STREET ADDRESS: 18 Forest Street
CITY/TOWN/VILLAGE:Yarmouth
MUNICIPALITY:Yarmouth
COUNTY:Yarmouth
YEAR BUILT: circa 1888
ARCHITECTURAL COMMENT:
1 1/2 storey Greek Revival style with a lower 1 1/2 storey off-center ell with a l storey, shed roofed addition at back. Medium pitched gable roof has return eaves, and a discretely placed central chimney; ell has an off-center chimney and gabled wall dormers breaking the eaves on east and west sides. The 2 bay asymmetrical facade has a full width, 1 storey spindle-work veranda with roof supported by slender columns and a roof-1ine balustrade. The off-center enclosed entry porch has paired doors, full height side-lights and full height windows on sides. There is a cutaway bay window to right of entry and a 3 sided, gabled bay window with pediment above entry. Most windows have double hung sashes with 2/2 glazing and moulded crowns, there is a 2 storey, interrupted cutaway bay window on west side. Wood construction with clapboard cladding and comer pilasters.
HISTORICAL COMMENT:
Probably built in 1888 by Augustus Sullivan for Nelson O. Pearson. Mr. Pearson was a real estate developer who had several houses built "on speculation" in the late 1880's. This is one of the two houses he had built on Forest Street, and was first occupied by Alfred and Agnes Shaw. Mr. Shaw was one of the owners of Godfrey Brothers grocery store.
CONTEXTUAL COMMENT:
North side of Forest Street, directly behind N.S. Liquor Commission. Veranda, enclosed entry porch, bay windows on facade and shed roofed back addition are later modifications. Property is well maintained and has very attractive landscaping and gardens.
PRESENT OWNER: Linda E. Rose/Janet L. Miller
ADDRESS:18 Forest Street, Yarmouth, N.S., B5A 3K9
ORIGINAL OWNER: Nelson O. Pearson
OCCUPATION: Real Estate Owner
BUILDER: Augustus Sullivan
ORIGINAL USE: Single family dwelling
PRESENT USE: Single family dwelling
| HISTORY OF BUILDING | ||||
| OWNER | FROM: | TO: | OCCUPATION | BOOK PG |
| Nelson O. Pearson | April 15, 1886 | Jan. 18, 1889 | Real estate owner | BN 264 |
| Anges M. Shaw | Jan. 18, 1889 | Jan. 31, 1893 | Wife of Alfred M. Shaw - merchant | BQ 766 |
| Sarah Helena Hilton | Jan. 31, 1893 | Feb. 17, 1930 | Widow/dressmaker | BW 353 |
| William C. MacKinnon | Feb. 17, 1930 | Feb. 28, 1930 | Executor of Estate of Sarah H. Hilton | Estate 2625 |
| Ralph T./Jeanette M. Harris | Feb. 28, 1930 | Aug. 25, 1939 | Gentleman | EA 222 |
| Gertrude C. / Eva M. Cook | Aug. 25, 1939 | July 12. 1949 | Single women / yarn store owners | EL 660 |
| Eva M. Cook | July 12, 1949 | April 27, 1955 | Heir of Gertrude C. Cook | Estate 1227 |
| Reginald G. & Dorothy Eldridge | April 27, 1955 | June 25, 1964 | Bank Manager | FN 597 |
| Dorothy Eldridge | June 25, 1964 | Dec. 16, 1968 | Widow of Reginald | Estate 1850 |
| I.M.O. Foods Ltd. | Dec. 16, 1968 | Apr. 27, 1976 | Fish Processors | GZ 592 |
| Delf & Ingrid Kroll | Apr. 27, 1976 | Oct. 1, 1980 | Fish broker | KF 169 |
| Raymond P. & E. Anne LeBlanc | Oct. 1, 1980 | Sept. 14, 1983 | N/A | MP 427 |
| Fred K. Rose | Sept. 14, 1983 | Aug. 22, 1997 | Farmer | OA 319 |
| Linda E. Rose Janet L. Miller | Aug. 22, 1997 | Present | Heirs of Fred Keith Rose | 487/190 |
COMMENTS ON HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS:
In 1893, this property was bought by Sarah H. Hilton, a widow. She had married Waitstill Hilton in 1874, but was widowed very suddenly on Jan. 22, 1879, when he dropped dead of a heart attack in front of his store on Main Street, at age 29. On January 1, 1900, about seven years after buying this house, Sarah Hilton married Capt. Brad Hilton, a second cousin of Waitstill's, whose first wife had passed away in 1894. They lived here for the rest of their lives - he died in 1928, age 83, and she died in 1930, age 80.
Fred K. Rose, late father of the present owners, had been born and raised in a nearby community and had run a dairy farm during WW II. Fred was the first breeder of Holstein cattle in this county and was a founding member of the calf club, a forerunner of today's local 4-H club. In the late 1940's he and his family moved to Ontario and over a number of years also lived in Florida and Vancouver, B.C. After returning to Yarmouth and buying this property, he started raising roses and was involved with the founding of the Yarmouth Garden Club. Mr. Rose died in August, 1997, but the beautiful rose gardens on this property remain as a testimony and a tribute to his gardening expertise and his love of roses.
SOURCES: Registry of Deeds/Probate; Hilton and Goudey genealogies by C. Doane; Yarmouth Reminiscences, pp. 444, 489, 502, 567; Yarmouth Light, May 31, 1951; Sweeny Funeral Records, Bk. 13; pp. 49, 194; Yarmouth Times - Jan. 1, 1890.