Nova Scotia Archives
Built Heritage Resource Guide
"Showing New and Old Roads (Jeddore)"
Town and county newspapers usually carried notes for outlining communities. The correspondent usually noted new buildings in the community, social events and organizations, and who was visiting the community.
Flat-roofed houses were extremely popular in pre-World War I Nova Scotia. Although the owner or builder of this Jeddore residence is not identified, it is a typical flat-roofed house built along the Eastern Shore. The Oyster Pond, Jeddore, correspondent for The Truro Daily News, October 27, 1899, p. 6, proudly informed the reading public:
“Fred Stoddard is rearing another monument to his genius in the shape of Mrs. J.D. Mitchell’s new store. It is now boarded in and we presume will soon be ready for occupation. George Warnell and W.O. Mitchell are at work on the building. It is two-storey, flat roofed ...
Flat-roofed houses seem to be the order of the day here now. Phillip Myers has erected a very pretty one on Myers Point...”
Date: September 1930
Reference: Department of Transportation Nova Scotia Archives Halifax Co.: Roads: Jeddore