STREET ADDRESS: 22 Carleton Street
CITY/TOWN/VILLAGE: Yarmouth
MUNICIPALITY: Yarmouth
COUNTY: Yarmouth
YEAR BUILT: 1884-1885
ARCHITECTURAL COMMENT:
Basically vernacular in style, this is a one and a half storey home of wood construction. The symmetrical three bay facade has a centered doorway in an enclosed porch. The medium pitched gable roof has return eaves and one small chimney placed at the peak. The modern windows are trimmed with narrow casings. A gable roof ell extends to the south and two very small shed roof extensions are found at the rear. The house is clad in narrow wooden clapboard and trimmed with narrow cornerboards, it sits on a dug out basement cemented on the exterior. About 10 years ago the front porch was added.
HISTORICAL COMMENT:
This house is believed to have been built for George M. Patten who purchased the land in 1884. The following year Patten sold the property to Ebenezer Scott. Scott also owned, at this time, the house bordering to the west (now 37 Alma Street) and it is believed he used this house as a rental property. The directories show that in 1890 Locke Hersey was residing here and in 1895 Jacob Churchill, Sr. a carpenter was living here. Locke Hersey was a well known skipper in Yarmouth. He worked for several years for Hugh Cann and sons whose company carried on a general towing and freight carrying business. Retiring from the coastwise trade he later entered the lobster packing business and operated canneries at Short Beach, Kelley's Cove and other areas. For several years he served the town as Town Councillor. It is believed that while the home was owned by R. Newell (from 1905-1920) it was used as a cordwainer's shop
CONTEXTUAL COMMENT:
Situated on its original site on the south west corner of Carleton and Alma Streets, this house sits close to the road surrounded by shrubs and trees.
PRESENT OWNER: Kevin R./Margaret J. Selig
ADDRESS: 22 Carleton Street Yarmouth, N.S. B5A 2C2
ORIGINAL OWNER: George M. & Alice C. Patten
OCCUPATION: Trader/Wife
BUILDER: Unknown
ORIGINAL USE: Residential
PRESENT USE: Residential
| HISTORY OF BUILDING | ||||
| OWNER | FROM: | TO: | OCCUPATION | BOOK-PAGE |
| George M. & Alice C. Patten | Nov. 27 1884 | Apr. 25 1885 | Trader/Wife | BL 252 |
| Ebenezer & Lizzie Scott | Apr. 25 1885 | July 7 1905 | Master Mariner | BL 639 |
| Sadie M. & Lizzie Scott | July 7 1905 | Aug. 9 1920 | Wife/Clerk | CQ 4 |
| Arthur K. & Henrietta Van Horne | Aug. 9 1920 | Oct. 16 1923 | Merchant/Wife | DQ 660 |
| Willian & Lillian Hessie | Oct. 16 1923 | Apr. 9 1940 | Laborer/Wife | DS 395 |
| Frank Kitaeff | Apr. 9 1940 | July 23 1952 | Merchant | EP 108 |
| Frank E. & Leona Smith | July 23 1952 | 1974 | Clerk N.S. Liquor Commission | FF 655 |
| Leona Smith | 1974 | N/A | Nurse (C.N.A.) | N/A |
| Blanche S. (Smith) Saulnier Sarah A. (Smith) Clarke | N/A | May 8 1995 | Heirs of Leona Smith | N/A |
| Kevin R./Margaret J. Selig | May 8 1995 | Present | N/A | 531/459 |
SOURCES: Interview with Mrs. Leona Smith (Oct. 23/91) Registry of Deeds (Yarmouth) Yarmouth Directories (1890)(1895) Yarmouth Herald-Telegram (May 27, 1943) p. 6