STREET ADDRESS: 34 Porter Street
CITY/TOWN/VILLAGE: Yarmouth
MUNICIPALITY: Yarmouth
COUNTY: Yarmouth
YEAR BUILT: 1896
ARCHITECTURAL COMMENT:
2 storey Queen Anne Revival style with 2 storey porch on front and 1 storey veranda on east side. Medium pitched hip roof has prominent lower crossed gables on front, east and west sides, and a discretely placed central chimney. Facade is asymmetrical with an off-center door inside enclosed porch. Windows have double hung sashes with 1/1 glazing and plain, straight crowns; cross gables and 2 storey cutaway bay windows on east side have paired windows in first and second storeys; lower porch has full height, fixed sash windows with 6 panes bounded by small panes of stained glass in front and 4 panes on side; single pane, fixed sash windows in gables. Construction is of wood with clapboard cladding; trim and other decorative features include fishscale shingling in front gable, spindlework in porches, corner- and frieze-board trim, corner-bracket detailing above cutaway bay window, and brackets in second storey porch.
HISTORICAL COMMENT:
Built in 1896 by Thomas Williams for Capt. Charles P. Kinney, one of Yarmouth's many notable seamen. The construction and subsequent occupation of this house by the Kinney family warranted a detailed description of its architecture in the Yarmouth Light newspaper on November 5, 1896.
CONTEXTUAL COMMENT:
North side of Porter Street, second house west of Brunswick Street. House and grounds are very well maintained.
PRESENT OWNER:Gary L./Dorothy M. Newcombe
ADDRESS: 34 Porter Street, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, B5A 2Y6
ORIGINAL OWNER: Charles P. Kinney
OCCUPATION: Master Mariner
BUILDER: Thomas Williams
ORIGINAL USE: Single family dwelling
PRESENT USE: Single family dwelling
| HISTORY OF BUILDING | ||||
| OWNER | FROM: | TO: | OCCUPATION | BOOK PG |
| Charles P. Kinney | Mar. 17, 1896 | Aug. 15, 1911 | Master Mariner | CC 3 |
| Bertha Chapman | Aug. 15, 1911 | Mar. 30, 1914 | Wife of Thomas Chapman (upholsterer) | CY 758 |
| Annie S. Boyd | Mar. 30, 1914 | Aug.31, 1956 | Wife of Joseph Boyd (customs official) | DD 775 |
| Catherine Boyd Tilton | Aug. 31, 1956 | Aug. 16, 1990 | Married woman | FP 163 |
| Frederick S. Spencer, et ux | Aug. 16, 1990 | Sept. 30, 1991 | Real estate investor | 478 32 |
| Dorothy M. Trefry Carol J. Wilson | Sept. 30, 1991 | Dec. 23, 1993 | Business women | 491 47 |
| Dorothy M./Gary L. Newcombe | Dec. 23, 1993 | Present | Youth care worker | 517 494 |
COMMENTS ON HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS:
Yarmouth Light, April 30, 1896: "Workmen have commenced on the cellar for Capt. Chas. Kinney's new house on Porter Street."
Ibid., November 5, 1896: "Capt. Chas. P. Kinney and family are now occupying their new residence on Porter Street. This house was built by Mr. Thomas Williams during the past summerand reflects credit alike on the owner and the builder..."
Yarmouth Herald, March 24, 1914: "Capt. Joseph W. Boyd has purchased the Thomas Chapman homestead property on Porter Street."
SOURCES:Registry of Deeds/Probate; Yarmouth Herald, 24 May 1914; Town Assessment Rolls, 1901, 1915; McAlpine's N.S. Directory, 1907-08; Yarmouth Light, 30 April, 1896; 05 Nov. 1896.