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STREET ADDRESS: 26 Carleton Street

CITY/TOWN/VILLAGE: Yarmouth

MUNICIPALITY: Yarmouth

COUNTY: Yarmouth

YEAR BUILT: circa 1924

ARCHITECTURAL COMMENT:

2 storey Craftsman style has a slightly lower 2 storey back ell and a 1 storey enclosed sunporch on south side of principal house section; there is a recessed second storey porch on north side of back ell. The medium pitched hip roof has exposed rafter ends; a prominent central chimney and a centered hip roofed dormer with wide overhang on front roof slope; side and back ells have medium pitched gable roofs. The asymmetrical facade has an off-center, open entry porch with roof supported by tapered square columns and a triple window. Windows are double hung with smaller top sashes and 3/1 glazing. Wood construction, shingle clad with corner-boards at first storey and a decorative belt course.

CONTEXTUAL COMMENT:

Northwest corner of Carleton and Alma Streets. Second storey added to back ell sometime after 1955.

PRESENT OWNER: George Stanley Amirault

ADDRESS: 26 Carleton Street Yarmouth Nova Scotia B5A 2C4

ORIGINAL OWNER: Louis Leon Amirault

OCCUPATION: Painter

BUILDER: Unknown

ORIGINAL USE: Two family dwelling

PRESENT USE: Two family dwelling

SOURCES: Registry of Deeds/Probate Fire Insurance Plans of Yarmouth, 1927, 1938, 1947, 1955

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

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

STREET ADDRESS: 25 Collins Street

CITY/TOWN/VILLAGE: Yarmouth

MUNICIPALITY: Yarmouth

COUNTY: Yarmouth

YEAR BUILT: 1882-1890

ARCHITECTURAL COMMENT:

built in the Italian style, this is a two storey, wooden structure. The symmetrical three bay facade has a centered doorway. The main entrance is is an enclosed porch with windows at the sides, wooden steps and railings lead to the double doors. The porch roof is trimmed with brackets. The steeply pitched hip roof is truncated. There are two large inset chimneys. One gabled and two eyebrow dormers face out from the front. There is one, three sided bay above the portico and one on either side of the house. The windows are two over two double hung and trimmed with gabled hoods and brackets. Clad in narrow clapboard with decorative cornerboards, this house has wide eaves supported by brackets.

HISTORICAL COMMENT:

This house was built between 1882 and 1890 by John Murphy, a shipowner who also had built what is now 11 Second Street. This house was apparently built for John Murphy's son Charles, who is shown residing here on the 1890 and 1895 directories.

At the time these two houses were built, father and son together were engaged in the shipbuilding industry and owned some of the largest vessels built in the county.

In 1895 John Murphy sold the house to Charles who lived here until his death in 1907 at the age of 52. His widow, Mary was the daughter of Isaac Hatfield of Tusket. She conveyed the house the following year to Captain Lovitt W.Hines.

Captain Lovitt Wilson Hines was born in Pubnico the son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Hines. While still a young man the family moved to Argyle. It was from here that he went to sea. He began fishing out of Boston and Gloucester and eventually owned five large fishing boats. He was skipper in three of these.

He retired from the fishing business in 1908 when he bought this house and moved to Yarmouth.

CONTEXTUAL COMMENT:

Surrounded by narrow lawns and hedges, the front faces an elementary school. The home has been kept in good condition and its well suited to the neighbourhood.

PRESENT OWNER: Donald & Gerald Pottier and Gordon Wood

ADDRESS: P.O. Box 68 Tusket Yarmouth County, B0W 3M0

ORIGINAL OWNER: John Murphy

OCCUPATION: Shipowner

BUILDER: Unknown

ORIGINAL USE: Home

PRESENT USE: Five Apartments.

SOURCES: The Yarmouth Times (July 26, 1907) Registry of Deeds (Yarmouth) Yarmouth Directories (1890)(1895)(1889) BEV Map (Currie Publisher)