author and photographer Jessie Hannah is fascinated by these compact structures?rural and urban, residential and commercial, historic and contemporary. Who built them, and why? What purpose do they serve? How were they constructed? This photographic collection documents her journey to discover the answers to these questions and more. Through interviews, research, and a bit of intrepid bushwhacking, Hannah shares stories from some of Nova Scotia?s unique small structures, and shows how their tales tie together community, industry, craft, and culture.

Author : Charles Gaines
Publisher : Skyhorse
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781510717916

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A Family Place by Charles Gaines Pdf

In the summer of 1990, writer Charles Gaines and his artist wife, Patricia, bought 160 acres of wild land on the northeast coast of Nova Scotia. They believed they were simply buying a remote getaway spot, but within a few months a more complex dream for the property developed. By midwinter, they had begun to see the land as a place where family intimacy might be reclaimed, as a home that might heal their recently battered marriage, and as an opportunity to take on a big, risky, long-term project instead of settling into the caution and gradual losses of middle-class middle age. Enlisting their children and their daughter’s carpenter boyfriend, they decided to build a cabin on the land the following summer, to build it with their own hands, as a family venture. A Family Place gracefully mixes a narrative of that summer’s sometimes harrowing, sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking events with passages of the family’s history that show its members as real people and dramatize what is at stake for each of them in Nova Scotia. Gaines describes the process of building a cabin while living in tents without electricity or running water, and the pleasures and limitations of a life so simplified that a week’s biggest social event is a bonfire. He draws a deft portrait of the small, generous, hearth-centered Acadian community of farmers and lobster fishermen surrounding their land, and traces the history of that land to its original French-Acadian owner. And he tracks the mood of his family through the long, difficult summer, from initial enthusiasm to near mutiny, and finally to exhilaration and deep satisfaction at having built something that will last, having rebuilt a family in the process.

Author : Pat Lotz
Publisher : Halifax, N.S. : Heritage Trust of Nova Soctia and Nimbus
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Architecture, Domestic
ISBN : 1551092956

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Affairs with Old Houses by Pat Lotz Pdf

This beautifully illustrated book profiles the architectural heritage of Nova Scotia and describes the personal and loving efforts of a number of residents to restore these fabulous buildings.

Author : Brenda Thompson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 198934710X

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A Wholesome Horror (2nd Edition) by Brenda Thompson Pdf

A history of poor houses in Nova Scotia, the laws governing them, the people who lived and worked in them, their treatment, and some events of note. This 2nd edition includes new chapters on the auctioning off of the poor, children in poor houses, women in poor houses, the harmless insane, seniors on poor farms, and stories of poor house inmates. It also includes more information on the poor houses enumerated in the book and more images of the Province's poor houses.

Author : Maud Rosinski,Nova Scotia. Heritage Section
Publisher : [Halifax, N.S.] : Department of Municipal Affairs, Heritage Section
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Architects
ISBN : 0888712901

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Architects of Nova Scotia by Maud Rosinski,Nova Scotia. Heritage Section Pdf

This dictionary includes biographies of Nova Scotia architects beginning from the French regime in 1605. Successive chapters cover the French creators of Louisbourg, the first British settlers, the Georgians, the Victorians, and Edwardians, and on to the influences in Nova Scotia of the movements of modern times. Each chapter covers a particular historical or stylistic period and contains a short introduction on the historical context. The placing of architects in particular chapters was dictated by their most active years and stylistic considerations. At the end of each biography is a list of the most relevant bibliographic references. The dictionary includes three indexes: by names, by type and name of building, and by place.

Author : James D. Kornwolf,Georgiana Wallis Kornwolf
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0801859867

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Architecture and Town Planning in Colonial North America by James D. Kornwolf,Georgiana Wallis Kornwolf Pdf

Incorporating more than 3,000 illustrations, Kornwolf's work conveys the full range of the colonial encounter with the continent's geography, from the high forms of architecture through formal landscape design and town planning. From these pages emerge the fine arts of environmental design, an understanding of the political and economic events that helped to determine settlement in North America, an appreciation of the various architectural and landscape forms that the settlers created, and an awareness of the diversity of the continent's geography and its peoples. Considering the humblest buildings along with the mansions of the wealthy and powerful, public buildings, forts, and churches, Kornwolf captures the true dynamism and diversity of colonial communities - their rivalries and frictions, their outlooks and attitudes - as they extended their hold on the land.